Electricity rates — Georgia

What a typical bill in Georgia costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 6 generally available plans here run from $1,381.37 on AEA Residential Energy Advantage Service to $2,022.32 on Schedule TOU-OA-14 Time of Use - Overnight Advantage, with a median of $1,665.06.

Effective rates span 11.5¢ to 16.9¢ per kWh at that usage.

What households in Georgia pay, by EIA's count

Georgia's residential electricity averaged 15.0¢ per kWh over the 12 months to June 2026, the 20th-lowest of the 50 states and DC and 16% below the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Kansas (15.0¢) and New Mexico (15.3¢).

EIA lists 58 utilities serving homes in Georgia. By homes served, the largest 5 are Georgia Power Co (2,452,488), Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA) (239,558), Cobb Electric Membership Corp (200,601), Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (181,600), and GreyStone Power Corporation (139,028). Member-owned cooperatives supply about 42% of its households.

Over five years they rose 23.5%, well behind the US's 34.7%.

Georgia homes used the most electricity in July and the least in April (2021–2025): a summer peak, 1.8 times the lightest month. July's bills were the highest, averaging $216; April's the lowest, $108. June was the dearest month per kWh, 23% above January.

The utilities with a ranked plan on this page serve about 56% of Georgia's households: Georgia Power Co (2,452,488), Jackson Electric Member Corp (239,558). Their median plan at 1,000 kWh a month works out to 13.9¢ per kWh, 8% below EIA's average, which is why this page compares that median with other states'.

Chart of this for reuse (PNG), free to republish under CC BY 4.0 with credit to WattClear. Suggested alt text: “Bar chart. Georgia's average home electricity price, July 2025 to June 2026, was 4.3% higher than the 12 months before, the 38th-largest rise of the 50 states. Washington, DC: +24.9%. United States average: +6.7%. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.”

In the guides: Summer and winter bills, state by state

How Georgia compares

At 1,000 kWh a month the median plan in Georgia costs $1,665.06 a year: the 3rd-lowest of the 30 states whose indexed plans stand for them, and 28% less than their median of $2,303.60. It sits between Missouri ($1,571.81) and North Carolina ($1,725.26).

Its cheapest open plan, AEA Residential Energy Advantage Service from Jackson Electric Member Corp at $1,381.37, is the 2nd-lowest of the 30 states' cheapest plans.

The largest fixed charge on any plan here is $52.80 a month, the 6th-largest such charge of the 30 states.

In the guides: What published electricity plans cost, state by state · What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour

What each provider in Georgia costs

2 utilities serve customers across Georgia in this data. At 1,000 kWh a month the cheapest of them is Jackson Electric Member Corp at $1,381.37 a year on AEA Residential Energy Advantage Service; the dearest is Georgia Power Co at $1,801.57.

That is $420.20 a year between the best each provider offers.

Cheapest available plan by provider: Jackson Electric Member Corp $1,381.37; Georgia Power Co $1,801.57.

Which plan in Georgia is cheapest as use rises

AEA Residential Energy Advantage Service is cheapest at every level tested — $874.20 a year at 500 kWh a month, $2,470.97 at 2,000 kWh.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $220.94 a year at 500 kWh against $1,405.63 at 2,000 kWh.

How Georgia's plans are structured

Of 23 priceable plans: 12 tiered, 9 time-of-use, 11 priced by season, 1 with demand charges, 2 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $0.46 to $52.80.

Who provides Georgia's plans

These plans come from 6 utilities: Cobb Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co, GreyStone Power Corporation, Jackson Electric Member Corp, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation, Walton Electric Member Corp.

The largest saving among Georgia's plans

Moving from Schedule TOU-OA-14 Time of Use - Overnight Advantage to AEA Residential Energy Advantage Service saves $640.95 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What the Georgia figures do not cover

9 of these plans price by the hour; their figures assume the typical hourly pattern of homes in Georgia, not this household's own hours.