13.11¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Cumberland Valley Electric / KY ]
Cumberland Valley Electric electricity rates in Kentucky
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+1.9%
vs 2024
22,506
residential customers
+28.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Cumberland Valley Electric's average effective residential rate (13.11¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.14¢ | — | 21,907 |
| 2016 | 10.12¢ | −0.2% | 21,955 |
| 2017 | 10.57¢ | +4.5% | 21,975 |
| 2018 | 10.40¢ | −1.6% | 21,978 |
| 2019 | 10.34¢ | −0.6% | 21,980 |
| 2020 | 10.18¢ | −1.6% | 22,139 |
| 2021 | 11.04¢ | +8.4% | 22,267 |
| 2022 | 12.81¢ | +16.0% | 22,303 |
| 2023 | 13.06¢ | +1.9% | 22,348 |
| 2024 | 12.87¢ | −1.4% | 22,478 |
| 2025 | 13.11¢ | +1.9% | 22,506 |
How this compares
13.13¢
Kentucky average, 2025
−0.1%
Cumberland Valley Electric vs KY 2025 average
−23.9%
vs US 2025 average
#30
priciest in KY
Serves 9 counties in Kentucky: Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher, McCreary, Whitley. 56 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Cumberland Valley Electric's average residential rate has gone from 10.14¢ to 13.11¢ per kWh: +29.3% over 10 years, or about +2.6% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.0% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.6% in 2018.
For a home using 1,094 kWh a month, the Kentucky average, Cumberland Valley Electric's 2025 rate works out to about $1,721 a year, about the same as the same home would pay at Kentucky's average rate of 13.13¢. Of the 45 Kentucky utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 30th most expensive.
Cumberland Valley Electric served 21,907 homes in 2015 and 22,506 in 2025 (+2.7%), about 1% of Kentucky's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Cumberland Valley Electric's rates
Cumberland Valley Electric is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Kentucky 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: Kentucky Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Cumberland Valley Electric raising rates in 2026?
Cumberland Valley Electric's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Kentucky Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +1.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Cumberland Valley Electric charge per kWh?
Cumberland Valley Electric's average effective residential rate was 13.11¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Kentucky's 2025 average was 13.13¢.
How much have Cumberland Valley Electric rates gone up in five years?
+28.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +19.1% for Kentucky as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Cumberland Valley Electric have in Kentucky?
22,506 residential customers in 2025, across 9 counties including Bell, Clay, Harlan, 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)