Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee: 12.77 ¢ home rates and 45,560 homes

In Tennessee, Upper Cumberland E M C bills 54,190 accounts, 84.1% residential, as an cooperative utility. Its home price moved +19.3% from 2015 to 2024, 1.3 points slower than Tennessee.

Upper Cumberland E M C: 1,179 kWh a month costs roughly $151 in energy at 12.77 ¢/kWh, +2.8% on the Tennessee average of 12.42 ¢.

Upper Cumberland E M C: price path since 2015

Home price since 2015: +19.3%Tennessee +20.6%, a gap of -1.3 points

Upper Cumberland E M C went from 10.70 ¢ in 2015 to 12.77 ¢ in 2024, +19.3%, while the Tennessee average went +20.6%.

Upper Cumberland E M C has no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row in EIA-861 2024. Its 54,190 accounts therefore show "No data" in those rows instead of an estimate.

How it compares

Upper Cumberland E M C
Upper Cumberland E M C, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Upper Cumberland E M C	12.77 ¢/kWh	13.67 ¢/kWh	$151at 1,179 kWh	No dataSAIDI
Tennessee average against this companyLowest in this table	-0.35 ¢/kWhcompany 2.8% above	-1.62 ¢/kWhcompany 13.5% above	-$4a month at 1,179 kWh	No data

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Upper Cumberland E M C: 2025

Upper Cumberland E M C: +7.4% on 2024 for homes, Tennessee +6.1%.

Upper Cumberland E M C home price, 2025: 13.71 ¢/kWh+7.4% on 2024, early release
Upper Cumberland E M C against Tennessee, 2025: +1.2 pointsUpper Cumberland E M C +7.4%, Tennessee +6.1%

Upper Cumberland E M C reported 13.71 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +7.4% on its 2024 figure of 12.77, while the Tennessee average moved +6.1%.

Upper Cumberland E M C charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.77 ¢ in 2024

10.70 ¢ in 2015, 12.77 ¢ in 2024 (+19.3%).

Upper Cumberland E M C residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Upper Cumberland E M C	Gap to Tennessee residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.70	+0.40	-1.95
2016	10.81	+0.40	-1.74
2017	11.10	+0.38	-1.79
2018	10.95	+0.24	-1.92
2019	11.31	+0.44	-1.70
2020	11.11	+0.35	-2.04
2021	11.23	+0.16	-2.43
2022	12.32	+0.07	-2.72
2023	12.36	+0.17	-3.64
2024	12.77	+0.35	-3.71

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Home accounts 2015-2024: 45,560

41,305 in 2015, 45,560 in 2024 (+10.3%).

Upper Cumberland E M C home accounts by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Upper Cumberland E M C
2015	41305
2016	41567
2017	41882
2018	42333
2019	42709
2020	43074
2021	43789
2022	44328
2023	44926
2024	45560

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Rates 2024: 12.77 and 13.67 ¢

12.77 and 13.67 ¢ for this company.

¢/kWh

Upper Cumberland E residential12.77
Tennessee residential12.42
U.S. residential16.48
Upper Cumberland E commercial13.67
Tennessee commercial12.05
U.S. commercial12.75

Upper Cumberland E M C, Rates 2024: EIA retail sales.

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Upper Cumberland E M C SAIDI, 2015-2022

125 min in 2015, 132 in 2022.

Upper Cumberland E M C SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2022: 8 rows

Year	Upper Cumberland E M C, no major events
2015	125
2016	111
2017	107
2018	146
2019	124
2020	106
2021	119
2022	132

8 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Upper Cumberland E M C sold 1,036,974 MWh in 2024 to 54,190 accounts; homes took 62.2% of the energy and 14,149 kWh each over the year.

EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Upper Cumberland E M C, from 10.70 ¢ in 2015 to 12.77 ¢ in 2024 (+19.3%).

