16.28¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Georgia Power / GA ]
Georgia Power electricity rates in Georgia
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.1%
vs 2024
2,480,484
residential customers
+31.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Georgia Power's average effective residential rate (16.28¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.15¢ | — | 2,118,033 |
| 2016 | 12.10¢ | −0.4% | 2,144,447 |
| 2017 | 12.38¢ | +2.3% | 2,173,557 |
| 2018 | 11.63¢ | −6.1% | 2,204,911 |
| 2019 | 12.10¢ | +4.0% | 2,238,149 |
| 2020 | 12.39¢ | +2.4% | 2,277,256 |
| 2021 | 13.22¢ | +6.7% | 2,315,910 |
| 2022 | 15.18¢ | +14.8% | 2,366,818 |
| 2023 | 14.62¢ | −3.7% | 2,387,722 |
| 2024 | 15.49¢ | +6.0% | 2,452,488 |
| 2025 | 16.28¢ | +5.1% | 2,480,484 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
+10.4%
Georgia Power vs GA 2025 average
−5.5%
vs US 2025 average
#8
priciest in GA
Georgia Power files with the EIA as Georgia Power Co (utility ID 7140).
Serves 155 counties in Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spalding, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth. 820 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Georgia Power raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Georgia Power is on file with the Georgia Public Service Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +5.1% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Georgia Power charge per kWh?
Georgia Power's average effective residential rate was 16.28¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Georgia Power rates gone up in five years?
+31.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Georgia Power have in Georgia?
2,480,484 residential customers in 2025, across 155 counties including Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, 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; rate-case facts are from the Georgia Public Service Commission docket linked on this page. 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)