Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee: 11.76 ¢ home rates and 307,370 homes

In Tennessee, Middle Tennessee E M C bills 344,295 accounts, 89.3% residential, as an cooperative utility. Major event days make 15.4% of its outage minutes (49 with them, 42 without).

Middle Tennessee E M C: 1,261 kWh a month costs roughly $148 in energy at 11.76 ¢/kWh, -5.3% on the Tennessee average of 12.42 ¢.

Middle Tennessee E M C: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 15%49 minutes with events, 42 without

Middle Tennessee E M C reports SAIDI of 49 minutes with major events and 42 without.

For Middle Tennessee E M C the 2024 file holds no net-metering row, so those rows read "No data" beside 307,370 home accounts; a missing filing says nothing about service quality.

How it compares

Middle Tennessee E M C
Middle Tennessee E M C, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Middle Tennessee E M CLowest in this table	11.76 ¢/kWh	11.45 ¢/kWh	$148at 1,261 kWh	42 minSAIDI
Tennessee average against this company	+0.66 ¢/kWhcompany 5.3% below	+0.60 ¢/kWhcompany 5.0% below	+$8a month at 1,261 kWh	+98 minstate median against company

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Middle Tennessee E M C: 2025

Middle Tennessee E M C: +6.0% on 2024 for homes, Tennessee +6.1%.

Middle Tennessee E M C home price, 2025: 12.47 ¢/kWh+6.0% on 2024, early release
Middle Tennessee E M C against Tennessee, 2025: -0.1 pointsMiddle Tennessee E M C +6.0%, Tennessee +6.1%

Middle Tennessee E M C reported 12.47 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +6.0% on its 2024 figure of 11.76, while the Tennessee average moved +6.1%.

Middle Tennessee E M C charts

Residential price since 2015: 11.76 ¢ in 2024

9.83 ¢ in 2015, 11.76 ¢ in 2024 (+19.7%).

Middle Tennessee E M C residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Middle Tennessee E M C	Gap to Tennessee residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	9.83	-0.47	-2.82
2016	9.93	-0.48	-2.62
2017	10.15	-0.57	-2.74
2018	10.05	-0.66	-2.82
2019	10.13	-0.74	-2.88
2020	10.00	-0.76	-3.15
2021	10.33	-0.74	-3.33
2022	11.41	-0.84	-3.63
2023	11.35	-0.84	-4.65
2024	11.76	-0.66	-4.72

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 307,370

179,779 in 2015, 307,370 in 2024 (+71.0%).

Middle Tennessee E M C home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Middle Tennessee E M C
2015	179779
2016	185051
2017	190810
2018	196469
2019	202468
2020	239227
2021	280568
2022	289722
2023	298753
2024	307370

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rates 2024: 11.76 and 11.45 ¢

11.76 and 11.45 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

Middle Tennessee E residential11.76
Tennessee residential12.42
U.S. residential16.48
Middle Tennessee E commercial11.45
Tennessee commercial12.05
U.S. commercial12.75

Middle Tennessee E M C, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Middle Tennessee E M C SAIDI, 2019-2024

90 min in 2019, 42 in 2024.

Middle Tennessee E M C SAIDI by year, 2019 to 2024: 6 rows

Year	Middle Tennessee E M C, no major events	Middle Tennessee E M C, all events
2019	90	90
2020	58	243
2021	55	65
2022	61	88
2023	51	74
2024	42	49

6 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 41.8 min

41.8 min, 0.42x the median reporter.

min

Company, no major events41.8
Company, with major events49.4
U.S. median reporter99.5

Middle Tennessee E M C, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Middle Tennessee E M C sold 8,672,705 MWh in 2024 to 344,295 accounts; homes took 53.6% of the energy and 15,130 kWh each over the year.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Middle Tennessee E M C, from 9.83 ¢ in 2015 to 11.76 ¢ in 2024 (+19.7%).

Outages and home price of Middle Tennessee E M C (EIA utility 12470), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average Middle Tennessee E M C customer sat through 42 minutes of outage, against 90 in 2019 (−54%). Its best year was 2024 (42 min), its worst 2019 (90 min), across 6 filed years. Against a Tennessee median of 144 minutes in 2024, Middle Tennessee E M C was below the middle.