Outages and home price of Upper Cumberland E M C (EIA utility 19574), 2013 to 2024

Corrected for inflation, a Upper Cumberland E M C home paid 13.11 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 14.47 ¢ in 2013, −9.4%; the bill itself went 10.47 ¢ to 12.77 ¢ (+22.0%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,737 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,573 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 64th cheapest of 84 in 2013, 58th of 83 in 2024 among Tennessee utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Upper Cumberland E M C home price since 2013: −9.4% after inflation

Upper Cumberland E M C: 13.11 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.77 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Upper Cumberland E M C, EIA utility 19574, year by year among Tennessee utilities

Upper Cumberland E M C 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Upper Cumberland E	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Upper Cumberla	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Upper Cumberla	Tennessee median SAIDI
2013	10.47	14.47	64 of 84	–	–	–	–
2014	10.72	14.58	62 of 84	–	–	–	–
2015	10.70	14.54	60 of 84	–	–	–	–
2016	10.81	14.49	58 of 84	–	–	–	–
2017	11.10	14.57	57 of 84	–	–	–	–
2018	10.95	14.04	53 of 84	–	–	–	–
2019	11.31	14.24	59 of 84	–	–	–	–
2020	11.11	13.82	53 of 83	–	–	–	–
2021	11.23	13.35	49 of 83	–	–	–	–
2022	12.32	13.55	50 of 83	–	–	–	–
2023	12.36	13.06	51 of 83	–	–	–	–
2024	12.77	13.11	58 of 83	–	–	–	–

Upper Cumberland E M C, EIA utility 19574: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Tennessee real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 54,1901.5% of Tennessee total
Residential accounts: 45,5601.4% of Tennessee homes
Commercial accounts: 8,62015.9% of the base
Industrial accounts: 100.02% of the base
Residential rate: 12.77 ¢/kWhplace 22 of 34, +2.8% against the state
Commercial rate: 13.67 ¢/kWh+13.5% against Tennessee
Average residential use: 14,149 kWh/yr1,179 a month
Implied monthly bill: $1511,179 kWh at 12.77 ¢, energy only
Energy sold or delivered: 1,036,974 MWhhomes 62%, business 38%
Residential rate since 2015: +19.3%10.70 to 12.77 ¢/kWh
SAIDI, no major events: No datanone filed for 45,560 homes
Net-metered capacity: No datanone filed for 45,560 homes
Counties listed: 9Tennessee

Data tables

2024 by sector, Upper Cumberland E M C

Upper Cumberland E M C sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Tennessee ¢/kWh
Residential	45,560	12.77	+0.35
Commercial	8,620	13.67	+1.62

What EIA-861 holds for Upper Cumberland E M C

Topic, Upper Cumberland E M C	Status	Detail
Home price and accounts, Upper Cumberland E M C	10 years	2015 to 2024, 45,560 homes in 2024
Business price, Upper Cumberland E M C	Filed 2024	13.67 ¢/kWh on 8,620 accounts
SAIDI and SAIFI, Upper Cumberland E M C	No data for 2024	8 earlier years on file, 2015 to 2022
Net metering, Upper Cumberland E M C	No data	none filed against 45,560 home accounts
Service-territory counties, Upper Cumberland E M C	9 counties	in Tennessee
Smart meters (AMI/AMR), Upper Cumberland E M C	Filed 2024	45,560 of 45,560 home meters AMI
2025 early release, Upper Cumberland E M C	Filed	13.71 ¢/kWh for homes

Year by year, Upper Cumberland E M C

Year	Home accounts, Upper Cumberland E M C	Home ¢	Business ¢	SAIDI min	SAIFI
2015	41,305	10.70	11.02	125	No data
2016	41,567	10.81	11.58	111	No data
2017	41,882	11.10	11.61	107	No data
2018	42,333	10.95	11.57	146	No data
2019	42,709	11.31	11.84	124	No data
2020	43,074	11.11	11.72	106	No data
2021	43,789	11.23	11.98	119	No data
2022	44,328	12.32	13.11	132	No data
2023	44,926	12.36	13.00	No data	No data
2024	45,560	12.77	13.68	No data	No data

