Cherokee Electric Cooperative Rates, Bills and Service Area

Cherokee Electric Cooperative reported 19,006 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,142 kWh a month on average at 15.98 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, Cherokee Electric Cooperative ranks 24 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 Cherokee Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 5 counties in Alabama. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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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Cherokee Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Alabama.

Of the 43 utilities listed for Alabama, Cherokee Electric Cooperative is the 19th largest by homes, at roughly 0.78% of the state total. Its price of 15.98 cents per kWh is 0.92 cents above the median of 19 other cooperatives in Alabama (15.07 cents). At $182.46 a month, an average Cherokee Electric Cooperative home pays about $22 a year less than the Alabama average of $184.31, and uses 4 kWh a month less. Cherokee Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 5 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.

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