Cumberland Elec Member Corp: rates, outages and net metering

In Tennessee, Cumberland Elec Member Corp bills 112,512 accounts, 89.4% residential, as a cooperative utility. Its home price is 4.6% over the Tennessee average, 30th place of 34 among larger utilities.

At 1,362 kWh a month a Cumberland Elec Member Corp home pays about $177 in energy: 12.99 ¢/kWh, 4.6% above the Tennessee average of 12.42 ¢.

Cumberland Elec Member Corp on price: 4.6% over Tennessee

Home price against Tennessee: +4.6%30th place of 34, cheapest first

Cumberland Elec Member Corp charged homes 12.99 ¢/kWh against a Tennessee average of 12.42 ¢, 30th place of 34 among Tennessee companies with 20,000+ homes. The next cheaper is City of Clinton at 12.99 ¢ (-0.00 ¢ from here) and the next higher-priced one Gibson Electric Members Corp at 13.00 ¢ (+0.01 ¢).

Cumberland Elec Member Corp has no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row in EIA-861 2024. Its 112,512 accounts therefore show "No data" in those rows instead of an estimate.

How it compares

Cumberland Elec Member Corp
Cumberland Elec Member Corp, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Cumberland Elec Member Corp	12.99 ¢/kWh	12.94 ¢/kWh	$177at 1,362 kWh	No dataSAIDI
Tennessee average against this companyLowest in this table	-0.57 ¢/kWhcompany 4.6% above	-0.89 ¢/kWhcompany 7.4% above	-$8a month at 1,362 kWh	No data

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Cumberland Elec Member Corp: 2025

Cumberland Elec Member Corp: +5.9% on 2024 for homes, Tennessee +6.4%.

Cumberland Elec Member Corp home price, 2025: 13.76 ¢/kWh+5.9% on 2024, early release
Cumberland Elec Member Corp against Tennessee, 2025: -0.6 pointsCumberland Elec Member Corp +5.9%, Tennessee +6.4%

Cumberland Elec Member Corp reported 13.76 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +5.9% on its 2024 figure of 12.99, while the Tennessee average moved +6.4%.

Cumberland Elec Member Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.99 ¢ in 2024

10.89 ¢ in 2015, 12.99 ¢ in 2024 (+19.3%).

Cumberland Elec Member Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Gap to Tennessee residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.89	+0.59	-1.76
2016	11.09	+0.68	-1.46
2017	11.48	+0.76	-1.41
2018	11.35	+0.64	-1.52
2019	11.51	+0.64	-1.50
2020	11.38	+0.62	-1.77
2021	11.65	+0.58	-2.01
2022	12.72	+0.47	-2.32
2023	12.68	+0.49	-3.32
2024	12.99	+0.57	-3.49

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 100,585

80,797 in 2015, 100,585 in 2024 (+24.5%).

Cumberland Elec Member Corp home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Cumberland Elec Member Corp
2015	80797
2016	82330
2017	83875
2018	85397
2019	87345
2020	89870
2021	93463
2022	95827
2023	98124
2024	100585

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rates 2024: 12.99 and 12.94 ¢

12.99 and 12.94 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

Cumberland Elec Member Corp residential12.99
Tennessee residential12.42
U.S. residential16.48
Cumberland Elec Member Corp commercial12.94
Tennessee commercial12.05
U.S. commercial12.75

Cumberland Elec Member Corp, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Analyst note

Energy sold in 2024 was 2,879,963 MWh over 112,512 accounts, homes 57.1%; the typical home used 16,343 kWh.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Cumberland Elec Member Corp, from 10.89 ¢ in 2015 to 12.99 ¢ in 2024 (+19.3%).

