Nashville Electric Service Rates, Bills and Service Area

Nashville Electric Service reported 424,808 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,040 kWh a month on average at 14.04 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, Nashville Electric Service ranks 54 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 Nashville Electric Service has distribution equipment. That covers 7 counties in Tennessee. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, Nashville Electric Service reported an average of 83 minutes without power per customer and 0.96 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 87 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Nashville Electric Service had about 44 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 87 minutes and 0.96 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 83 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.

• Time-of-use pricing. Nashville Electric Service 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 Nashville Electric Service in 2025. How net metering works.

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

Nashville Electric Service is a municipal utility based in Tennessee.

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, Nashville Electric Service is the 1st largest by homes, at roughly 13.3% of the state total. Among 58 other municipal utilities in Tennessee, the median price is 12.76 cents per kWh, so Nashville Electric Service at 14.04 cents is 1.28 cents above its peers. Over a year, the typical Nashville Electric Service bill runs about $120 below the state average, with monthly use 141 kWh lower. Nashville Electric Service lists distribution equipment in 7 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.

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