City of Bristol Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

City of Bristol reported 30,081 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,296 kWh a month on average at 11.54 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, City of Bristol ranks 1 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 City of Bristol has distribution equipment. That covers 1 county 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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• Time-of-use pricing. City of Bristol 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 City of Bristol in 2025. How net metering works.

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For questions about state consumer protections, see the Tennessee Public Utility Commission.

City of Bristol is a municipal utility based in Tennessee.

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, City of Bristol is the 26th largest by homes, at roughly 0.94% of the state total. At $149.60 a month, an average City of Bristol home pays about $77 a year less than the Tennessee average of $156.03, and uses 116 kWh a month more. City of Bristol lists distribution equipment in a single county, so its service area is easy to check against your address.

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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