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Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Rates and Bills

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 Cumberland 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

102 thousand

101,734 homes

Average price

13.76 cents

Tennessee average 13.22

Average bill

$197.71

Per month at 1,437 kWh

Price rank

49 of 60

Lowest to highest in Tennessee

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation rates and average bill

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported 101,734 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,437 kWh a month on average at 13.76 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, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation ranks 49 from the lowest price.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation compared with Tennessee and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation13.761,437$197.71
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 Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation has distribution equipment. That covers 6 counties in Tennessee. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Tennessee (6 counties)

Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart, Sumner

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Reliability

For 2025, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 171 minutes without power per customer and 2.30 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 74 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation had about 43 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 74 minutes and 2.30 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 171 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Tennessee Public Utility Commission.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative based in Tennessee.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation compared with Tennessee

Tennessee has 80 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is 7th by size and serves about 3.2% of the state's homes. Among 19 other cooperatives in Tennessee, the median price is 13.59 cents per kWh, so Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation at 13.76 cents is 0.17 cents above its peers. At $197.71 a month, an average Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation home pays about $500 a year more than the Tennessee average of $156.03, and uses 257 kWh a month more. Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 6 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 Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Cumberland Electric Membership CorporationCooperative101,73413.76
City of ChattanoogaMunicipal176,21912.92
Volunteer Electric CooperativeCooperative105,24813.08
City of ClarksvilleMunicipal77,50913.67
Johnson CityMunicipal72,72913.22
Duck River Electric Membership CorporationCooperative71,96913.59

See every one on the electric companies in Tennessee page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Cumberland 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.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation questions

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

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 13.76 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,437 kWh a month and an average bill of $197.71 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Tennessee average was 13.22 cents.

How many customers does Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation have?

EIA reports about 101,734 residential customers for Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in 2025.

Who regulates Cumberland 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 Tennessee on the Tennessee state page.

How reliable is Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation?

For 2025, Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 171 minutes of outage per customer and 2.30 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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