State peers

Other Tennessee utilities members might otherwise face

All 87 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Tennessee, largest first, with Cumberland Elec Member Corp marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Tennessee.

Rate comparison

Member price against the state

Ranked by price against the 87 utilities reporting residential rates in Tennessee, Cumberland Elec Member Corp comes 68th of 87. The state's range runs from City of Newbern at 10.34¢ to French Broad Elec Member Corp at 14.91¢, so where a household sits inside Tennessee depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 24 other cooperative utilities reporting in Tennessee, whose customer-weighted average is 12.34¢, Cumberland Elec Member Corp is close to its own ownership class within the state (+5.3%).

Where this co-op sits on price

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Cumberland Elec Member Corp reported 100.6K residential customers, ranking 7th of 87 utilities in Tennessee by customers served and covering 3.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 16,343 kWh per customer per year - +20.2% against the Tennessee median of 13,595 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,124.

Ownership class peers

Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Tennessee, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Cumberland Elec Member Corp in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Cumberland Elec Member Corp member rates

How much does Cumberland Elec Member Corp charge per kWh?

Cumberland Elec Member Corp reported an average residential price of 12.99¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Cumberland Elec Member Corp expensive compared with the rest of Tennessee?

Its average residential price is close to the Tennessee customer-weighted average of 12.44¢ per kWh, a difference of +4.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 87 utilities reporting residential service in Tennessee.

What is the average electricity bill for Cumberland Elec Member Corp customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 16,343 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,124 a year, or about $177 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Cumberland Elec Member Corp?

EIA classifies Cumberland Elec Member Corp as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and understanding rate structures .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.