Decatur Utilities Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

Decatur Utilities reported 22,830 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,177 kWh a month on average at 12.14 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, Decatur Utilities ranks 3 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 Decatur Utilities has distribution equipment. That covers 1 county 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. Decatur Utilities 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 Decatur Utilities in 2025. How net metering works.

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.

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Decatur Utilities is a municipal utility based in Alabama.

By residential customers, Decatur Utilities ranks 15th of the 43 utilities that report homes in Alabama, with about 0.94% of the state's homes. Among 20 other municipal utilities in Alabama, the median price is 13.01 cents per kWh, so Decatur Utilities at 12.14 cents is 0.86 cents below its peers. Over a year, the typical Decatur Utilities bill runs about $497 below the state average, with monthly use 31 kWh higher. Decatur Utilities 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 Alabama with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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