Corrected for inflation, a Middle Tennessee E M C home paid 12.07 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 13.24 ¢ in 2013, −8.8%; the bill itself went 9.58 ¢ to 11.76 ¢ (+22.7%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,589 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,449 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 24th cheapest of 84 in 2013, 22nd of 83 in 2024 among Tennessee utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Middle Tennessee E M C outage minutes a customer, 2019 to 2024: 42 in 2024

Middle Tennessee E M C at 42 min in 2024 and the Tennessee median at 144.

Middle Tennessee E M C home price since 2013: −8.8% after inflation

Middle Tennessee E M C: 12.07 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 11.76 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Middle Tennessee E M C, EIA utility 12470, year by year among Tennessee utilities

Middle Tennessee E M C 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Middle Tennessee E	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Middle Tenness	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Middle Tenness	Tennessee median SAIDI
2013	9.58	13.24	24 of 84	–	–	–	–
2014	9.89	13.46	24 of 84	–	–	–	–
2015	9.83	13.36	19 of 84	–	–	–	–
2016	9.93	13.31	16 of 84	–	–	–	–
2017	10.15	13.33	15 of 84	–	–	–	–
2018	10.05	12.89	14 of 84	–	–	–	–
2019	10.13	12.76	11 of 84	90	1.52	12 of 36	131
2020	10.00	12.44	11 of 83	58	1.05	10 of 41	114
2021	10.33	12.27	14 of 83	55	0.96	10 of 41	126
2022	11.41	12.55	13 of 83	61	1.15	9 of 40	125
2023	11.35	11.99	18 of 83	51	0.98	8 of 37	127
2024	11.76	12.07	22 of 83	42	0.88	6 of 42	144

Middle Tennessee E M C, EIA utility 12470: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Tennessee real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 344,2959.3% of Tennessee total
Residential accounts: 307,3709.7% of Tennessee homes
Commercial accounts: 36,88610.7% of the base
Industrial accounts: 390.01% of the base
Residential rate: 11.76 ¢/kWhplace 5 of 34, -5.3% against the state
Commercial rate: 11.45 ¢/kWh-5.0% against Tennessee
Average residential use: 15,130 kWh/yr1,261 a month
Implied monthly bill: $1481,261 kWh at 11.76 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered: 8,672,705 MWhhomes 54%, business 46%
Residential rate since 2015: +19.7%9.83 to 11.76 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events: 41.8 min0.42x the U.S. median
SAIFI, no major events: 0.880.87x the median
SAIDI with major events: 49 min15.4% from event days
Net-metered capacity: No datanone filed for 307,370 homes
Counties listed: 8Tennessee

Data tables

2024 by sector, Middle Tennessee E M C

Middle Tennessee E M C sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Tennessee ¢/kWh
Residential	307,370	11.76	-0.66
Commercial	36,886	11.45	-0.60

What EIA-861 holds for Middle Tennessee E M C

Topic, Middle Tennessee E M C	Status	Detail
Home price and accounts, Middle Tennessee E M C	10 years	2015 to 2024, 307,370 homes in 2024
Business price, Middle Tennessee E M C	Filed 2024	11.45 ¢/kWh on 36,886 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, Middle Tennessee E M C	Filed 2024	41.8 min and 0.88 interruptions
Net metering, Middle Tennessee E M C	No data	none filed against 307,370 home accounts
Service-territory counties, Middle Tennessee E M C	8 counties	in Tennessee
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), Middle Tennessee E M C	Filed 2024	307,370 of 307,370 home meters AMI
2025 early release, Middle Tennessee E M C	Filed	12.47 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, Middle Tennessee E M C

