13.45¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Albany Utility Board / GA ]
Albany Utility Board electricity rates in Georgia
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.5%
vs 2024
31,706
residential customers
+15.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Albany Utility Board's average effective residential rate (13.45¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.87¢ | — | 31,473 |
| 2016 | 10.27¢ | −5.5% | 31,473 |
| 2017 | 10.83¢ | +5.5% | 31,473 |
| 2018 | 11.56¢ | +6.7% | 31,473 |
| 2019 | 10.76¢ | −6.9% | 31,473 |
| 2020 | 11.61¢ | +7.9% | 31,473 |
| 2021 | 11.21¢ | −3.5% | 29,071 |
| 2022 | 11.02¢ | −1.7% | 29,062 |
| 2023 | 11.17¢ | +1.4% | 28,612 |
| 2024 | 12.87¢ | +15.2% | 29,517 |
| 2025 | 13.45¢ | +4.5% | 31,706 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−8.8%
Albany Utility Board vs GA 2025 average
−21.9%
vs US 2025 average
#37
priciest in GA
Serves 2 counties in Georgia: Dougherty, Lee. 6 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Albany Utility Board's average residential rate has gone from 10.87¢ to 13.45¢ per kWh: +23.7% over 10 years, or about +2.2% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +15.2% in 2024. The largest drop was −6.9% in 2019.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Albany Utility Board's 2025 rate works out to about $1,738 a year, $167 less than at Georgia's average rate of 14.74¢. Of the 58 Georgia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 37th most expensive.
Albany Utility Board served 31,473 homes in 2015 and 31,706 in 2025 (+0.7%), under 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Albany Utility Board's rates
Albany Utility Board is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Georgia Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Georgia Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Albany Utility Board raising rates in 2026?
Albany Utility Board's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Georgia Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +4.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Albany Utility Board charge per kWh?
Albany Utility Board's average effective residential rate was 13.45¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Albany Utility Board rates gone up in five years?
+15.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Albany Utility Board have in Georgia?
31,706 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Dougherty, Lee, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)