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City of Jackson 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 Jackson, 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

32 thousand

32,264 homes

Average price

12.57 cents

Tennessee average 13.22

Average bill

$136.88

Per month at 1,089 kWh

Price rank

15 of 60

Lowest to highest in Tennessee

City of Jackson rates and average bill

City of Jackson reported 32,264 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,089 kWh a month on average at 12.57 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 Jackson ranks 15 from the lowest price.

City of Jackson compared with Tennessee and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
City of Jackson12.571,089$136.88
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 Jackson 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.

Tennessee (1 county)

Madison

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Reliability

For 2025, City of Jackson reported an average of 186 minutes without power per customer and 1.54 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 121 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

City of Jackson had about 58 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 121 minutes and 1.54 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 186 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson is a municipal utility based in Tennessee.

City of Jackson compared with Tennessee

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, City of Jackson is the 20th largest by homes, at roughly 1.0% of the state total. Among 58 other municipal utilities in Tennessee, the median price is 12.80 cents per kWh, so City of Jackson at 12.57 cents is 0.23 cents below its peers. At $136.88 a month, an average City of Jackson home pays about $230 a year less than the Tennessee average of $156.03, and uses 91 kWh a month less. City of Jackson 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.

Other Tennessee utilities

Utilities in Tennessee close in size to City of Jackson
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
City of JacksonMunicipal32,26412.57
Sequachee Valley Electric CooperativeCooperative33,31513.77
City of GreenevilleMunicipal32,68612.69
Columbia Power SystemMunicipal32,03212.73
Gibson Electric Membership CorporationCooperative32,01413.74
City of DicksonMunicipal31,00013.00

See every one on the electric companies in Tennessee page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not City of Jackson 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 Jackson questions

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

City of Jackson residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 12.57 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,089 kWh a month and an average bill of $136.88 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Tennessee average was 13.22 cents.

How many customers does City of Jackson have?

EIA reports about 32,264 residential customers for City of Jackson in 2025.

Who regulates City of Jackson?

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 Jackson?

For 2025, City of Jackson reported an average of 186 minutes of outage per customer and 1.54 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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