11.54¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Bristol / TN ]
City of Bristol electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.8%
vs 2024
30,081
residential customers
+20.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Bristol's average effective residential rate (11.54¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.37¢ | — | 28,533 |
| 2016 | 9.58¢ | +2.2% | 28,697 |
| 2017 | 9.80¢ | +2.3% | 28,893 |
| 2018 | 9.78¢ | −0.2% | 28,949 |
| 2019 | 9.84¢ | +0.6% | 29,001 |
| 2020 | 9.58¢ | −2.6% | 29,074 |
| 2021 | 9.74¢ | +1.7% | 29,286 |
| 2022 | 10.78¢ | +10.7% | 29,321 |
| 2023 | 10.64¢ | −1.3% | 29,384 |
| 2024 | 10.81¢ | +1.6% | 29,622 |
| 2025 | 11.54¢ | +6.8% | 30,081 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
−12.7%
City of Bristol vs TN 2025 average
−33.0%
vs US 2025 average
#86
priciest in TN
Serves 1 county in Tennessee: Sullivan. 20 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Bristol's average residential rate has gone from 9.37¢ to 11.54¢ per kWh: +23.2% over 10 years, or about +2.1% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.7% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.6% in 2020.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Bristol's 2025 rate works out to about $1,634 a year, $238 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 86th most expensive.
City of Bristol served 28,533 homes in 2015 and 30,081 in 2025 (+5.4%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Bristol's rates
City of Bristol 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 Bristol raising rates in 2026?
City of Bristol'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 +6.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Bristol charge per kWh?
City of Bristol's average effective residential rate was 11.54¢ 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 Bristol rates gone up in five years?
+20.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Bristol have in Tennessee?
30,081 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Sullivan, 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)