13.55¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Sand Mountain Electric Coop / AL ]
Sand Mountain Electric Coop electricity rates in Alabama
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.0%
vs 2024
27,485
residential customers
+19.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Sand Mountain Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (13.55¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.79¢ | — | 25,017 |
| 2016 | 10.94¢ | +1.4% | 25,179 |
| 2017 | 11.23¢ | +2.6% | 25,473 |
| 2018 | 11.08¢ | −1.3% | 25,449 |
| 2019 | 11.50¢ | +3.8% | 25,570 |
| 2020 | 11.34¢ | −1.4% | 25,929 |
| 2021 | 11.67¢ | +2.9% | 26,273 |
| 2022 | 12.64¢ | +8.3% | 26,593 |
| 2023 | 12.56¢ | −0.6% | 26,888 |
| 2024 | 12.55¢ | −0.1% | 27,298 |
| 2025 | 13.55¢ | +8.0% | 27,485 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−15.8%
Sand Mountain Electric Coop vs AL 2025 average
−21.4%
vs US 2025 average
#27
priciest in AL
Serves 3 counties in Alabama: DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall. 25 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Sand Mountain Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.79¢ to 13.55¢ per kWh: +25.6% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.4% in 2020.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, Sand Mountain Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,862 a year, $349 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 27th most expensive.
Sand Mountain Electric Coop served 25,017 homes in 2015 and 27,485 in 2025 (+9.9%), about 1% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Sand Mountain Electric Coop's rates
Sand Mountain Electric Coop 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 Sand Mountain Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Sand Mountain Electric Coop'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 +8.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Sand Mountain Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Sand Mountain Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 13.55¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have Sand Mountain Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+19.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Sand Mountain Electric Coop have in Alabama?
27,485 residential customers in 2025, across 3 counties including DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall, 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)