12.99¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Alcoa Utilities / TN ]
City of Alcoa Utilities electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.4%
vs 2024
28,498
residential customers
+21.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Alcoa Utilities's average effective residential rate (12.99¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.16¢ | — | 24,121 |
| 2016 | 10.43¢ | +2.7% | 25,159 |
| 2017 | 10.68¢ | +2.4% | 25,382 |
| 2018 | 10.72¢ | +0.4% | 25,601 |
| 2019 | 10.90¢ | +1.7% | 25,859 |
| 2020 | 10.70¢ | −1.8% | 26,302 |
| 2021 | 10.99¢ | +2.7% | 26,581 |
| 2022 | 12.17¢ | +10.7% | 27,010 |
| 2023 | 12.09¢ | −0.7% | 27,394 |
| 2024 | 12.21¢ | +1.0% | 28,183 |
| 2025 | 12.99¢ | +6.4% | 28,498 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
−1.7%
City of Alcoa Utilities vs TN 2025 average
−24.6%
vs US 2025 average
#46
priciest in TN
Serves 1 county in Tennessee: Blount. 19 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Alcoa Utilities's average residential rate has gone from 10.16¢ to 12.99¢ per kWh: +27.9% over 10 years, or about +2.5% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.7% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.8% in 2020.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Alcoa Utilities's 2025 rate works out to about $1,839 a year, $33 less than at Tennessee's average rate of 13.22¢. Of the 87 Tennessee utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 46th most expensive.
City of Alcoa Utilities served 24,121 homes in 2015 and 28,498 in 2025 (+18.1%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Alcoa Utilities's rates
City of Alcoa Utilities is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Tennessee Public Utility Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Tennessee Public Utility Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Alcoa Utilities raising rates in 2026?
City of Alcoa Utilities's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 +6.4% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Alcoa Utilities charge per kWh?
City of Alcoa Utilities's average effective residential rate was 12.99¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have City of Alcoa Utilities rates gone up in five years?
+21.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Alcoa Utilities have in Tennessee?
28,498 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Blount, 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)