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Residential customers
2.48 million
2,480,484 homes
Average price
16.28 cents
Georgia average 14.74
Average bill
$161.13
Per month at 990 kWh
Price rank
41 of 47
Lowest to highest in Georgia
Georgia Power rates and average bill
Georgia Power reported 2,480,484 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 990 kWh a month on average at 16.28 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 47 Georgia utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Georgia Power ranks 41 from the lowest price.
| Average | Cents per kWh | kWh per month | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power | 16.28 | 990 | $161.13 |
| Georgia (all utilities) | 14.74 | 1,077 | $158.70 |
| United States | 17.23 | 874 | $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 Georgia Power has distribution equipment. That covers 155 counties in Georgia. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.
Georgia (155 counties)
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Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth
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Reliability
For 2025, Georgia Power reported an average of 155 minutes without power per customer and 1.44 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 108 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.
Georgia Power had about 28 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Georgia figure across its utilities was 146 minutes. One interruption lasting 108 minutes and 1.44 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 155 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. Georgia Power reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 72,591 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
- Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 12,412 residential net-metered systems on the Georgia Power grid in 2025, with 82.0 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.
Who owns and regulates it
A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In Georgia, that review is done by the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Georgia Power is an investor-owned utility based in Georgia.
Georgia Power compared with Georgia
Georgia has 56 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Georgia Power is 1st by size and serves about 50.9% of the state's homes. Georgia has too few other investor-owned utilities with reported prices to compare Georgia Power with its type, so the state average of 14.74 cents per kWh is the fairest yardstick. Over a year, the typical Georgia Power bill runs about $29 above the state average, with monthly use 87 kWh lower. Georgia Power lists distribution equipment in 155 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 12,412 of its residential customers use net metering, or 5.0 per 1,000 homes, against 4.4 for Georgia as a whole.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Georgia with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.
Other Georgia utilities
| Utility | Type | Homes | Cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power | Investor-owned | 2,480,484 | 16.28 |
| Jackson Electric Membership Corporation | Cooperative | 245,849 | 11.87 |
| Cobb Electric Membership Corporation | Cooperative | 203,131 | 11.55 |
| Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation | Cooperative | 182,849 | 12.82 |
| City of Chattanooga | Municipal | 176,219 | 12.92 |
| GreyStone Power | Cooperative | 142,841 | 12.55 |
See every one on the electric companies in Georgia page.
Official site and where to get help
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Georgia Power questions
What is the average residential electric rate for Georgia Power?
Georgia Power residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 16.28 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 990 kWh a month and an average bill of $161.13 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Georgia average was 14.74 cents.
How many customers does Georgia Power have?
EIA reports about 2,480,484 residential customers for Georgia Power in 2025.
Who regulates Georgia Power?
A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. See the regulator for Georgia on the Georgia state page.
How reliable is Georgia Power?
For 2025, Georgia Power reported an average of 155 minutes of outage per customer and 1.44 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.