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City of Dickson 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 City of Dickson, 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

31 thousand

31,000 homes

Average price

13.00 cents

Tennessee average 13.22

Average bill

$164.87

Per month at 1,268 kWh

Price rank

25 of 60

Lowest to highest in Tennessee

City of Dickson rates and average bill

City of Dickson reported 31,000 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,268 kWh a month on average at 13.00 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 Dickson ranks 25 from the lowest price.

City of Dickson compared with Tennessee and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
City of Dickson13.001,268$164.87
Tennessee (all utilities)13.221,180$156.03
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 City of Dickson has distribution equipment. That covers 5 counties in Tennessee. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Tennessee (5 counties)

Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Montgomery

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Reliability

For 2025, City of Dickson reported an average of 202 minutes without power per customer and 1.95 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 104 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

City of Dickson had about 75 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 104 minutes and 1.95 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 202 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. City of Dickson 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 Dickson in 2025. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.

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

City of Dickson is a municipal utility based in Tennessee.

City of Dickson compared with Tennessee

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, City of Dickson is the 23rd largest by homes, at roughly 0.97% of the state total. Among 58 other municipal utilities in Tennessee, the median price is 12.76 cents per kWh, so City of Dickson at 13.00 cents is 0.24 cents above its peers. At $164.87 a month, an average City of Dickson home pays about $106 a year more than the Tennessee average of $156.03, and uses 88 kWh a month more. City of Dickson 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 Tennessee with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other Tennessee utilities

Utilities in Tennessee close in size to City of Dickson
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
City of DicksonMunicipal31,00013.00
Columbia Power SystemMunicipal32,03212.73
Gibson Electric Membership CorporationCooperative32,01413.74
Fort Loudoun Electric CooperativeCooperative30,74312.83
Meriwether Lewis Electric CooperativeCooperative30,48514.24
City of BristolMunicipal30,08111.54

See every one on the electric companies in Tennessee page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not City of Dickson 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.

City of Dickson questions

What is the average residential electric rate for City of Dickson?

City of Dickson residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 13.00 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,268 kWh a month and an average bill of $164.87 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Tennessee average was 13.22 cents.

How many customers does City of Dickson have?

EIA reports about 31,000 residential customers for City of Dickson in 2025.

Who regulates City of Dickson?

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for Tennessee on the Tennessee state page.

How reliable is City of Dickson?

For 2025, City of Dickson reported an average of 202 minutes of outage per customer and 1.95 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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