Appalachian Electric Cooperative Rates and Average Bill

Appalachian Electric Cooperative reported 44,280 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,263 kWh a month on average at 13.58 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 60 Tennessee utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Appalachian Electric Cooperative ranks 41 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Appalachian Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 4 counties in Tennessee. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, Appalachian Electric Cooperative reported an average of 215 minutes without power per customer and 2.70 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 80 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Appalachian Electric Cooperative had about 88 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 80 minutes and 2.70 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 215 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

• Time-of-use pricing. Appalachian Electric Cooperative does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA does not show residential net-metered solar for Appalachian Electric Cooperative in 2025. How net metering works.

Owned by the members it serves. An elected board sets the rates, and members may receive capital credits when the co-op has margins to return.

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Appalachian Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Tennessee.

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, Appalachian Electric Cooperative is the 14th largest by homes, at roughly 1.4% of the state total. Its price of 13.58 cents per kWh is about the same as the median of 19 other cooperatives in Tennessee (13.60 cents). Appalachian Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 4 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Tennessee with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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