Alabama · Municipal
City of Bessemer Utilities
13.28¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $137.40 at 1,034.6 kWh a month, across 9,302 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: 9,302, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$132.80
13.28¢/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 | 10.61¢ | $110.52 | 1,041.4 | 9,265 |
| 2016 | 10.69¢ | $112.47 | 1,052.1 | 9,325 |
| 2017 | 10.93¢ | $105.22 | 963.0 | 9,385 |
| 2018 | 10.85¢ | $117.80 | 1,085.3 | 9,381 |
| 2019 | 10.88¢ | $115.26 | 1,059.1 | 9,361 |
| 2020 | 10.75¢ | $105.75 | 984.1 | 9,463 |
| 2021 | 11.09¢ | $110.32 | 994.9 | 9,540 |
| 2022 | 12.29¢ | $123.37 | 1,004.2 | 9,557 |
| 2023 | 11.86¢ | $109.78 | 925.9 | 9,439 |
| 2024 | 12.26¢ | $126.86 | 1,034.9 | 9,378 |
| 2025 | 13.28¢ | $137.40 | 1,034.6 | 9,302 |
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
Jefferson.
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