14.04¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Nashville Electric Service / TN ]
Nashville Electric Service electricity rates in Tennessee
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.2%
vs 2024
424,808
residential customers
+19.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Nashville Electric Service's average effective residential rate (14.04¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.03¢ | — | 336,053 |
| 2016 | 11.13¢ | +0.9% | 342,609 |
| 2017 | 11.47¢ | +3.0% | 351,899 |
| 2018 | 11.81¢ | +3.0% | 359,757 |
| 2019 | 11.89¢ | +0.7% | 365,555 |
| 2020 | 11.73¢ | −1.4% | 371,817 |
| 2021 | 11.96¢ | +2.0% | 382,468 |
| 2022 | 13.15¢ | +9.9% | 391,807 |
| 2023 | 13.44¢ | +2.2% | 405,896 |
| 2024 | 13.47¢ | +0.2% | 417,640 |
| 2025 | 14.04¢ | +4.2% | 424,808 |
How this compares
13.22¢
Tennessee average, 2025
+6.2%
Nashville Electric Service vs TN 2025 average
−18.5%
vs US 2025 average
#13
priciest in TN
Serves 7 counties in Tennessee: Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson. 70 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Nashville Electric Service's average residential rate has gone from 11.03¢ to 14.04¢ per kWh: +27.3% over 10 years, or about +2.4% a year. It rose in 9 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.9% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.4% in 2020.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, Nashville Electric Service's 2025 rate works out to about $1,988 a year, $116 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 13th most expensive.
Nashville Electric Service served 336,053 homes in 2015 and 424,808 in 2025 (+26.4%), about 13% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Nashville Electric Service's rates
Nashville Electric Service is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Tennessee Public Utility Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Tennessee Public Utility Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Nashville Electric Service raising rates in 2026?
Nashville Electric Service's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 +4.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Nashville Electric Service charge per kWh?
Nashville Electric Service's average effective residential rate was 14.04¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have Nashville Electric Service rates gone up in five years?
+19.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Nashville Electric Service have in Tennessee?
424,808 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Cheatham, Davidson, Robertson, 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)