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Central Alabama Electric Coop
Central Alabama Electric Coop served 45,580 residential customers in Alabama in 2025 (1.9% of the state's residential customers), the 6th largest of 45 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority SOCO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Central Alabama Electric Coop's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,157 kWh
- At 17.21¢/kWh
- $199
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 17.21¢ sits.
Central Alabama Electric Coop averaged 17.21¢ per kWh against a Alabama residential average of 16.1¢: 6.9% above the state figure. Among the 22 cooperative utilities in Alabama with bundled residential sales, it ranks 19th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Central Alabama Electric Coop home used 1,162 kWh a month at 13.49¢ and paid $157. In 2025 it used 1,157 kWh at 17.21¢ and paid $199: the price per kWh is up 27.6%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.49 | 17.21 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,162 | 1,157 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 156.68 | 199.14 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 45,580 | 632,860 | 17.21 |
| Commercial | 2,487 | 96,600 | 14.75 |
| Industrial | 4 | 14,523 | 14.06 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 85.1% of the electricity Central Alabama Electric Coop sold in Alabama in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
36 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 36installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 0.6 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 0.8installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
10 counties.
AutaugaBibbChiltonCoosaDallasElmoreLowndesPerryTalladegaTallapoosa
Counties in Alabama where Central Alabama Electric Coop reported serving customers in 2025 (10 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 3222
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 17.21 | ¢/kWh |
| Alabama average price | 16.1 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 6.9 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 27.6 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,157 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 199.14 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 45,580 | accounts |
| Share of AL residential customers | 1.9 | % |
| Size rank in AL | 6 of 45 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 19 of 22 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
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