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Middle Tennessee E M C member rates
Cooperative residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - compared with other Tennessee utilities that serve the same state.
- 11.76¢
- Co-op avg ¢/kWh
- 307.4K
- Member-customers
- 25
- Cooperative utilities in TN
- -5.5%
- vs Tennessee average
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Middle Tennessee E M C ranks #171 by average cents per kWh and #91 by residential customers. Middle Tennessee E M C (cooperative) averaged 11.76¢/kWh for members in 2024 - close to the Tennessee customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Middle Tennessee E M C is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is close to the Tennessee customer-weighted average (-5.5%). Its customers used well above the national residential norm at about 15,130 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release TN-2024 · Middle Tennessee E M C BELOW STATE
Middle Tennessee E M C · Form 861 2024 · BELOW STATE
- RATE 11.76¢/kWh
- RANK #22/87
- VS-ST -5.5%
- VS-US -31.3%
- CUST 307k
- BILL $1,780
- OWN COOP
- PHOTO ID 0.00¢
- BOOK 91/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Idaho Power Co (ID) (-0.00¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Tennessee rates
Middle Tennessee E M C in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- ID
Idaho Power Co
12 ¢/kWh
- this util
Middle Tennessee E M C
12 ¢/kWh
- OK
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
12 ¢/kWh
- KY
Kentucky Utilities Co
12 ¢/kWh
- WA
Avista Corp
12 ¢/kWh
What this shows Middle Tennessee E M C reports 11.76¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 91 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Middle Tennessee E M C compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Tennessee; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 76/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 31/100
- State renewable generation context
- 36/100
11.76¢/kWh · median 12.22¢/kWh
$1,780/yr · median $1,662/yr
13.1% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
State peers
Other Tennessee utilities members might otherwise face
All 87 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Tennessee, largest first, with Middle Tennessee E M C marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Electric Service | Municipal | 417.6K | 13.47¢ |
| City of Memphis - (TN) | Municipal | 380.3K | 12.16¢ |
| Middle Tennessee E M C (this page) | Cooperative | 307.4K | 11.76¢ |
| Knoxville Utilities Board | Municipal | 193.7K | 12.54¢ |
| City of Chattanooga - (TN) | Municipal | 164.4K | 12.32¢ |
| Volunteer Electric Coop | Cooperative | 104.4K | 12.19¢ |
| Cumberland Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 100.6K | 12.99¢ |
| City of Clarksville - (TN) | Municipal | 76.0K | 12.77¢ |
| Johnson City - (TN) | Municipal | 72.2K | 12.41¢ |
| Duck River Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 71.3K | 12.50¢ |
| City of Lenoir - (TN) | Municipal | 62.5K | 11.95¢ |
| Upper Cumberland E M C | Cooperative | 45.6K | 12.77¢ |
| Southwest Tennessee E M C | Cooperative | 43.8K | 12.90¢ |
| Appalachian Electric Coop | Cooperative | 43.7K | 12.93¢ |
| Kingsport Power Co | Investor Owned | 43.2K | 12.84¢ |
| Sevier County Electric System | Municipal | 35.6K | 11.33¢ |
| Sequachee Valley Electric Coop | Cooperative | 33.2K | 12.97¢ |
| City of Greeneville - (TN) | Municipal | 32.4K | 11.90¢ |
| City of Jackson - (TN) | Municipal | 31.9K | 11.97¢ |
| Columbia Power System - (TN) | Municipal | 31.2K | 12.00¢ |
| City of Dickson | Municipal | 30.8K | 11.65¢ |
| Fort Loudoun Electric Coop | Cooperative | 30.5K | 12.11¢ |
| Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop | Cooperative | 30.3K | 13.68¢ |
| Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 29.6K | 12.89¢ |
| City of Bristol - (TN) | Municipal | 29.6K | 10.81¢ |
| City of Cleveland - (TN) | Municipal | 29.3K | 12.53¢ |
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | Cooperative | 29.3K | 13.00¢ |
| City of Alcoa Utilities | Municipal | 28.2K | 12.21¢ |
| City of Clinton - (TN) | Municipal | 26.2K | 12.99¢ |
| Holston Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 25.8K | 13.05¢ |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) | Cooperative | 24.8K | 12.33¢ |
| City of Elizabethton - (TN) | Municipal | 23.3K | 11.82¢ |
| City of Gallatin - (TN) | Municipal | 23.2K | 11.78¢ |
| Powell Valley Electric Coop | Cooperative | 21.1K | 11.49¢ |
| Maryville Utilities | Municipal | 20.0K | 11.28¢ |
| City of LaFollette | Municipal | 19.9K | 13.51¢ |
| City of Newport - (TN) | Municipal | 19.9K | 13.83¢ |
| Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 19.6K | 11.00¢ |
| City of Lawrenceburg | Municipal | 18.1K | 12.22¢ |
| City of Lexington - (TN) | Municipal | 18.0K | 12.04¢ |
| Tennessee Valley Electric Coop | Cooperative | 16.8K | 12.41¢ |
| City of Fayetteville | Municipal | 16.7K | 11.93¢ |
| Pickwick Electric Coop | Cooperative | 16.6K | 12.67¢ |
| City of Paris - (TN) | Municipal | 16.3K | 11.55¢ |
| City of Cookeville - (TN) | Municipal | 15.9K | 11.29¢ |
