Upper Cumberland EMC Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reported 45,862 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,225 kWh a month on average at 13.71 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, Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation ranks 46 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 Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation has distribution equipment. That covers 9 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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• Time-of-use pricing. Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA does not show residential net-metered solar for Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in 2025. How net metering works.

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.

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

Of the 80 utilities listed for Tennessee, Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is the 12th largest by homes, at roughly 1.4% of the state total. Its price of 13.71 cents per kWh is about the same as the median of 19 other cooperatives in Tennessee (13.59 cents). Over a year, the typical Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation bill runs about $143 above the state average, with monthly use 45 kWh higher. Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 9 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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