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Central Georgia El Member Corp electricity: 67,135 accounts in Georgia, SAIDI 81
Roughly 67,135 Georgia accounts belong to Central Georgia El Member Corp, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 61,155. Its home price moved +30.6% from 2015 to 2024, 8.6 points faster than Georgia.
Central Georgia El Member Corp: 1,280 kWh a month costs roughly $157 in energy at 12.24 ¢/kWh, -13.1% on the Georgia average of 14.08 ¢.
Its home price moved +30.6% from 2015 to 2024, 8.6 points faster than Georgia.
Central Georgia El Member Corp: price path since 2015
Home price since 2015
+30.6%Georgia +22.0%, a gap of +8.6 points
The record that sets Central Georgia El Member Corp apart is the path of its home price: 9.37 ¢ in 2015, 12.24 ¢ in 2024. That is +30.6%, while the Georgia average went +22.0%, so this utility climbed faster by 8.6 points.
Among Georgia utilities with 20,000+ homes it stood 1st cheapest of 26 in 2015 and is 7th of 29 in 2024, so it fell down the list.
How it compares
Central Georgia El Member Corp
Central Georgia El Member Corp, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Central Georgia El Member Corp
12.24 ¢/kWh
11.16 ¢/kWh
$157at 1,280 kWh
81 minSAIDI
Georgia average against this company, which is 7 of 29 on price
Central Georgia El Member Corp: +6.7% on 2024 for homes, Georgia +4.6%.
Central Georgia El Member Corp home price, 2025
13.06 ¢/kWh+6.7% on 2024, early release
Central Georgia El Member Corp SAIDI, 2025
76 min-5% on 2024, early release
Central Georgia El Member Corp against Georgia, 2025
+2.1 pointsCentral Georgia El Member Corp +6.7%, Georgia +4.6%, price in Georgia 14.73 ¢
Central Georgia El Member Corp: 13.06 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +6.7% from 12.24 ¢; Georgia as a whole went +4.6%, so Central Georgia El Member Corp ran ahead of it by 2.1 points. Its SAIDI is 76 minutes against 81 in 2024.
Carbon context
Central Georgia El Member Corp serves 61,155 homes in Georgia. At 1,280 kWh a month that is about 414 kg of CO₂, or 4,973 kg a year, at the Georgia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Georgia generation mix.
Central Georgia El Member Corp charts
Residential price since 2015: 12.24 ¢ in 2024
9.37 ¢ in 2015, 12.24 ¢ in 2024 (+30.6%); Georgia 11.54 to 14.08 ¢.
Central Georgia El Member Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Central Georgia El Member Corp billed homes 9.37 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 12.24 ¢ in 2024, +30.6% in all, and outpaced the Georgia average (+22.0%) by 8.6 points. Central Georgia El Member Corp's sharpest move came in 2022, +9.1%. The latest year is the high at 12.24 ¢; the low was 9.37 ¢ (2015). 2024: +0.1% here, +2.8% for the Georgia average. SAIDI at Central Georgia El Member Corp (major events excluded) rose from 69 minutes in 2015 to 81 in 2024, +18%; worst year 2023 at 103. Central Georgia El Member Corp filed SAIDI under the national median in 9 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 81 minutes, -19 from that year's median. 2023: 910 minutes with major events, 103 without, the widest gap of any year. Central Georgia El Member Corp has 6 cheaper and 22 higher-priced Georgia peers among 29 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, GreyStone Power Corporation, bills 12.22 ¢ (-0.02). Next higher-priced, Snapping Shoals El Member Corp, bills 12.37 ¢ (+0.13).
Price is the selling point in this record: 13.1% under the Georgia average, with 81 outage minutes close to the national median (0.81x).
Home accounts at Central Georgia El Member Corp went from 49,213 in 2015 to 61,155 in 2024, +24.3%. Business customers paid 0.91 times the home price in 2024 (11.15 against 12.24 ¢); the ratio was 0.99 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.95 in 2015 to 1.23 in 2024, between 0.95 and 1.40.