| City of Oak Ridge | Municipal | 15.5K | 12.47¢ |
| Weakley County Mun Elec Sys | Municipal | 15.3K | 11.29¢ |
| Plateau Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 14.3K | 13.21¢ |
| City of Morristown - (TN) | Municipal | 13.5K | 12.74¢ |
| Loudon Utilities Board | Municipal | 12.7K | 11.45¢ |
| Mountain Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 12.5K | 12.34¢ |
| City of Pulaski - (TN) | Municipal | 12.4K | 13.31¢ |
| Carroll County - (TN) | Municipal | 12.3K | 11.92¢ |
| City of Rockwood - (TN) | Municipal | 12.0K | 12.71¢ |
| Athens Utility Board | Municipal | 11.7K | 11.77¢ |
| City of Shelbyville - (TN) | Municipal | 9.9K | 11.33¢ |
| City of Dyersburg | Municipal | 9.5K | 11.15¢ |
| City of Harriman - (TN) | Municipal | 9.3K | 13.44¢ |
| Tullahoma Board-Public Utils | Municipal | 9.3K | 11.18¢ |
| City of Dayton - (TN) | Municipal | 9.1K | 11.98¢ |
| Bolivar Energy Authority | Municipal | 8.9K | 13.50¢ |
| Benton County | Municipal | 8.8K | 13.88¢ |
| Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8.3K | 14.33¢ |
| City of Springfield - (TN) | Municipal | 7.7K | 11.47¢ |
| Town of Erwin - (TN) | Municipal | 7.6K | 12.23¢ |
| City of Sweetwater | Municipal | 7.5K | 11.62¢ |
| City of Milan - (TN) | Municipal | 6.9K | 12.09¢ |
| McMinnville Electric System | Municipal | 6.6K | 11.83¢ |
| City of Winchester - (TN) | Municipal | 5.3K | 11.81¢ |
| City of Union City | Municipal | 5.2K | 11.31¢ |
| City of Ripley - (TN) | Municipal | 5.1K | 12.35¢ |
| City of Lewisburg - (TN) | Municipal | 5.0K | 11.22¢ |
| City of Etowah | Municipal | 4.4K | 13.61¢ |
| City of Brownsville | Municipal | 4.1K | 11.43¢ |
| City of Covington - (TN) | Municipal | 3.7K | 11.11¢ |
| City of Humboldt | Municipal | 3.5K | 11.36¢ |
| City of Mt Pleasant - (TN) | Municipal | 3.5K | 13.06¢ |
| Tri-State Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 2.8K | 14.03¢ |
| City of Smithville - (TN) | Municipal | 2.4K | 12.11¢ |
| City of Sparta | Municipal | 2.3K | 11.94¢ |
| City of Trenton - (TN) | Municipal | 2.0K | 12.88¢ |
| City of Jellico | Municipal | 1.6K | 13.06¢ |
| City of Newbern | Municipal | 1.5K | 10.34¢ |
| French Broad Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 994 | 14.91¢ |
| South Kentucky Rural E C C | Cooperative | 152 | 13.77¢ |
| Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc. | Cooperative | 78 | 14.31¢ |
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | Investor Owned | 1 | 11.94¢ |
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, Middle Tennessee E M C comes 22nd 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 12.67¢, Middle Tennessee E M C is close to its own ownership class within the state (-7.2%).
Where this co-op sits on price
Where Middle Tennessee E M C sits among Tennessee utilities
2024 average residential price across the 87 utilities reporting a rate in Tennessee
11.76¢/kWh Top 26% most affordable More affordable than 76% of 86 other utilities
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee E M C | 11.76¢ | - |
| Tennessee (customer-weighted, 87 utilities) | 12.44¢ | -5.5% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -31.3% |
| Cooperative customer-weighted US avg (622 utilities) | 13.78¢ | -14.6% |
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Middle Tennessee E M C reported 307.4K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 87 utilities in Tennessee by customers served and covering 9.7% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 15,130 kWh per customer per year - +11.3% against the Tennessee median of 13,595 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,780.
Rate against consumption: Tennessee utilities
Ownership class peers
Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices
Beyond Tennessee, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Middle Tennessee E M C in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | Louisiana | 110.7K | 11.91¢ |
| Northern Virginia Elec Coop | Virginia | 167.3K | 11.57¢ |
| Southwest Louisiana E M C | Louisiana | 108.4K | 11.55¢ |
| Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation | Georgia | 181.6K | 11.54¢ |
| EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp | North Carolina | 122.0K | 11.54¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Middle Tennessee E M C member rates
- How much does Middle Tennessee E M C charge per kWh?
- Middle Tennessee E M C reported an average residential price of 11.76¢ 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 Middle Tennessee E M C 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 -5.5%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 87 utilities reporting residential service in Tennessee.
- What is the average electricity bill for Middle Tennessee E M C customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 15,130 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,780 a year, or about $148 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Middle Tennessee E M C?
- EIA classifies Middle Tennessee E M C 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 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.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.