14.38¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Coastal Electric Member / GA ]
Coastal Electric Member electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+3.2%
vs 2024
21,397
residential customers
+5.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Coastal Electric Member's average effective residential rate (14.38¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.47¢ | — | 15,458 |
| 2016 | 13.60¢ | +1.0% | 16,021 |
| 2017 | 14.06¢ | +3.4% | 16,174 |
| 2018 | 13.60¢ | −3.3% | 17,123 |
| 2019 | 13.92¢ | +2.4% | 17,393 |
| 2020 | 13.69¢ | −1.6% | 18,215 |
| 2021 | 13.78¢ | +0.7% | 18,642 |
| 2022 | 14.00¢ | +1.6% | 19,423 |
| 2023 | 14.15¢ | +1.1% | 19,782 |
| 2024 | 13.94¢ | −1.5% | 20,559 |
| 2025 | 14.38¢ | +3.2% | 21,397 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−2.4%
Coastal Electric Member vs GA 2025 average
−16.5%
vs US 2025 average
#25
priciest in GA
Serves 4 counties in Georgia: Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh. 11 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Coastal Electric Member's average residential rate has gone from 13.47¢ to 14.38¢ per kWh: +6.8% over 10 years, or about +0.7% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +3.4% in 2017. The largest drop was −3.3% in 2018.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Coastal Electric Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,858 a year, $47 less than at Georgia's average rate of 14.74¢. Of the 58 Georgia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 25th most expensive.
Coastal Electric Member served 15,458 homes in 2015 and 21,397 in 2025 (+38.4%), under 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Coastal Electric Member's rates
Coastal Electric Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Georgia Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Georgia Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Coastal Electric Member raising rates in 2026?
Coastal Electric Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Georgia Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +3.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Coastal Electric Member charge per kWh?
Coastal Electric Member's average effective residential rate was 14.38¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Coastal Electric Member rates gone up in five years?
+5.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Coastal Electric Member have in Georgia?
21,397 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Bryan, Liberty, Long, 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)