14.10¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Walton Electric Member / GA ]
Walton Electric Member electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.6%
vs 2024
133,581
residential customers
+20.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Walton Electric Member's average effective residential rate (14.10¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.52¢ | — | 114,346 |
| 2016 | 10.85¢ | +3.1% | 115,785 |
| 2017 | 11.31¢ | +4.2% | 117,550 |
| 2018 | 11.57¢ | +2.3% | 118,824 |
| 2019 | 11.45¢ | −1.0% | 120,480 |
| 2020 | 11.67¢ | +1.9% | 122,399 |
| 2021 | 11.96¢ | +2.5% | 124,848 |
| 2022 | 12.52¢ | +4.7% | 127,193 |
| 2023 | 13.36¢ | +6.7% | 129,144 |
| 2024 | 12.99¢ | −2.8% | 131,915 |
| 2025 | 14.10¢ | +8.6% | 133,581 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−4.3%
Walton Electric Member vs GA 2025 average
−18.2%
vs US 2025 average
#29
priciest in GA
Serves 10 counties in Georgia: Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Greene, Gwinnett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale, Walton. 36 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Walton Electric Member's average residential rate has gone from 10.52¢ to 14.10¢ per kWh: +34.0% over 10 years, or about +3.0% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.6% in 2025. The largest drop was −2.8% in 2024.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Walton Electric Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,822 a year, $83 less than at Georgia's average rate of 14.74¢. Of the 58 Georgia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 29th most expensive.
Walton Electric Member served 114,346 homes in 2015 and 133,581 in 2025 (+16.8%), about 3% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Walton Electric Member's rates
Walton Electric Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Georgia 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: Georgia Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Walton Electric Member raising rates in 2026?
Walton Electric Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Georgia Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +8.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Walton Electric Member charge per kWh?
Walton Electric Member's average effective residential rate was 14.10¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Walton Electric Member rates gone up in five years?
+20.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Walton Electric Member have in Georgia?
133,581 residential customers in 2025, across 10 counties including Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, 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)