Kilowatt Atlas

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Baldwin County EMC Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

85 thousand

85,081 homes

Average price

14.17 cents

Alabama average 16.09

Average bill

$160.35

Per month at 1,131 kWh

Price rank

14 of 30

Lowest to highest in Alabama

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation rates and average bill

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation reported 85,081 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,131 kWh a month on average at 14.17 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 30 Alabama utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation ranks 14 from the lowest price.

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation compared with Alabama and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation14.171,131$160.35
Alabama (all utilities)16.091,145$184.31
United States17.23874$150.68

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.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation has distribution equipment. That covers 2 counties in Alabama. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Alabama (2 counties)

Baldwin, Monroe

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Reliability

For 2025, Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 24 minutes without power per customer and 1.42 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 17 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation had about 103 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Alabama figure across its utilities was 127 minutes. One interruption lasting 17 minutes and 1.42 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 24 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.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation 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 Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation in 2025. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

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.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the Alabama Public Service Commission.

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative based in Alabama.

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation compared with Alabama

Of the 43 utilities listed for Alabama, Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation is the 3rd largest by homes, at roughly 3.5% of the state total. Among 19 other cooperatives in Alabama, the median price is 15.44 cents per kWh, so Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation at 14.17 cents is 1.27 cents below its peers. At $160.35 a month, an average Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation home pays about $288 a year less than the Alabama average of $184.31, and uses 14 kWh a month less. Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 2 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 Alabama with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other Alabama utilities

Utilities in Alabama close in size to Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Baldwin County Electric Membership CorporationCooperative85,08114.17
Alabama PowerInvestor-owned1,342,82717.91
City of HuntsvilleMunicipal201,80312.51
Singing River Electric CooperativeCooperative73,73413.54
Foley Board of UtilitiesMunicipal53,81813.97
City of AthensMunicipal52,20011.58

See every one on the electric companies in Alabama page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation questions

What is the average residential electric rate for Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation?

Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 14.17 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,131 kWh a month and an average bill of $160.35 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Alabama average was 16.09 cents.

How many customers does Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation have?

EIA reports about 85,081 residential customers for Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation in 2025.

Who regulates Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation?

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. See the regulator for Alabama on the Alabama state page.

How reliable is Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation?

For 2025, Baldwin County Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 24 minutes of outage per customer and 1.42 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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