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Albany Utility Board is an municipal utility serving 33,921 customer accounts in Georgia; 29,517 of them are residential. It connects 1.1 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.
At 973 kWh a month a Albany Utility Board home pays about $125 in energy: 12.87 ¢/kWh, 8.6% below the Georgia average of 14.08 ¢.
It connects 1.1 net-metered homes per 1,000 home accounts, 0.1 times the national median.
Net metering stands out at Albany Utility Board: 32 residential installations on 29,517 home accounts, 1.1 per 1,000. That is place 25 of 26 Georgia utilities and 0.1 times the national median (8.7). All installations together total 0.2 MW, an average of 6.2 kW each.
| Albany Utility Board, 2024 | Home | Business | Bill | SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Utility Board | 12.87 ¢/kWh | 7.36 ¢/kWh | $125at 973 kWh | 125 minSAIDI |
| Georgia average against this company, which is 11 of 29 on price | +1.21 ¢/kWhcompany 8.6% below | +3.51 ¢/kWhcompany 32.3% below | +$12a month at 973 kWh | +3 mincompany 3 below |
| Coweta-Fayette El Member CorpLowest in this table | 12.80 ¢/kWhcompany 0.5% above | 13.45 ¢/kWhcompany 45.2% below | $1251 less than company | 116 mincompany 9 above |
No 2025 early-release row for Albany Utility Board; 2024 stays the latest year.
No 2025 line exists yet for Albany Utility Board, so 12.87 ¢/kWh and a SAIDI of 125 minutes (2024, 29,517 homes) are the latest figures.
Albany Utility Board serves 29,517 homes in Georgia. At 973 kWh a month that is about 315 kg of CO₂, or 3,781 kg a year, at the Georgia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Georgia generation mix.
10.87 ¢ in 2015, 12.87 ¢ in 2024 (+18.4%); Georgia 11.54 to 14.08 ¢.
| Year | Albany Utility Board | Gap to Georgia residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.87 | -0.67 | -1.78 |
| 2016 | 10.27 | -1.23 | -2.28 |
| 2017 | 10.84 | -1.06 | -2.05 |
| 2018 | 11.56 | +0.09 | -1.31 |
| 2019 | 10.76 | -1.00 | -2.25 |
| 2020 | 11.61 | -0.41 | -1.54 |
| 2021 | 11.21 | -1.30 | -2.45 |
| 2022 | 11.02 | -2.78 | -4.02 |
| 2023 | 11.17 | -2.52 | -4.83 |
| 2024 | 12.87 | -1.21 | -3.61 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV125.3 min, 1.26x the median reporter, rank 410 of 673.
Albany Utility Board, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVAlbany Utility Board billed homes 10.87 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 12.87 ¢ in 2024, +18.4% in all, and lagged the Georgia average (+22.0%) by 3.6 points. Albany Utility Board's sharpest move came in 2024, +15.2%. The latest year is the high at 12.87 ¢; the low was 10.27 ¢ (2016). 2024: +15.2% here, +2.8% for the Georgia average. Albany Utility Board filed SAIDI in only 2 years of this window, too few for a trend. Albany Utility Board has 10 cheaper and 18 higher-priced Georgia peers among 29 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Coweta-Fayette El Member Corp, bills 12.80 ¢ (-0.06). Next higher-priced, Walton Electric Member Corp, bills 12.99 ¢ (+0.12).
A trade-off shows up. Customers pay 8.6% less than the Georgia average, yet the 125-minute outage clock runs 1.3x the national median.
Home accounts at Albany Utility Board went from 31,473 in 2015 to 29,517 in 2024, -6.2%. Business customers paid 0.57 times the home price in 2024 (7.36 against 12.87 ¢); the ratio was 0.97 in 2015.
