14.81¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Tallapoosa River Elec Coop / AL ]
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop electricity rates in Alabama
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.9%
vs 2024
30,157
residential customers
+25.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Tallapoosa River Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.81¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.84¢ | — | 25,342 |
| 2016 | 11.43¢ | −3.5% | 25,700 |
| 2017 | 11.98¢ | +4.8% | 25,955 |
| 2018 | 11.57¢ | −3.4% | 26,295 |
| 2019 | 11.46¢ | −0.9% | 26,595 |
| 2020 | 11.78¢ | +2.8% | 27,174 |
| 2021 | 11.91¢ | +1.1% | 27,778 |
| 2022 | 12.59¢ | +5.7% | 28,460 |
| 2023 | 13.79¢ | +9.5% | 29,095 |
| 2024 | 14.39¢ | +4.3% | 29,578 |
| 2025 | 14.81¢ | +2.9% | 30,157 |
How this compares
16.09¢
Alabama average, 2025
−8.0%
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop vs AL 2025 average
−14.1%
vs US 2025 average
#15
priciest in AL
Serves 8 counties in Alabama: Barbour, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph, Russell, Tallapoosa. 38 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Tallapoosa River Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.84¢ to 14.81¢ per kWh: +25.1% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.5% in 2023. The largest drop was −3.5% in 2016.
For a home using 1,145 kWh a month, the Alabama average, Tallapoosa River Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $2,035 a year, $176 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 15th most expensive.
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop served 25,342 homes in 2015 and 30,157 in 2025 (+19.0%), about 1% of Alabama's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Tallapoosa River Elec Coop's rates
Tallapoosa River 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 Tallapoosa River Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Tallapoosa River 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 +2.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Tallapoosa River Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.81¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Alabama's 2025 average was 16.09¢.
How much have Tallapoosa River Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+25.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +24.0% for Alabama as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Tallapoosa River Elec Coop have in Alabama?
30,157 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Barbour, Chambers, Clay, 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)