Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 60 utilities reporting residential rates in Georgia, Georgia Power Co comes 50th of 60. The state's range runs from City of Douglas at 9.64¢ to Sunnova at 19.09¢, so where a household sits inside Georgia depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Georgia Power Co reported 2.5M residential customers, ranking 1st of 60 utilities in Georgia by customers served and covering 52.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,871 kWh per customer per year - -12.2% against the Georgia median of 13,523 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,839.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Georgia

All 60 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Georgia, largest first, with Georgia Power Co 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 Georgia.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Georgia, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Georgia Power Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Georgia Power Co rates

How much does Georgia Power Co charge per kWh?

Georgia Power Co reported an average residential price of 15.49¢ 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 Georgia Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Georgia?

Its average residential price is above the Georgia customer-weighted average of 14.21¢ per kWh, a difference of +9.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 60 utilities reporting residential service in Georgia.

What is the average electricity bill for Georgia Power Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,871 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,839 a year, or about $153 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Georgia Power Co?

EIA classifies Georgia Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ 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 comparing utility costs across states .

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