15.44¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Joe Wheeler Elec Member / AL ]
Joe Wheeler Elec Member electricity rates in Alabama
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.6%
vs 2024
37,109
residential customers
+29.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Joe Wheeler Elec Member's average effective residential rate (15.44¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.93¢ | — | 34,627 |
| 2016 | 11.38¢ | +4.1% | 34,739 |
| 2017 | 11.73¢ | +3.1% | 34,892 |
| 2018 | 11.65¢ | −0.7% | 35,028 |
| 2019 | 11.92¢ | +2.3% | 35,191 |
| 2020 | 11.96¢ | +0.3% | 35,440 |
| 2021 | 12.17¢ | +1.8% | 35,994 |
| 2022 | 13.50¢ | +10.9% | 36,202 |
| 2023 | 13.81¢ | +2.3% | 36,462 |
| 2024 | 14.49¢ | +4.9% | 36,973 |
| 2025 | 15.44¢ | +6.6% | 37,109 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−4.0%
Joe Wheeler Elec Member vs AL 2025 average
−10.4%
vs US 2025 average
#12
priciest in AL
Serves 2 counties in Alabama: Lawrence, Morgan. 34 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Joe Wheeler Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 10.93¢ to 15.44¢ per kWh: +41.3% over 10 years, or about +3.5% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.9% in 2022. The largest drop was −0.7% in 2018.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, Joe Wheeler Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $2,121 a year, $89 less than at Alabama's average rate of 16.09¢. Of the 45 Alabama utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 12th most expensive.
Joe Wheeler Elec Member served 34,627 homes in 2015 and 37,109 in 2025 (+7.2%), about 2% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Joe Wheeler Elec Member's rates
Joe Wheeler Elec Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Alabama 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: Alabama Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Joe Wheeler Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
Joe Wheeler Elec Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Alabama Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +6.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Joe Wheeler Elec Member charge per kWh?
Joe Wheeler Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 15.44¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have Joe Wheeler Elec Member rates gone up in five years?
+29.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Joe Wheeler Elec Member have in Alabama?
37,109 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Lawrence, Morgan, 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)