12.51¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Huntsville / AL ]
City of Huntsville electricity rates in Alabama
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+9.3%
vs 2024
201,803
residential customers
+23.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Huntsville's average effective residential rate (12.51¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.58¢ | — | 155,550 |
| 2016 | 9.67¢ | +0.9% | 158,161 |
| 2017 | 10.07¢ | +4.1% | 160,610 |
| 2018 | 10.12¢ | +0.5% | 162,839 |
| 2019 | 10.24¢ | +1.2% | 165,804 |
| 2020 | 10.12¢ | −1.2% | 167,883 |
| 2021 | 10.54¢ | +4.2% | 176,541 |
| 2022 | 11.74¢ | +11.4% | 172,205 |
| 2023 | 11.48¢ | −2.2% | 175,492 |
| 2024 | 11.45¢ | −0.3% | 197,537 |
| 2025 | 12.51¢ | +9.3% | 201,803 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−22.3%
City of Huntsville vs AL 2025 average
−27.4%
vs US 2025 average
#39
priciest in AL
Serves 1 county in Alabama: Madison. 49 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Huntsville's average residential rate has gone from 9.58¢ to 12.51¢ per kWh: +30.6% over 10 years, or about +2.7% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.2% in 2023.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, City of Huntsville's 2025 rate works out to about $1,719 a year, $492 less than at Alabama's average rate of 16.09¢. Of the 45 Alabama utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 39th most expensive.
City of Huntsville served 155,550 homes in 2015 and 201,803 in 2025 (+29.7%), about 8% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Huntsville's rates
City of Huntsville 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 Alabama Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Alabama Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Huntsville raising rates in 2026?
City of Huntsville's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Alabama Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +9.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Huntsville charge per kWh?
City of Huntsville's average effective residential rate was 12.51¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have City of Huntsville rates gone up in five years?
+23.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Huntsville have in Alabama?
201,803 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Madison, 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)