Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia: 14.02 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Roughly 37,655 Georgia accounts belong to Habersham Electric Membership Corp, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 35,011. Businesses and industry take 19% of the 550,458 MWh it sells; homes take 81%.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp: 1,058 kWh a month costs roughly $148 in energy at 14.02 ¢/kWh, -0.4% on the Georgia average of 14.08 ¢.

Businesses and industry take 19% of the 550,458 MWh it sells; homes take 81%.

Who buys power from Habersham Electric Membership

Business share of sales: 19%homes 81% of 550,458 MWh

The customer mix of Habersham Electric Membership Corp is its own: 35,011 home accounts buy 80.7% of 550,458 MWh, 2,627 commercial accounts buy 17.3%, and the remaining 2.0% goes to 17 industrial and other accounts. A typical Habersham Electric Membership home uses 12,692 kWh a year, a typical business account 36,270.

How it compares

Habersham Electric Membership Corp
Habersham Electric Membership Corp, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Habersham Electric Membership Corp	14.02 ¢/kWh	12.12 ¢/kWh	$148at 1,058 kWh	228 minSAIDI
Georgia average against this company, which is 23 of 29 on price	+0.06 ¢/kWhcompany 0.4% below	-1.25 ¢/kWhcompany 11.5% above	+$1a month at 1,058 kWh	-100 mincompany 100 above
Blue Ridge Mountain EMCLowest in this table	14.02 ¢/kWhcompany 0.0% above	14.94 ¢/kWhcompany 18.9% below	$1480 less than company	369 mincompany 141 below

Compare 55 Georgia companies

Habersham Electric Membership Corp: 2025

Habersham Electric Membership: -0.2% on 2024 for homes, Georgia +4.6%.

Habersham Electric Membership home price, 2025: 13.99 ¢/kWh-0.2% on 2024, early release
Habersham Electric Membership SAIDI, 2025: 185 min-19% on 2024, early release
Habersham Electric Membership against Georgia, 2025: -4.8 pointsHabersham Electric Membership -0.2%, Georgia +4.6%, price in Georgia 14.73 ¢

Habersham Electric Membership Corp: 13.99 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, -0.2% from 14.02 ¢; Georgia as a whole went +4.6%, so Habersham Electric Membership trailed it by 4.8 points. Its SAIDI is 185 minutes against 228 in 2024.

Carbon context

Habersham Electric Membership Corp serves 35,011 homes in Georgia. At 1,058 kWh a month that is about 342 kg of CO₂, or 4,110 kg a year, at the Georgia plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Georgia generation mix.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.02 ¢ in 2024

13.24 ¢ in 2015, 14.02 ¢ in 2024 (+5.9%); Georgia 11.54 to 14.08 ¢.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Habersham Electric Membershi	Gap to Georgia residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	13.24	+1.70	+0.59
2016	13.15	+1.65	+0.60
2017	13.20	+1.30	+0.31
2018	12.31	+0.84	-0.56
2019	13.09	+1.33	+0.08
2020	12.98	+0.96	-0.17
2021	12.85	+0.34	-0.81
2022	12.97	-0.83	-2.07
2023	13.77	+0.08	-2.23
2024	14.02	-0.06	-2.46

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Habersham Electric Membership Corp SAIDI, 2015-2024

157 min in 2015, 228 in 2024.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Habersham Electric Mem, no major events
2015	157
2016	119
2017	189
2018	159
2019	180
2020	177
2021	157
2022	164
2023	197
2024	228

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 228.0 min

228.0 min, 2.29x the median reporter, rank 560 of 673.

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Company, no major events228.0
Company, with major events1,144.8

Habersham Electric Membership Corp, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Habersham Electric Membership Corp billed homes 13.24 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.02 ¢ in 2024, +5.9% in all, and lagged the Georgia average (+22.0%) by 16.1 points. Habersham Electric Membership Corp's sharpest move came in 2018, -6.7%. The latest year is the high at 14.02 ¢; the low was 12.31 ¢ (2018). 2024: +1.8% here, +2.8% for the Georgia average. SAIDI at Habersham Electric Membership Corp (major events excluded) rose from 157 minutes in 2015 to 228 in 2024, +46%; worst year 2024 at 228. At 228 minutes in 2024, Habersham Electric Membership Corp sat +129 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2017: 5804 minutes with major events, 189 without, the widest gap of any year. Habersham Electric Membership Corp has 22 cheaper and 6 higher-priced Georgia peers among 29 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, bills 14.02 ¢ (-0.00). Next higher-priced, Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp, bills 14.24 ¢ (+0.22).

The rate is within 0.4% of Georgia, but reliability is the weak side: 228 minutes, 2.3 times the national median.

