13.94¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Carroll Electric Member / GA ]
Carroll Electric Member electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.2%
vs 2024
53,707
residential customers
+15.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Carroll Electric Member's average effective residential rate (13.94¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.26¢ | — | 47,144 |
| 2016 | 12.02¢ | −2.0% | 47,480 |
| 2017 | 12.08¢ | +0.5% | 47,873 |
| 2018 | 11.82¢ | −2.1% | 48,313 |
| 2019 | 11.98¢ | +1.4% | 48,821 |
| 2020 | 12.12¢ | +1.2% | 49,511 |
| 2021 | 11.97¢ | −1.2% | 50,451 |
| 2022 | 12.93¢ | +8.0% | 51,513 |
| 2023 | 13.57¢ | +5.0% | 52,344 |
| 2024 | 13.38¢ | −1.4% | 53,299 |
| 2025 | 13.94¢ | +4.2% | 53,707 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−5.4%
Carroll Electric Member vs GA 2025 average
−19.1%
vs US 2025 average
#33
priciest in GA
Serves 7 counties in Georgia: Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk, Troup. 24 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Carroll Electric Member's average residential rate has gone from 12.26¢ to 13.94¢ per kWh: +13.7% over 10 years, or about +1.3% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.0% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.1% in 2018.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Carroll Electric Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,802 a year, $103 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 33rd most expensive.
Carroll Electric Member served 47,144 homes in 2015 and 53,707 in 2025 (+13.9%), about 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Carroll Electric Member's rates
Carroll Electric Member 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 Carroll Electric Member raising rates in 2026?
Carroll Electric Member'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 +4.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Carroll Electric Member charge per kWh?
Carroll Electric Member's average effective residential rate was 13.94¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Carroll Electric Member rates gone up in five years?
+15.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Carroll Electric Member have in Georgia?
53,707 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, 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)