Alabama · Investor Owned
Alabama Power Co
17.91¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $202.13 at 1,128.8 kWh a month, across 1,342,827 customers on that row.
Alabama averaged 16.09¢/kWh and $184.31 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 1,342,827, the largest residential count across service types.
Estimate a bill
Tariff total
$146.35
FD · October–May · effective 2025-01-01
Tariff schedule, before the taxes and fees listed below
- Fixed monthly charge$14.50
- First 750 kWh · 750 kWh × 13.4851¢$101.14
- Over 750 kWh · 250 kWh × 12.2851¢$30.71
Source: Alabama Power Rate FD, kWh charges for January 2025 billings, checked 2026-10-10. Tariff document
Not included: Rate T (taxes and other Rate T provisions). The minimum bill is $14.50 plus Rate T..
- The PDF posted by Alabama Power says the kWh charges reflect adjustment under Rates RSE and CNP for January 2025 billings. That is the effective date printed on the sheet checked October 10, 2026.
- Base charge $14.50. June–September: 13.4851¢ for the first 1,000 kWh and 13.7380¢ above that. October–May: 13.4851¢ for the first 750 kWh and 12.2851¢ above that.
2025 EIA average
$179.10
17.91¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.20¢ | $146.66 | 1,201.8 | 1,253,875 |
| 2016 | 12.66¢ | $153.23 | 1,210.5 | 1,262,752 |
| 2017 | 13.37¢ | $151.29 | 1,131.4 | 1,268,271 |
| 2018 | 12.81¢ | $156.12 | 1,218.8 | 1,273,526 |
| 2019 | 13.41¢ | $159.30 | 1,188.2 | 1,280,955 |
| 2020 | 13.51¢ | $153.04 | 1,133.2 | 1,295,794 |
| 2021 | 14.04¢ | $157.04 | 1,118.8 | 1,301,017 |
| 2022 | 15.50¢ | $180.88 | 1,167.2 | 1,314,594 |
| 2023 | 15.90¢ | $173.81 | 1,093.0 | 1,323,950 |
| 2024 | 16.77¢ | $189.36 | 1,129.0 | 1,332,911 |
| 2025 | 17.91¢ | $202.13 | 1,128.8 | 1,342,827 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool