Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Nashville Electric Service reported 417.6K residential customers, ranking 1st of 87 utilities in Tennessee by customers served and covering 13.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,249 kWh per customer per year - -9.9% against the Tennessee median of 13,595 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,650.

State peers

Utilities reporting alongside this city system in Tennessee

All 87 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Tennessee, largest first, with Nashville Electric Service 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

City rate against the state field

Ranked by price against the 87 utilities reporting residential rates in Tennessee, Nashville Electric Service comes 76th 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 59 other municipal utilities reporting in Tennessee, whose customer-weighted average is 12.20¢, Nashville Electric Service is above its own ownership class within the state (+10.4%).

Price distribution in the state

Ownership class peers

Municipal utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Tennessee, these indexable municipal utilities report the closest residential averages to Nashville Electric Service in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Nashville Electric Service rates

How much does Nashville Electric Service charge per kWh?

Nashville Electric Service reported an average residential price of 13.47¢ 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 Nashville Electric Service expensive compared with the rest of Tennessee?

Its average residential price is above the Tennessee customer-weighted average of 12.44¢ per kWh, a difference of +8.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 87 utilities reporting residential service in Tennessee.

What is the average electricity bill for Nashville Electric Service customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,249 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,650 a year, or about $138 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Nashville Electric Service?

EIA classifies Nashville Electric Service as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Municipal utilities was 14.41¢ 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.