Corrected for inflation, a Albany Utility Board home paid 13.21 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 14.03 ¢ in 2013, −5.9%; the bill itself went 10.15 ¢ to 12.87 ¢ (+26.7%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,684 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,585 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 12th cheapest of 73 in 2013, 18th of 57 in 2024 among Georgia utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Albany Utility Board: 13.21 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.87 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, Albany Utility Boa | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, Albany Utility | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, Albany Utility | Georgia median SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10.15 | 14.03 | 12 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 10.07 | 13.69 | 8 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | 10.87 | 14.76 | 17 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 10.27 | 13.78 | 11 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 10.84 | 14.23 | 14 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | 11.56 | 14.82 | 27 of 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | 10.76 | 13.55 | 11 of 86 | – | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 11.61 | 14.45 | 19 of 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 11.21 | 13.31 | 11 of 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 11.02 | 12.12 | 3 of 56 | – | – | – | – |
| 2023 | 11.17 | 11.80 | 4 of 59 | 88 | 1.14 | 8 of 29 | 130 |
| 2024 | 12.87 | 13.21 | 18 of 57 | 125 | 1.59 | 14 of 28 | 127 |
Albany Utility Board, EIA utility 230: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| Albany Utility Board sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Georgia ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 29,517 | 12.87 | -1.21 |
| Commercial | 4,386 | 7.36 | -3.51 |
| Year | Home accounts, Albany Utility Board | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31,473 | 10.87 | 10.58 | 0.97 | No data | No data |
| 2016 | 31,473 | 10.27 | 10.77 | 1.05 | No data | No data |
| 2017 | 31,473 | 10.84 | 10.87 | 1.00 | No data | No data |
| 2018 | 31,473 | 11.56 | 11.18 | 0.97 | No data | No data |
| 2019 | 31,473 | 10.76 | 11.35 | 1.05 | No data | No data |
| 2020 | 31,473 | 11.61 | 10.15 | 0.87 | No data | No data |
| 2021 | 29,071 | 11.21 | 9.80 | 0.87 | No data | No data |
| 2022 | 29,062 | 11.02 | 9.74 | 0.88 | No data | No data |
| 2023 | 28,612 | 11.17 | 10.63 | 0.95 | 88 | 1.14 |
| 2024 | 29,517 | 12.87 | 7.36 | 0.57 | 125 | 1.59 |
| Utility near Albany Utility Board on price | SAIDI min, gap to Albany Utility Board | Home ¢, gap to Albany Utility Board | Gap % to Albany Utility Board | Accounts, Albany Utility Board = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8. Snapping Shoals El Member Corp | -21 | -0.50 | -3.9% | 3.24 |
| 9. Amicalola Electric Member Corp | +324 | -0.46 | -3.6% | 1.66 |
| 10. Coweta-Fayette El Member Corp | -9 | -0.06 | -0.5% | 2.64 |
| 11. Albany Utility Board (this utility) | 125 | 12.87 | - | 1.00 |
| 12. Walton Electric Member Corp | +43 | +0.12 | +0.9% | 4.21 |
| 13. Hart Electric Member Corp | -47 | +0.28 | +2.2% | 1.18 |
| 14. Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | No data | +0.33 | +2.6% | 2.15 |
| Class at Albany Utility Board | Accounts | Of Albany Utility Board accounts | Of Albany Utility Board MWh sold | kWh a year per Albany Utility Board account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 29,517 | 87.0% | 41.3% | 11,676 |
| Commercial | 4,386 | 12.9% | 58.6% | 111,522 |
| Industrial and other | 18 | 0.05% | 0.1% | 33,056 |
| Albany Utility Board and its neighbours on price | SAIDI min, gap to Albany Utility Board | Home ¢, gap to Albany Utility Board | Accounts, Albany Utility Board = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. City of Marietta (GA) | +3 | -0.93 | 1.25 |
| 2. Albany Utility Board (GA, this utility) | 125 | 12.87 | 1.00 |
| Measure | Albany Utility Board | Georgia context | Albany Utility Board detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Utility Board home meters on AMI | 93.6% | Georgia 93.0% | 28,433 of 30,368 meters |
| Home meters, AMR (drive-by read) | 1,935 | Georgia figure not published | 6.4% of meters |
| Homes with daily digital access | 20,297 | Georgia figure not published | 69% of the 29,517 home accounts |
| Time-of-use rate for Albany Utility Board homes | Not on file | 10 of 26 Georgia utilities offer one | no dynamic-pricing count filed by Albany Utility Board |
| Net-metered installations | 32 | 100% residential | 1.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 6.2 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 973 kWh month | Cost a month at 12.87 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 26% | $32.17 | -$9.03 | $386 |
| 500 | 51% | $64.34 | -$18.06 | $772 |
| 750 | 77% | $96.51 | -$27.09 | $1,158 |
| 1,000 | 103% | $128.67 | -$36.13 | $1,544 |
| 1,500 | 154% | $193.01 | -$54.19 | $2,316 |
| 2,000 | 206% | $257.35 | -$72.25 | $3,088 |
| Measure, Albany Utility Board | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 125.3 | 290.9 | 2.09 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 1.586 | 2.250 | 0.63 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 79.0 | 129.3 | 1.32 h |
2 Georgia counties, region SERC:
Georgia other states: 2 of 2 counties of Albany Utility Board drawn
Albany Utility Board: 2 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV33,921 accounts in 2024: residential 29,517, commercial 4,386, industrial 18.
In 2024 homes paid 12.87 cents; against the Georgia average that is -8.6%.
SAIDI 125.3 min and SAIFI 1.59 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.26, CAIDI 79 min.
32 installations with 0.2 MW, of which residential installations number 32.
973 kWh at 12.87 cents comes to about $125, energy only.
Rank 11 of 29 in Georgia on price, -8.6% against the state average; 10 charge less than 12.87 ¢.
Homes take 41.3% of 834,357 MWh, commercial accounts 58.6%, industrial and other 0.1%; the 4,386 commercial accounts use 111,522 kWh each, 9.6 times a home.
28,433 of 30,368 home meters are AMI, 93.6%. Albany Utility Board reports no home time-of-use rate; 10 of 26 Georgia filers do.
11th cheapest of 26 in 2015, 11th of 29 in 2024; its price rose 18.4% while Georgia rose 22.0%.
Albany Utility Board has no early-release row; 2024 stands at 12.87 cents and 125 SAIDI minutes.
Home prices nearest to Albany Utility Board at 12.87 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
1 home plan record, energy charges: 7.9 to 13.0 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).