[ Sequachee Valley Electric Coop / TN ]
Sequachee Valley 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 Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (13.77¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.90¢ | — | 29,439 |
| 2016 | 11.08¢ | +1.6% | 29,579 |
| 2017 | 11.55¢ | +4.2% | 29,692 |
| 2018 | 11.35¢ | −1.7% | 29,854 |
| 2019 | 11.48¢ | +1.1% | 30,160 |
| 2020 | 11.35¢ | −1.1% | 30,994 |
| 2021 | 11.62¢ | +2.4% | 31,525 |
| 2022 | 12.77¢ | +9.9% | 32,079 |
| 2023 | 12.85¢ | +0.6% | 32,583 |
| 2024 | 12.97¢ | +0.9% | 33,206 |
| 2025 | 13.77¢ | +6.2% | 33,315 |
How this compares
Serves 8 counties in Tennessee: Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie, Van Buren. 30 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.90¢ to 13.77¢ per kWh: +26.3% over 10 years, or about +2.4% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.9% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.7% in 2018.
For a home using 1,180 kWh a month, the Tennessee average, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,950 a year, $78 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 19th most expensive.
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop served 29,439 homes in 2015 and 33,315 in 2025 (+13.2%), about 1% of Tennessee's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's rates
Sequachee Valley 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 Sequachee Valley Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Sequachee Valley 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 +6.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Sequachee Valley Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 13.77¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Tennessee's 2025 average was 13.22¢.
How much have Sequachee Valley Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+21.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.7% for Tennessee as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Sequachee Valley Electric Coop have in Tennessee?
33,315 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Bledsoe, Coffee, Grundy, 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)
