12.79¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Gallatin / TN ]
City of Gallatin electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.6%
vs 2024
23,744
residential customers
+27.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Gallatin's average effective residential rate (12.79¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.58¢ | — | 14,573 |
| 2016 | 9.70¢ | +1.3% | 15,106 |
| 2017 | 9.89¢ | +2.0% | 15,669 |
| 2018 | 9.93¢ | +0.4% | 16,629 |
| 2019 | 10.24¢ | +3.1% | 17,917 |
| 2020 | 10.07¢ | −1.7% | 19,227 |
| 2021 | 10.39¢ | +3.2% | 19,851 |
| 2022 | 11.53¢ | +11.0% | 21,016 |
| 2023 | 11.33¢ | −1.7% | 21,790 |
| 2024 | 11.78¢ | +4.0% | 23,204 |
| 2025 | 12.79¢ | +8.6% | 23,744 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
−3.3%
City of Gallatin vs TN 2025 average
−25.8%
vs US 2025 average
#54
priciest in TN
Serves 1 county in Tennessee: Sumner. 2 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Gallatin's average residential rate has gone from 9.58¢ to 12.79¢ per kWh: +33.5% over 10 years, or about +2.9% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.0% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.7% in 2023.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Gallatin's 2025 rate works out to about $1,811 a year, $61 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 54th most expensive.
City of Gallatin served 14,573 homes in 2015 and 23,744 in 2025 (+62.9%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Gallatin's rates
City of Gallatin 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 Gallatin raising rates in 2026?
City of Gallatin'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 +8.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Gallatin charge per kWh?
City of Gallatin's average effective residential rate was 12.79¢ 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 Gallatin rates gone up in five years?
+27.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Gallatin have in Tennessee?
23,744 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Sumner, 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)