13.76¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Cumberland Elec Member / TN ]
Cumberland Elec Member electricity rates in Tennessee
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.9%
vs 2024
101,734
residential customers
+20.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Cumberland Elec Member's average effective residential rate (13.76¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.89¢ | — | 80,797 |
| 2016 | 11.09¢ | +1.8% | 82,330 |
| 2017 | 11.49¢ | +3.6% | 83,875 |
| 2018 | 11.35¢ | −1.2% | 85,397 |
| 2019 | 11.51¢ | +1.4% | 87,345 |
| 2020 | 11.38¢ | −1.1% | 89,870 |
| 2021 | 11.65¢ | +2.4% | 93,463 |
| 2022 | 12.72¢ | +9.2% | 95,827 |
| 2023 | 12.68¢ | −0.3% | 98,124 |
| 2024 | 12.99¢ | +2.4% | 100,585 |
| 2025 | 13.76¢ | +5.9% | 101,734 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
+4.1%
Cumberland Elec Member vs TN 2025 average
−20.1%
vs US 2025 average
#20
priciest in TN
Serves 6 counties in Tennessee: Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart, Sumner. 44 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Cumberland Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 10.89¢ to 13.76¢ per kWh: +26.4% over 10 years, or about +2.4% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.2% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.2% in 2018.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, Cumberland Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,948 a year, $76 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 20th most expensive.
Cumberland Elec Member served 80,797 homes in 2015 and 101,734 in 2025 (+25.9%), about 3% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Cumberland Elec Member's rates
Cumberland Elec Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Tennessee Public Utility 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: Tennessee Public Utility Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Cumberland Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
Cumberland Elec Member's rates are set by its member-elected 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 +5.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Cumberland Elec Member charge per kWh?
Cumberland Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 13.76¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have Cumberland Elec Member rates gone up in five years?
+20.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Cumberland Elec Member have in Tennessee?
101,734 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, 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)