14.55¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Southern Pine Elec Coop / AL ]
Southern Pine Elec Coop electricity rates in Alabama
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.7%
vs 2024
20,846
residential customers
+24.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Southern Pine Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.55¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.50¢ | — | 19,270 |
| 2016 | 11.18¢ | −2.8% | 19,471 |
| 2017 | 11.62¢ | +3.9% | 19,548 |
| 2018 | 11.49¢ | −1.1% | 19,668 |
| 2019 | 11.53¢ | +0.3% | 19,806 |
| 2020 | 11.70¢ | +1.5% | 20,120 |
| 2021 | 11.72¢ | +0.2% | 20,229 |
| 2022 | 12.73¢ | +8.6% | 20,333 |
| 2023 | 13.57¢ | +6.6% | 20,523 |
| 2024 | 13.90¢ | +2.4% | 20,645 |
| 2025 | 14.55¢ | +4.7% | 20,846 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−9.6%
Southern Pine Elec Coop vs AL 2025 average
−15.6%
vs US 2025 average
#18
priciest in AL
Serves 5 counties in Alabama: Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Southern Pine Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.50¢ to 14.55¢ per kWh: +26.5% 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 +8.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.8% in 2016.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, Southern Pine Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,999 a year, $212 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 18th most expensive.
Southern Pine Elec Coop served 19,270 homes in 2015 and 20,846 in 2025 (+8.2%), under 1% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Southern Pine Elec Coop's rates
Southern Pine Elec 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 Southern Pine Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Southern Pine Elec 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 +4.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Southern Pine Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Southern Pine Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.55¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have Southern Pine Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+24.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Southern Pine Elec Coop have in Alabama?
20,846 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, 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)