15.05¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Newport / TN ]
City of Newport electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.8%
vs 2024
20,003
residential customers
+30.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Newport's average effective residential rate (15.05¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.59¢ | — | 18,167 |
| 2016 | 10.68¢ | +0.8% | 18,236 |
| 2017 | 10.92¢ | +2.3% | 18,356 |
| 2018 | 10.83¢ | −0.8% | 18,464 |
| 2019 | 11.05¢ | +2.0% | 18,617 |
| 2020 | 11.51¢ | +4.2% | 19,048 |
| 2021 | 12.13¢ | +5.4% | 19,295 |
| 2022 | 13.49¢ | +11.2% | 19,526 |
| 2023 | 13.40¢ | −0.7% | 19,810 |
| 2024 | 13.83¢ | +3.2% | 19,859 |
| 2025 | 15.05¢ | +8.8% | 20,003 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
+13.8%
City of Newport vs TN 2025 average
−12.7%
vs US 2025 average
#3
priciest in TN
Serves 3 counties in Tennessee: Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier. 17 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Newport's average residential rate has gone from 10.59¢ to 15.05¢ per kWh: +42.1% over 10 years, or about +3.6% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.2% in 2022. The largest drop was −0.8% in 2018.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, City of Newport's 2025 rate works out to about $2,131 a year, $259 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 3rd most expensive.
City of Newport served 18,167 homes in 2015 and 20,003 in 2025 (+10.1%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Newport's rates
City of Newport 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 Newport raising rates in 2026?
City of Newport'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 +8.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Newport charge per kWh?
City of Newport's average effective residential rate was 15.05¢ 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 Newport rates gone up in five years?
+30.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Newport have in Tennessee?
20,003 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier, 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)