Home accounts at Habersham Electric Membership Corp went from 31,654 in 2015 to 35,011 in 2024, +10.6%. Business customers paid 0.86 times the home price in 2024 (12.12 against 14.02 ¢); the ratio was 0.89 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.57 in 2015 to 2.15 in 2024, between 1.16 and 2.49.

Outages and home price of Habersham Electric Membership Corp (EIA utility 7887), 2013 to 2024

Habersham Electric Membership Corp customers lost power for 228 minutes in 2024, up from 146 in 2013 (+56%). The low came in 2016 at 119, the high in 2024 at 228; 12 years were filed. The Georgia median in 2024 was 127 minutes, so Habersham Electric Membership Corp ran above it.

Home rates at Habersham Electric Membership Corp went from 12.54 ¢ in 2013 to 14.02 ¢ in 2024 (+11.9%), which is 17.32 ¢ to 14.39 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−16.9%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,079 in 2013 and $1,727 in 2024. Of 57 Georgia utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Habersham Electric Membership Corp stood 35th cheapest (58th of 73 in 2013).

Habersham Electric Membership Corp outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 228 in 2024

Habersham Electric Membership Corp at 228 min in 2024 and the Georgia median at 127.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp home price since 2013: −16.9% after inflation

Habersham Electric Membership Corp: 14.39 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.02 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Habersham Electric Membership Corp, EIA utility 7887, year by year among Georgia utilities

Habersham Electric Membership 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Habersham Electric	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Habersham Elec	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Habersham Elec	Georgia median SAIDI
2013	12.54	17.32	58 of 73	146	1.61	16 of 19	89
2014	12.52	17.02	52 of 73	168	2.02	18 of 21	97
2015	13.24	17.98	64 of 73	157	1.57	18 of 22	96
2016	13.15	17.64	62 of 73	119	1.52	17 of 22	99
2017	13.20	17.33	60 of 73	189	2.49	19 of 24	99
2018	12.31	15.78	44 of 73	159	1.78	18 of 24	110
2019	13.09	16.48	70 of 86	180	1.65	23 of 25	95
2020	12.98	16.15	42 of 56	177	1.70	20 of 26	113
2021	12.85	15.27	37 of 56	157	1.74	21 of 28	92
2022	12.97	14.27	28 of 56	164	1.16	20 of 28	118
2023	13.77	14.55	35 of 59	197	2.15	20 of 29	130
2024	14.02	14.39	35 of 57	228	2.15	21 of 28	127

Habersham Electric Membe, EIA utility 7887: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Georgia real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 37,6550.7% of Georgia total
Residential accounts: 35,0110.7% of Georgia homes
Commercial accounts: 2,6277.0% of the base
Residential rate: 14.02 ¢/kWhplace 23 of 29, -0.4% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.12 ¢/kWhplace 22 of 49, +11.5% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 228.0 minbetter than 17% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.152.12x the median
SAIDI with major events: 1144.8 min80.1% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 1.4 MW140 installations
Counties served: 6all in Georgia
Average residential use: 12,692 kWh/yr1,058 a month
Implied monthly bill: $148-$26 on the U.S. rate, 1,058 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +5.9%13.24 to 14.02 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +46%157 min in 2015, 228 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Habersham Electric Membership Corp

Habersham Electric Membership Corp sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Georgia ¢/kWh
Residential	35,011	14.02	-0.06
Commercial	2,627	12.12	+1.25

Year by year, Habersham Electric Membership Corp

Year	Home accounts, Habersham Electric Mem	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	31,654	13.24	11.79	0.89	157	1.57
2016	31,818	13.15	11.59	0.88	119	1.52
2017	32,019	13.20	11.66	0.88	189	2.49
2018	32,222	12.31	11.01	0.89	159	1.78
2019	32,498	13.09	11.75	0.90	180	1.65
2020	32,749	12.98	11.93	0.92	177	1.70
2021	33,222	12.85	11.60	0.90	157	1.74
2022	33,899	12.97	11.72	0.90	164	1.16
2023	34,490	13.77	12.23	0.89	197	2.15
2024	35,011	14.02	12.12	0.86	228	2.15

Peers of Habersham Electric Membership in Georgia, place 23 of 29 on home price

Utility near Habersham Electric Membership on price	SAIDI min, gap to Habersham Electric Membership	Home ¢, gap to Habersham Electric Membership	Gap % to Habersham Electric Membership	Accounts, Habersham Electric Membership = 1
20. Canoochee Electric Member Corp	No data	-0.04	-0.3%	0.68
21. Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation	No data	-0.04	-0.3%	1.58
22. Blue Ridge Mountain EMC	+141	-0.00	-0.0%	1.03
23. Habersham Electric Membership Corp (this utility)	228	14.02	-	1.00
24. Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp	-39	+0.22	+1.5%	0.80
25. Tri-County Elec Member Corp (GA)	No data	+0.81	+5.8%	0.62
26. Georgia Power Co	-100	+1.47	+10.5%	74.47

