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City of Athens - (AL)

City of Athens - (AL) served 52,200 residential customers in Alabama in 2025 (2.2% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 45 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: municipal; balancing authority TVA.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of City of Athens - (AL)'s average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30

Used so far: 1,312 kWh
At 11.58¢/kWh: $152

An average 2025 month: 1,312 kWh at 11.58¢ comes to about $152, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 11.58¢ sits.

City of Athens - (AL) averaged 11.58¢ per kWh against a Alabama residential average of 16.1¢: 28.1% below the state figure. Among the 22 municipal utilities in Alabama with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.

11.58¢ this utility

16.1¢ AL avg

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average City of Athens - (AL) home used 1,277 kWh a month at 9.92¢ and paid $127. In 2025 it used 1,312 kWh at 11.58¢ and paid $152: the price per kWh is up 16.8%.

City of Athens - (AL), Alabama, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure	2020	2025
Price, ¢/kWh	9.92	11.58
Use, kWh a month	1,277	1,312
Bill, US$ a month	126.59	152.01

City of Athens - (AL) customers and sales by class in Alabama, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
Class	Customers	MWh sold	¢/kWh
Residential	52,200	822,074	11.58
Commercial	8,260	419,475	12.29
Industrial	14	463,813	7.16

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 48.2% of the electricity City of Athens - (AL) sold in Alabama in 2025.

Service territoryEIA-861

1 counties.

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Counties in Alabama where City of Athens - (AL) reported serving customers in 2025 (1 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 944

The filing, line by line.

City of Athens - (AL), Alabama, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
Measure	Value	Unit
Average price	11.58	¢/kWh
Alabama average price	16.1	¢/kWh
Difference from state average	-28.1	%
Price change over 5 years	16.8	%
Typical monthly use	1,312	kWh
Typical monthly bill	152.01	US$
Residential customers	52,200	accounts
Share of AL residential customers	2.2	%
Size rank in AL	5 of 45	by customers
Price rank, municipal peers	4 of 22	1 = lowest

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Alabama: state average, five-year steps and every provider