Outages and home price of Cumberland Elec Member Corp (EIA utility 4624), 2013 to 2024

Corrected for inflation, a Cumberland Elec Member Corp home paid 13.34 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 14.50 ¢ in 2013, −8.0%; the bill itself went 10.49 ¢ to 12.99 ¢ (+23.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,740 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,600 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 65th cheapest of 84 in 2013, 67th of 83 in 2024 among Tennessee utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Cumberland Elec Member Corp home price since 2013: −8.0% after inflation

Cumberland Elec Member Corp: 13.34 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.99 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Cumberland Elec Member Corp, EIA utility 4624, year by year among Tennessee utilities

Cumberland Elec Member Corp 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Tennessee median SAIDI
2013	10.49	14.50	65 of 84	–	–	–	–
2014	10.84	14.74	64 of 84	–	–	–	–
2015	10.89	14.79	67 of 84	–	–	–	–
2016	11.09	14.88	68 of 84	–	–	–	–
2017	11.48	15.09	70 of 84	–	–	–	–
2018	11.35	14.55	67 of 84	–	–	–	–
2019	11.51	14.49	68 of 84	–	–	–	–
2020	11.38	14.15	65 of 83	–	–	–	–
2021	11.65	13.84	62 of 83	–	–	–	–
2022	12.72	13.99	59 of 83	–	–	–	–
2023	12.68	13.40	63 of 83	–	–	–	–
2024	12.99	13.34	67 of 83	–	–	–	–

Cumberland Elec Member Corp, EIA utility 4624: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Tennessee real prices.

What kind of utility is Cumberland Elec Member Corp?

Cumberland Elec Member Corp files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In Tennessee, cooperatives serve 33% of residential customers at an average 12.4 cents per kWh, 3% below investor-owned utilities in Tennessee. Cumberland Elec Member Corp itself averaged 13.0 cents, 0.6 cents above its type in Tennessee.

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Shutoffs for nonpayment, 2024

Shutoffs: this utility reported 21,120 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 21.0 per 100 accounts (Tennessee: 17.6; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.

Reliability and meters, 2024

Cumberland Elec Member Corp reports reliability under a method other than IEEE 1366, so its figures are not ranked against other utilities. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 100,585 residential meters.

EIA-861 2024, retrieved 2026-10-01. Tennessee reliability, best and worst utilities, utility report card.

Facts

Customer accounts: 112,5123.0% of Tennessee total
Residential accounts: 100,5853.2% of Tennessee homes
Commercial accounts: 11,89910.6% of the base
Industrial accounts: 280.02% of the base
Residential rate: 12.99 ¢/kWh30th place of 34, +4.6% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.94 ¢/kWh+7.4% against Tennessee
Average residential use: 16,343 kWh/yr1,362 a month
Implied monthly bill: $1771,362 kWh at 12.99 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered: 2,879,963 MWhhomes 57%, business 43%
Residential rate since 2015: +19.3%10.89 to 12.99 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events: No datanone filed for 100,585 homes
Net-metered capacity: No datanone filed for 100,585 homes
Counties listed: 6Tennessee

Data tables

2024 by sector, Cumberland Elec Member Corp

Cumberland Elec Member Corp sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Tennessee ¢/kWh
Residential	100,585	12.99	+0.57
Commercial	11,899	12.94	+0.89

What EIA-861 holds for Cumberland Elec Member Corp

Topic, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Status	Detail
Home price and accounts, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	10 years	2015 to 2024, 100,585 homes in 2024
Business price, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Filed 2024	12.94 ¢/kWh on 11,899 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	No data for 2024	no year of 2015 to 2024 for 112,512 accounts
Net metering, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	No data	none filed against 100,585 home accounts
Service-territory counties, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	6 counties	in Tennessee
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Filed 2024	100,585 of 100,585 home meters AMI
2025 early release, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Filed	13.76 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, Cumberland Elec Member Corp

Year	Home accounts, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Home ¢	Business ¢
2015	80,797	10.89	11.46
2016	82,330	11.09	11.62
2017	83,875	11.48	11.88
2018	85,397	11.35	11.80
2019	87,345	11.51	11.94
2020	89,870	11.38	11.84
2021	93,463	11.65	12.00
2022	95,827	12.72	13.09
2023	98,124	12.68	12.88
2024	100,585	12.99	12.94

