13.06¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Central Georgia El Member / GA ]
Central Georgia El Member electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.7%
vs 2024
62,546
residential customers
+24.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Central Georgia El Member's average effective residential rate (13.06¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.37¢ | — | 49,213 |
| 2016 | 9.40¢ | +0.3% | 49,904 |
| 2017 | 9.78¢ | +4.0% | 50,839 |
| 2018 | 9.87¢ | +0.9% | 51,840 |
| 2019 | 10.19¢ | +3.2% | 53,215 |
| 2020 | 10.48¢ | +2.9% | 54,770 |
| 2021 | 10.76¢ | +2.7% | 56,522 |
| 2022 | 11.74¢ | +9.1% | 58,255 |
| 2023 | 12.23¢ | +4.2% | 59,750 |
| 2024 | 12.24¢ | +0.1% | 61,155 |
| 2025 | 13.06¢ | +6.7% | 62,546 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−11.4%
Central Georgia El Member vs GA 2025 average
−24.2%
vs US 2025 average
#45
priciest in GA
Serves 16 counties in Georgia: Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Newton, Pike, Putnam, Spalding. 35 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Central Georgia El Member's average residential rate has gone from 9.37¢ to 13.06¢ per kWh: +39.4% over 10 years, or about +3.4% a year. It rose in 10 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.1% in 2022.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Central Georgia El Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,688 a year, $217 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 45th most expensive.
Central Georgia El Member served 49,213 homes in 2015 and 62,546 in 2025 (+27.1%), about 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Central Georgia El Member's rates
Central Georgia El 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 Central Georgia El Member raising rates in 2026?
Central Georgia El 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 +6.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Central Georgia El Member charge per kWh?
Central Georgia El Member's average effective residential rate was 13.06¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Central Georgia El Member rates gone up in five years?
+24.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Central Georgia El Member have in Georgia?
62,546 residential customers in 2025, across 16 counties including Bartow, Bibb, Butts, 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)