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Tennessee Electricity Rates & Costs

See how Tennesee electric rates stack up to other states

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Tennessee Electricity Rates
USA avg. Electricity Rate

16.44¢

/kWh

Tennessee Electricity Rate

12.66¢

/kWh

Average Tennessee Electric Rates

Last updated May 2025

Tennessee ranks 14th in average electricity rates in the United States based on the average rates for all sectors from the Energy Information Administration.

Here's how the individual sectors of California's energy market stack up.

  • The average Tennessee residential electricity rate is 12.66 ¢/kWh (22% lower than the national average).
  • The average Tennessee commercial electricity rate is 12.86 ¢/kWh (1% lower than the national average).

Energy rate data sourced from the Energy Information Administration.

Tennessee Electricity Generation by Energy Source

Source
Percentage of Total
Renewable
12%
Non-Renewable
88%

Tennessee Electricity Rates versus other States:

Residential rates:

State
Current Month
Previous Month
Tennessee
12.66¢
12.7¢
North Dakota
10.2¢
9.93¢
Nebraska
10.89¢
10.56¢
Idaho
10.95¢
10.82¢
Missouri
11.25¢
11.19¢
Oklahoma
11.59¢
11.02¢
Arkansas
11.6¢
11.25¢
Montana
11.62¢
11.41¢
Wyoming
11.7¢
11.69¢
Louisiana
11.73¢
11¢
South Dakota
11.84¢
12.09¢
Iowa
12.21¢
12.05¢
Utah
12.41¢
12.12¢
Washington
12.48¢
11.79¢
Kentucky
13.01¢
12.6¢
Mississippi
13.23¢
12.62¢
Georgia
13.58¢
13.52¢
Kansas
13.62¢
13.32¢
North Carolina
14.14¢
12.47¢
Virginia
14.34¢
14.04¢
Nevada
14.35¢
13.92¢
South Carolina
14.41¢
13.81¢
New Mexico
14.61¢
13.73¢
Oregon
14.62¢
14.44¢
Minnesota
14.62¢
14.53¢
Indiana
14.74¢
14.65¢
West Virginia
14.82¢
14.47¢
Texas
14.89¢
14.68¢
Florida
14.98¢
14.43¢
Colorado
15.18¢
15.01¢
Arizona
15.27¢
14.75¢
Delaware
15.65¢
15.52¢
Alabama
15.78¢
15.05¢
Ohio
15.85¢
15.64¢
Illinois
16.49¢
15.81¢
Wisconsin
17.48¢
17.42¢
Pennsylvania
18.01¢
17.58¢
Maryland
18.32¢
18.26¢
Michigan
18.91¢
18.5¢
New Jersey
19.7¢
19.68¢
District of Columbia
19.73¢
18.83¢
Vermont
22.19¢
21.95¢
New Hampshire
23.02¢
23.4¢
Alaska
24.77¢
24.74¢
New York
26.2¢
25.31¢
Maine
26.26¢
26.13¢
Massachusetts
30.44¢
30.08¢
California
31.66¢
30.22¢
Rhode Island
33.07¢
31.66¢
Connecticut
33.25¢
30.06¢
Hawaii
42.69¢
40.51¢

Business rates:

State
Current Month
Previous Month
Tennessee
12.86¢
12.76¢
North Dakota
7.57¢
7.19¢
Oklahoma
8.42¢
8.59¢
Nebraska
8.44¢
8.31¢
Texas
8.64¢
8.6¢
Idaho
9.04¢
8.92¢
Virginia
9.32¢
9.05¢
Missouri
9.4¢
9.16¢
Wyoming
9.42¢
9.42¢
Nevada
9.51¢
9.37¢
Utah
9.57¢
9.15¢
South Dakota
10.11¢
10.58¢
Iowa
10.15¢
10.14¢
Arkansas
10.16¢
10.02¢
New Mexico
10.5¢
10.14¢
North Carolina
10.57¢
9.94¢
Kansas
10.59¢
10.57¢
Montana
10.85¢
10.38¢
Louisiana
10.88¢
10.43¢
South Carolina
10.97¢
11.16¢
Georgia
11.17¢
12.17¢
Ohio
11.19¢
10.64¢
Oregon
11.33¢
10.93¢
Washington
11.38¢
10.76¢
Colorado
11.39¢
11.01¢
Florida
11.61¢
11.32¢
Minnesota
11.72¢
11.67¢
Arizona
11.99¢
11.82¢
Pennsylvania
12.15¢
11.7¢
Kentucky
12.34¢
11.3¢
West Virginia
12.37¢
11.34¢
Mississippi
12.62¢
12.42¢
Delaware
12.71¢
12.42¢
Illinois
12.82¢
11.83¢
Wisconsin
13.06¢
12.63¢
Indiana
13.42¢
12.9¢
Michigan
14.05¢
13.63¢
Alabama
14.14¢
14.32¢
Maryland
14.35¢
14.04¢
New Jersey
15.22¢
15.08¢
Vermont
19.22¢
19.24¢
Maine
20.18¢
19.48¢
District of Columbia
20.52¢
18.59¢
New York
20.67¢
20.14¢
New Hampshire
20.77¢
20.42¢
Alaska
22.13¢
21.73¢
Massachusetts
23.91¢
23.02¢
California
24.06¢
23.8¢
Connecticut
25.76¢
24.5¢
Rhode Island
26.43¢
24.86¢
Hawaii
38.77¢
37.54¢