12.82¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Lenoir / TN ]
City of Lenoir electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+7.3%
vs 2024
63,379
residential customers
+22.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Lenoir's average effective residential rate (12.82¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.71¢ | — | 50,574 |
| 2016 | 9.81¢ | +1.0% | 51,409 |
| 2017 | 10.11¢ | +3.1% | 52,133 |
| 2018 | 10.26¢ | +1.5% | 53,238 |
| 2019 | 10.46¢ | +1.9% | 54,396 |
| 2020 | 10.50¢ | +0.4% | 56,086 |
| 2021 | 10.88¢ | +3.6% | 58,432 |
| 2022 | 12.14¢ | +11.6% | 59,579 |
| 2023 | 11.85¢ | −2.4% | 60,693 |
| 2024 | 11.95¢ | +0.8% | 62,455 |
| 2025 | 12.82¢ | +7.3% | 63,379 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
−3.0%
City of Lenoir vs TN 2025 average
−25.6%
vs US 2025 average
#52
priciest in TN
Serves 3 counties in Tennessee: Knox, Loudon, Roane. 2 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Lenoir's average residential rate has gone from 9.71¢ to 12.82¢ per kWh: +32.0% over 10 years, or about +2.8% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.4% in 2023.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Lenoir's 2025 rate works out to about $1,815 a year, $57 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 52nd most expensive.
City of Lenoir served 50,574 homes in 2015 and 63,379 in 2025 (+25.3%), about 2% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Lenoir's rates
City of Lenoir 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 Lenoir raising rates in 2026?
City of Lenoir'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 +7.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Lenoir charge per kWh?
City of Lenoir's average effective residential rate was 12.82¢ 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 Lenoir rates gone up in five years?
+22.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Lenoir have in Tennessee?
63,379 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Knox, Loudon, Roane, 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)