14.17¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Baldwin County El Member / AL ]
Baldwin County El Member electricity rates in Alabama
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.2%
vs 2024
85,081
residential customers
+21.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Baldwin County El Member's average effective residential rate (14.17¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.29¢ | — | 64,778 |
| 2016 | 11.62¢ | +2.9% | 66,279 |
| 2017 | 12.16¢ | +4.7% | 67,787 |
| 2018 | 11.89¢ | −2.2% | 69,514 |
| 2019 | 11.77¢ | −1.0% | 71,372 |
| 2020 | 11.62¢ | −1.3% | 73,397 |
| 2021 | 11.86¢ | +2.1% | 75,804 |
| 2022 | 12.73¢ | +7.3% | 77,977 |
| 2023 | 13.22¢ | +3.9% | 80,262 |
| 2024 | 13.87¢ | +4.9% | 83,005 |
| 2025 | 14.17¢ | +2.2% | 85,081 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−11.9%
Baldwin County El Member vs AL 2025 average
−17.8%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in AL
Serves 2 counties in Alabama: Baldwin, Monroe. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Baldwin County El Member's average residential rate has gone from 11.29¢ to 14.17¢ per kWh: +25.5% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +7.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.2% in 2018.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, Baldwin County El Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,947 a year, $264 less than at Alabama's average rate of 16.09¢. Of the 45 Alabama utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
Baldwin County El Member served 64,778 homes in 2015 and 85,081 in 2025 (+31.3%), about 3% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Baldwin County El Member's rates
Baldwin County El Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Alabama Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Alabama Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Baldwin County El Member raising rates in 2026?
Baldwin County El Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Alabama Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +2.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Baldwin County El Member charge per kWh?
Baldwin County El Member's average effective residential rate was 14.17¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have Baldwin County El Member rates gone up in five years?
+21.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Baldwin County El Member have in Alabama?
85,081 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Baldwin, Monroe, 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)