14.81¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Blue Ridge Mountain EMC / GA ]
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.6%
vs 2024
30,863
residential customers
+17.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's average effective residential rate (14.81¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.67¢ | — | 25,795 |
| 2016 | 12.72¢ | +0.4% | 26,242 |
| 2017 | 12.99¢ | +2.1% | 26,940 |
| 2018 | 12.82¢ | −1.3% | 27,489 |
| 2019 | 12.92¢ | +0.8% | 27,994 |
| 2020 | 12.59¢ | −2.5% | 28,768 |
| 2021 | 12.71¢ | +0.9% | 29,314 |
| 2022 | 15.27¢ | +20.1% | 29,685 |
| 2023 | 13.70¢ | −10.3% | 30,117 |
| 2024 | 14.02¢ | +2.3% | 30,599 |
| 2025 | 14.81¢ | +5.6% | 30,863 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
+0.5%
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC vs GA 2025 average
−14.1%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in GA
Serves 4 counties in Georgia: Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, Union. 15 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's average residential rate has gone from 12.67¢ to 14.81¢ per kWh: +16.9% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +20.1% in 2022. The largest drop was −10.3% in 2023.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's 2025 rate works out to about $1,914 a year, about the same as the same home would pay at Georgia's average rate of 14.74¢. Of the 58 Georgia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC served 25,795 homes in 2015 and 30,863 in 2025 (+19.6%), under 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's rates
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Georgia 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: Georgia Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Blue Ridge Mountain EMC raising rates in 2026?
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's rates are set by its member-elected 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 +5.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Blue Ridge Mountain EMC charge per kWh?
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC's average effective residential rate was 14.81¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Blue Ridge Mountain EMC rates gone up in five years?
+17.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Blue Ridge Mountain EMC have in Georgia?
30,863 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Fannin, Gilmer, Towns, 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)