Who buys Habersham Electric Membership's electricity

Class at Habersham Electric Membership	Accounts	Of Habersham Electric Membership accounts	Of Habersham Electric Membership MWh sold	kWh a year per Habersham Electric Membership account
Residential	35,011	93.0%	80.7%	12,692
Commercial	2,627	7.0%	17.3%	36,270
Industrial and other	17	0.05%	2.0%	636,235

Habersham Electric Membership among Georgia cooperatives

Habersham Electric Membership and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Habersham Electric Membership	Home ¢, gap to Habersham Electric Membership	Accounts, Habersham Electric Membership = 1
9. Hart Electric Member Corp (GA)	-150	-0.87	1.06
10. Jefferson Electric Member Corp (GA)	-119	-0.75	0.98
11. Carroll Electric Member Corp (GA)	-105	-0.65	1.49
12. Flint Electric Membership Corp (GA)	-124	-0.46	2.57
13. Habersham Electric Membership Corp (GA, this utility)	228	14.02	1.00
14. Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp (GA)	-39	+0.22	0.80
15. Diverse Power Incorporated (GA)	-119	+2.73	0.99

Habersham Electric Membership: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Habersham Electric Membership	Georgia context	Habersham Electric Membership detail
Habersham Electric Membership home meters on AMI	99.9%	Georgia 93.0%	34,990 of 35,011 meters
Homes with daily digital access	34,990	Georgia figure not published	100% of the 35,011 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Habersham Electric Membership homes	Not on file	10 of 26 Georgia utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Habersham Electric Membership
Net-metered installations	140	93% residential	3.7 homes per 1,000 accounts, 10.3 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Habersham Electric Membership Corp

kWh	Share of a 1,058 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.02 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	24%	$35.05	-$6.15	$421
500	47%	$70.11	-$12.29	$841
750	71%	$105.16	-$18.44	$1,262
1,000	95%	$140.22	-$24.58	$1,683
1,500	142%	$210.33	-$36.87	$2,524
2,000	189%	$280.44	-$49.16	$3,365

Outage record, Habersham Electric Membership Corp

Measure, Habersham Electric M	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	228.0	1144.8	3.80 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.149	4.407	0.47 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	106.1	259.8	1.77 h

Territory of Habersham Electric Membership Corp

6 Georgia counties, region SERC:

Georgia other states: 6 of 6 counties of Habersham Electric Membership Corp drawn

Habersham Electric Membership Corp: 6 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Habersham
Hall
Lumpkin
Rabun
Stephens
White

Questions on Habersham Electric Membership Corp

How big is Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia, by customer accounts?

37,655 accounts in 2024: residential 35,011, commercial 2,627, industrial 17.

How many cents per kWh does Habersham Electric Membership Corp charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.02 cents; against the Georgia average that is -0.4%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Habersham Electric Membership Corp?

SAIDI 228.0 min and SAIFI 2.15 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 2.29, CAIDI 106 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Habersham Electric Membership Corp?

140 installations with 1.4 MW, of which residential installations number 130.

What would a typical Habersham Electric Membership Corp home pay each month?

1,058 kWh at 14.02 cents comes to about $148, energy only.

Is Habersham Electric Membership Corp cheaper than other Georgia utilities?

Rank 23 of 29 in Georgia on price, -0.4% against the state average; 22 charge less than 14.02 ¢.

What share of Habersham Electric Membership Corp sales do homes buy?

Homes take 80.7% of 550,458 MWh, commercial accounts 17.3%, industrial and other 2.0%; the 2,627 commercial accounts use 36,270 kWh each, 2.9 times a home.

At Habersham Electric Membership Corp, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

34,990 of 35,011 home meters are AMI, 99.9%. Habersham Electric Membership reports no home time-of-use rate; 10 of 26 Georgia filers do.

Has Habersham Electric Membership Corp moved up the Georgia price list since 2015?

26th cheapest of 26 in 2015, 23rd of 29 in 2024; its price rose 5.9% while Georgia rose 22.0%.

How does Habersham Electric Membership Corp compare with 14 similar utilities?

Place 13 of 15 on home price at 14.02 ¢ (Georgia cooperatives); median 12.99 ¢, cheapest member 11.38 ¢.

Did Habersham Electric Membership Corp cut or raise its 2025 home price?

13.99 cents per kWh, -0.2% on the 14.02 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Habersham Electric Membership Corp at 14.02 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Southern Pine Electric CooperativeMississippi, 14.01 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Dakota Electric AssociationMinnesota, 14.00 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Satilla Rural Elec Member CorporationGeorgia, 13.99 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below
Minnesota Valley Electric CoopMinnesota, 13.98 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 3.9 to 9.9 ¢/kWh.

Tiered: 4, e.g. Farm and Home Service

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia: 14.02 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia: 14.02 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia: 14.02 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Georgia: 14.02 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average