Peers of Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee, place 22 of 34 on home price

Company near Upper Cumberland E M on price	Home ¢	Gap % to Upper Cumberland E M	Accounts, Upper Cumberland E M = 1
19. Duck River Elec Member Corp	12.50	-2.1%	1.57
20. City of Cleveland	12.53	-1.9%	0.63
21. Knoxville Utilities Board	12.54	-1.8%	4.05
22. Upper Cumberland E M C (this company)	12.77	-	1.00
23. City of Clarksville	12.77	+0.0%	1.57
24. Kingsport Power Co	12.84	+0.5%	0.91
25. Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc	12.89	+0.9%	0.66

Who buys Upper Cumberland E M C's electricity

Class, Upper Cumberland E M C	Accounts	Of Upper Cumberland E M accounts	Of MWh	kWh a year per account
Residential	45,560	84.1%	62.2%	14,149
Commercial	8,620	15.9%	26.3%	31,596
Industrial and other	10	0.02%	11.6%	11,998,800

Monthly energy cost by use, Upper Cumberland E M C

kWh	Share of a 1,179 kWh month	Cost a month at 12.77 ¢	Cost a year
250	21%	$31.93	$383
500	42%	$63.85	$766
750	64%	$95.78	$1,149
1,000	85%	$127.70	$1,532
1,500	127%	$191.55	$2,299
2,000	170%	$255.40	$3,065

Territory of Upper Cumberland E M C

9 Tennessee counties, region SERC:

Tennessee other states: 9 of 9 counties of Upper Cumberland E M C drawn

Upper Cumberland E M C: 9 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Clay
DeKalb
Jackson
Macon
Overton
Pickett
Putnam
Smith
White

Questions on Upper Cumberland E M C

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

54,190 accounts in 2024: residential 45,560, commercial 8,620, industrial 10.

How many cents per kWh does Upper Cumberland E M C charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 12.77 cents; against the Tennessee average that is +2.8%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Upper Cumberland E M C?

Upper Cumberland E M C has no reliability row for its 45,560 homes in EIA-861 2024, so no SAIDI or SAIFI is shown; the Tennessee median reporter is 140 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Upper Cumberland E M C?

Upper Cumberland E M C files no net-metering row for its 45,560 homes, while Tennessee utilities together report 99 installations.

What would a typical Upper Cumberland E M C home pay each month?

1,179 kWh at 12.77 cents comes to about $151, energy only.

Is Upper Cumberland E M C cheaper than other Tennessee companies?

Rank 22 of 34 in Tennessee on price, +2.8% against the state average; 21 charge less than 12.77 ¢.

Why does the Upper Cumberland E M C page show "No data" in places?

54,190 accounts sit behind Upper Cumberland E M C, whose 2024 filing lacks no SAIDI/SAIFI row and no net-metering row; the other 5 rows of the coverage table are on file.

What share of Upper Cumberland E M C sales do homes buy?

Homes take 62.2% of 1,036,974 MWh, commercial accounts 26.3%, industrial and other 11.6%.

What did Upper Cumberland E M C charge homes in 2025?

13.71 cents per kWh, +7.4% on the 12.77 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Upper Cumberland E M C at 12.77 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

City of ClarksvilleTennessee, 12.77 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Duke Energy Indiana, LLCIndiana, 12.75 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Palmetto Electric Coop IncSouth Carolina, 12.79 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Coweta-Fayette El Member CorpGeorgia, 12.80 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above

Primary sources for Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee: 12.77 ¢ home rates and 45,560 homes

EIA-861 annual report entry for Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee: 12.77 ¢ home rates and 45,560 homes, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee: 12.77 ¢ home rates and 45,560 homes, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Upper Cumberland E M C in Tennessee: 12.77 ¢ home rates and 45,560 homes, the state price average