13.60¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Caney Fork Electric Coop / TN ]
Caney Fork Electric Coop electricity rates in Tennessee
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.5%
vs 2024
29,863
residential customers
+19.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Caney Fork Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (13.60¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.39¢ | — | 26,935 |
| 2016 | 10.74¢ | +3.4% | 27,046 |
| 2017 | 11.06¢ | +3.0% | 27,174 |
| 2018 | 11.11¢ | +0.5% | 27,272 |
| 2019 | 11.44¢ | +3.0% | 27,296 |
| 2020 | 11.43¢ | −0.1% | 27,746 |
| 2021 | 11.70¢ | +2.4% | 28,106 |
| 2022 | 12.80¢ | +9.4% | 28,584 |
| 2023 | 12.72¢ | −0.6% | 29,053 |
| 2024 | 12.89¢ | +1.3% | 29,631 |
| 2025 | 13.60¢ | +5.5% | 29,863 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
+2.9%
Caney Fork Electric Coop vs TN 2025 average
−21.1%
vs US 2025 average
#27
priciest in TN
Serves 8 counties in Tennessee: Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Grundy, Putnam, Van Buren, Warren, White. 25 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Caney Fork Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.39¢ to 13.60¢ per kWh: +30.9% over 10 years, or about +2.7% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −0.6% in 2023.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, Caney Fork Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,926 a year, $54 more than at Tennessee's average rate of 13.22¢. Of the 87 Tennessee utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 27th most expensive.
Caney Fork Electric Coop served 26,935 homes in 2015 and 29,863 in 2025 (+10.9%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Caney Fork Electric Coop's rates
Caney Fork Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Tennessee Public Utility 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: Tennessee Public Utility Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Caney Fork Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Caney Fork Electric Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Tennessee Public Utility Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +5.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Caney Fork Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Caney Fork Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 13.60¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have Caney Fork Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+19.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Caney Fork Electric Coop have in Tennessee?
29,863 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, 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)