[ Fort Loudoun Electric Coop / TN ]
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop electricity rates in Tennessee
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (12.83¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.67¢ | — | 27,410 |
| 2016 | 10.75¢ | +0.8% | 27,544 |
| 2017 | 11.03¢ | +2.6% | 27,763 |
| 2018 | 10.89¢ | −1.3% | 28,035 |
| 2019 | 11.00¢ | +1.0% | 28,415 |
| 2020 | 10.83¢ | −1.6% | 28,872 |
| 2021 | 11.10¢ | +2.5% | 29,240 |
| 2022 | 12.22¢ | +10.1% | 29,554 |
| 2023 | 12.04¢ | −1.5% | 29,988 |
| 2024 | 12.11¢ | +0.6% | 30,527 |
| 2025 | 12.83¢ | +6.0% | 30,743 |
How this compares
Serves 3 counties in Tennessee: Blount, Loudon, Monroe. 17 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.67¢ to 12.83¢ per kWh: +20.2% over 10 years, or about +1.9% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.1% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.6% in 2020.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,817 a year, $55 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 51st most expensive.
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop served 27,410 homes in 2015 and 30,743 in 2025 (+12.2%), under 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's rates
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop 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 Fort Loudoun Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop'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 +6.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Fort Loudoun Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 12.83¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have Fort Loudoun Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+18.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Fort Loudoun Electric Coop have in Tennessee?
30,743 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including Blount, Loudon, Monroe, 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)
