13.34¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Cleveland / TN ]
City of Cleveland electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.5%
vs 2024
29,740
residential customers
+17.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Cleveland's average effective residential rate (13.34¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.88¢ | — | 26,159 |
| 2016 | 10.40¢ | +5.3% | 26,454 |
| 2017 | 10.95¢ | +5.3% | 26,844 |
| 2018 | 11.07¢ | +1.1% | 27,027 |
| 2019 | 11.44¢ | +3.3% | 27,129 |
| 2020 | 11.38¢ | −0.5% | 27,363 |
| 2021 | 11.67¢ | +2.5% | 27,665 |
| 2022 | 12.79¢ | +9.6% | 28,178 |
| 2023 | 12.57¢ | −1.7% | 28,727 |
| 2024 | 12.53¢ | −0.3% | 29,331 |
| 2025 | 13.34¢ | +6.5% | 29,740 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
+0.9%
City of Cleveland vs TN 2025 average
−22.6%
vs US 2025 average
#34
priciest in TN
Serves 1 county in Tennessee: Bradley. 5 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Cleveland's average residential rate has gone from 9.88¢ to 13.34¢ per kWh: +35.0% over 10 years, or about +3.0% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.7% in 2023.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Cleveland's 2025 rate works out to about $1,889 a year, $17 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 34th most expensive.
City of Cleveland served 26,159 homes in 2015 and 29,740 in 2025 (+13.7%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Cleveland's rates
City of Cleveland 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 Cleveland raising rates in 2026?
City of Cleveland'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 +6.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Cleveland charge per kWh?
City of Cleveland's average effective residential rate was 13.34¢ 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 Cleveland rates gone up in five years?
+17.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Cleveland have in Tennessee?
29,740 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Bradley, 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)