Year	Home accounts, Middle Tennessee E M C	Home ¢	Business ¢	SAIDI min	SAIFI
2015	179,779	9.83	10.03	No data	No data
2016	185,051	9.93	10.05	No data	No data
2017	190,810	10.15	10.22	No data	No data
2018	196,469	10.05	10.11	No data	No data
2019	202,468	10.13	10.20	90	1.52
2020	239,227	10.00	10.01	58	1.05
2021	280,568	10.33	10.24	55	0.96
2022	289,722	11.41	11.33	61	1.15
2023	298,753	11.35	11.05	51	0.98
2024	307,370	11.76	11.45	42	0.88

Peers of Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee, place 5 of 34 on home price

Company near Middle Tennessee E M on price	Home ¢	Gap % to Middle Tennessee E M	Accounts, Middle Tennessee E M = 1
2. Sevier County Electric System	11.33	-3.7%	0.18
3. Powell Valley Electric Coop	11.49	-2.3%	0.08
4. City of Dickson	11.65	-1.0%	0.11
5. Middle Tennessee E M C (this company)	11.76	-	1.00
6. City of Gallatin	11.78	+0.2%	0.08
7. City of Elizabethton	11.82	+0.5%	0.08
8. City of Greeneville	11.90	+1.2%	0.12

Who buys Middle Tennessee E M C's electricity

Class, Middle Tennessee E M C	Accounts	Of Middle Tennessee E M accounts	Of MWh	kWh a year per account
Residential	307,370	89.3%	53.6%	15,130
Commercial	36,886	10.7%	36.6%	86,033
Industrial and other	39	0.01%	9.8%	21,762,282

Monthly energy cost by use, Middle Tennessee E M C

kWh	Share of a 1,261 kWh month	Cost a month at 11.76 ¢	Cost a year
250	20%	$29.41	$353
500	40%	$58.82	$706
750	59%	$88.23	$1,059
1,000	79%	$117.64	$1,412
1,500	119%	$176.46	$2,118
2,000	159%	$235.28	$2,823

Territory of Middle Tennessee E M C

8 Tennessee counties, region SERC:

Tennessee other states: 8 of 8 counties of Middle Tennessee E M C drawn

Middle Tennessee E M C: 8 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Cannon
DeKalb
Maury
Rutherford
Smith
Trousdale
Williamson
Wilson

Questions on Middle Tennessee E M C

How big is Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee, by customer accounts?

344,295 accounts in 2024: residential 307,370, commercial 36,886, industrial 39.

How many cents per kWh does Middle Tennessee E M C charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 11.76 cents; against the Tennessee average that is -5.3%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Middle Tennessee E M C?

SAIDI 41.8 min and SAIFI 0.88, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.42.

How many net-metered systems connect to Middle Tennessee E M C?

Middle Tennessee E M C files no net-metering row for its 307,370 homes, while Tennessee utilities together report 99 installations.

What would a typical Middle Tennessee E M C home pay each month?

1,261 kWh at 11.76 cents comes to about $148, energy only.

Is Middle Tennessee E M C cheaper than other Tennessee companies?

Rank 5 of 34 in Tennessee on price, -5.3% against the state average; 4 charge less than 11.76 ¢.

Why does the Middle Tennessee E M C page show "No data" in places?

344,295 accounts sit behind Middle Tennessee E M C, whose 2024 filing lacks no net-metering row; the other 6 rows of the coverage table are on file.

What share of Middle Tennessee E M C sales do homes buy?

Homes take 53.6% of 8,672,705 MWh, commercial accounts 36.6%, industrial and other 9.8%.

What did Middle Tennessee E M C charge homes in 2025?

12.47 cents per kWh, +6.0% on the 11.76 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Middle Tennessee E M C at 11.76 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Ameren Illinois CompanyIllinois, 11.76 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Idaho Power CoIdaho, 11.76 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Oklahoma Gas & Electric CoOklahoma, 11.78 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Laclede Electric Coop, IncMissouri, 11.73 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below

Primary sources for Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee: 11.76 ¢ home rates and 307,370 homes

EIA-861 annual report entry for Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee: 11.76 ¢ home rates and 307,370 homes, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee: 11.76 ¢ home rates and 307,370 homes, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Middle Tennessee E M C in Tennessee: 11.76 ¢ home rates and 307,370 homes, the state price average