Outages and home price of Central Georgia El Member Corp (EIA utility 3248), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Central Georgia El Member Corp customer sat through 81 minutes of outage, against 117 in 2013 (−31%). Its best year was 2016 (66 min), its worst 2013 (117 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Georgia median of 127 minutes in 2024, Central Georgia El Member Corp was below the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Central Georgia El Member Corp home paid 12.56 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 12.06 ¢ in 2013, +4.2%; the bill itself went 8.72 ¢ to 12.24 ¢ (+40.3%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,447 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,507 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 1st cheapest of 73 in 2013, 11th of 57 in 2024 among Georgia utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Central Georgia El Member Corp outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 81 in 2024
Central Georgia El Member Corp at 81 min in 2024 and the Georgia median at 127.
Central Georgia El Member Corp home price since 2013: +4.2% after inflation
Central Georgia El Member Corp: 12.56 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.24 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Central Georgia El Member Corp, EIA utility 3248, year by year among Georgia utilities
Central Georgia El Member Corp 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Central Georgia El
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Central Georgi
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Central Georgi
Georgia median SAIDI
2013
8.72
12.06
1 of 73
117
1.39
13 of 19
89
2014
8.63
11.74
1 of 73
106
1.34
14 of 21
97
2015
9.37
12.73
3 of 73
69
0.95
8 of 22
96
2016
9.40
12.61
1 of 73
66
0.99
6 of 22
99
2017
9.78
12.85
2 of 73
77
1.07
6 of 24
99
2018
9.87
12.65
3 of 73
89
1.13
8 of 24
110
2019
10.19
12.83
7 of 86
79
1.04
9 of 25
95
2020
10.48
13.04
7 of 56
87
1.13
6 of 26
113
2021
10.76
12.78
5 of 56
74
1.29
11 of 28
92
2022
11.74
12.92
7 of 56
92
1.24
11 of 28
118
2023
12.23
12.93
15 of 59
103
1.40
11 of 29
130
2024
12.24
12.56
11 of 57
81
1.23
6 of 28
127
Central Georgia El Membe, EIA utility 3248: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Central Georgia El Member Corp in Georgia, by customer accounts?
67,135 accounts in 2024: residential 61,155, commercial 5,873, industrial 107.
How many cents per kWh does Central Georgia El Member Corp charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 12.24 cents; against the Georgia average that is -13.1%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Central Georgia El Member Corp?
SAIDI 80.8 min and SAIFI 1.23 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.81, CAIDI 66 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Central Georgia El Member Corp?
527 installations with 2.8 MW, of which residential installations number 515.
What would a typical Central Georgia El Member Corp home pay each month?
1,280 kWh at 12.24 cents comes to about $157, energy only.
Is Central Georgia El Member Corp cheaper than other Georgia utilities?
Rank 7 of 29 in Georgia on price, -13.1% against the state average; 6 charge less than 12.24 ¢.
What share of Central Georgia El Member Corp sales do homes buy?
Homes take 63.5% of 1,478,043 MWh, commercial accounts 13.8%, industrial and other 22.7%; the 5,873 commercial accounts use 34,734 kWh each, 2.3 times a home.
At Central Georgia El Member Corp, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?
61,155 of 61,155 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Central Georgia El Member Corp offers a home time-of-use rate; 5 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.
Has Central Georgia El Member Corp moved up the Georgia price list since 2015?
1st cheapest of 26 in 2015, 7th of 29 in 2024; its price rose 30.6% while Georgia rose 22.0%.
Where does Central Georgia El Member Corp stand among 14 peers?
Place 5 of 15 on home price at 12.24 ¢ (Georgia cooperatives); median 12.99 ¢, cheapest member 11.38 ¢.
Did Central Georgia El Member Corp cut or raise its 2025 home price?
13.06 cents per kWh, +6.7% on the 12.24 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Central Georgia El Member Corp at 12.24 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.