Peers of Cumberland Elec Member Corp in Tennessee, 30th place of 34 on home price

Company near Cumberland Elec Member Corp on price	Home ¢	Gap % to Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Accounts, Cumberland Elec Member Corp = 1
27. Appalachian Electric Coop	12.93	-0.5%	0.46
28. Sequachee Valley Electric Coop	12.97	-0.2%	0.35
29. City of Clinton	12.99	-0.0%	0.28
30. Cumberland Elec Member Corp (this company)	12.99	-	1.00
31. Gibson Electric Members Corp	13.00	+0.1%	0.32
32. Holston Electric Coop, Inc	13.05	+0.4%	0.29
33. Nashville Electric Service	13.47	+3.7%	4.12

Who buys Cumberland Elec Member Corp's electricity

Class, Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Accounts	Of Cumberland Elec Member Corp accounts	Of MWh	kWh a year per account
Residential	100,585	89.4%	57.1%	16,343
Commercial	11,899	10.6%	19.6%	47,500
Industrial and other	28	0.02%	23.3%	23,960,679

Monthly energy cost by use, Cumberland Elec Member Corp

kWh	Share of a 1,362 kWh month	Cost a month at 12.99 ¢	Cost a year
250	18%	$32.49	$390
500	37%	$64.97	$780
750	55%	$97.46	$1,169
1,000	73%	$129.94	$1,559
1,500	110%	$194.92	$2,339
2,000	147%	$259.89	$3,119

Territory of Cumberland Elec Member Corp

6 Tennessee counties, region SERC:

Tennessee other states: 6 of 6 counties of Cumberland Elec Member Corp drawn

Cumberland Elec Member Corp: 6 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Cheatham
Dickson
Montgomery
Robertson
Stewart
Sumner

Questions on Cumberland Elec Member Corp

How many customers does Cumberland Elec Member Corp serve in Tennessee?

112,512 accounts in 2024: residential 100,585, commercial 11,899, industrial 28.

What is the average residential rate of Cumberland Elec Member Corp?

In 2024 homes paid 12.99 cents; against the Tennessee average that is +4.6%.

How reliable is Cumberland Elec Member Corp by SAIDI and SAIFI?

Cumberland Elec Member Corp has no reliability row for its 100,585 homes in EIA-861 2024, so no SAIDI or SAIFI is shown; the Tennessee median reporter is 140 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Cumberland Elec Member Corp grid?

Cumberland Elec Member Corp files no net-metering row for its 100,585 homes, while Tennessee utilities together report 99 installations.

What is the monthly bill at Cumberland Elec Member Corp for average use?

1,362 kWh at 12.99 cents comes to about $177, energy only.

How does Cumberland Elec Member Corp rank on price within Tennessee?

Rank 30 of 34 in Tennessee on price, +4.6% against the state average; 29 charge less than 12.99 ¢.

What data is missing for Cumberland Elec Member Corp?

112,512 accounts sit behind Cumberland Elec Member Corp, whose 2024 filing lacks no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row; the other 5 rows of the coverage table are on file.

Who buys power from Cumberland Elec Member Corp?

Homes take 57.1% of 2,879,963 MWh, commercial accounts 19.6%, industrial and other 23.3%.

What did Cumberland Elec Member Corp charge homes in 2025?

13.76 cents per kWh, +5.9% on the 12.99 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Cumberland Elec Member Corp at 12.99 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Walton Electric Member CorpGeorgia, 12.99 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
City of NapervilleIllinois, 12.98 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
United Electric Coop Service IncTexas, 13.00 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Entergy Arkansas LLCArkansas, 12.97 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below

Primary sources for Cumberland Elec Member Corp: rates, outages and net metering

EIA-861 annual report entry for Cumberland Elec Member Corp: rates, outages and net metering, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Cumberland Elec Member Corp: rates, outages and net metering, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Cumberland Elec Member Corp: rates, outages and net metering, the state price average