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Sevier County Electric System Rates, Bills and Service Area

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 Sevier County Electric System, 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

36 thousand

36,001 homes

Average price

12.06 cents

Tennessee average 13.22

Average bill

$141.60

Per month at 1,174 kWh

Price rank

4 of 60

Lowest to highest in Tennessee

Sevier County Electric System rates and average bill

Sevier County Electric System reported 36,001 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,174 kWh a month on average at 12.06 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, Sevier County Electric System ranks 4 from the lowest price.

Sevier County Electric System compared with Tennessee and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Sevier County Electric System12.061,174$141.60
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 Sevier County Electric System has distribution equipment. That covers 2 counties in Tennessee. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Tennessee (2 counties)

Blount, Sevier

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Reliability

For 2025, Sevier County Electric System reported an average of 174 minutes without power per customer and 1.91 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 91 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Sevier County Electric System had about 47 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Tennessee figure across its utilities was 147 minutes. One interruption lasting 91 minutes and 1.91 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 174 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. Sevier County Electric System 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 Sevier County Electric System 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.

Sevier County Electric System is a municipal utility based in Tennessee.

Sevier County Electric System compared with Tennessee

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, Sevier County Electric System is the 17th largest by homes, at roughly 1.1% of the state total. Its price of 12.06 cents per kWh is 0.74 cents below the median of 58 other municipal utilities in Tennessee (12.80 cents). Sevier County Electric System lists distribution equipment in 2 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 Sevier County Electric System
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Sevier County Electric SystemMunicipal36,00112.06
Kingsport PowerInvestor-owned43,36412.28
French Broad Electric Membership CorporationCooperative37,05216.21
Sequachee Valley Electric CooperativeCooperative33,31513.77
City of GreenevilleMunicipal32,68612.69
City of JacksonMunicipal32,26412.57

See every one on the electric companies in Tennessee page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Sevier County Electric System 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.

Sevier County Electric System questions

What is the average residential electric rate for Sevier County Electric System?

Sevier County Electric System residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 12.06 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,174 kWh a month and an average bill of $141.60 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Tennessee average was 13.22 cents.

How many customers does Sevier County Electric System have?

EIA reports about 36,001 residential customers for Sevier County Electric System in 2025.

Who regulates Sevier County Electric System?

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 Sevier County Electric System?

For 2025, Sevier County Electric System reported an average of 174 minutes of outage per customer and 1.91 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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