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City of Chattanooga - (TN)

City of Chattanooga - (TN) served 164,914 residential customers in Tennessee in 2025 (5.2% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 87 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: municipal; balancing authority TVA.

The meter, one average month.

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

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
1,121 kWh
At 12.89¢/kWh
$144
An average 2025 month: 1,121 kWh at 12.89¢ comes to about $144, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 12.89¢ sits.

City of Chattanooga - (TN) averaged 12.89¢ per kWh against a Tennessee residential average of 13.18¢: 2.2% below the state figure. Among the 60 municipal utilities in Tennessee with bundled residential sales, it ranks 33rd from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average City of Chattanooga - (TN) home used 1,112 kWh a month at 10.76¢ and paid $120. In 2025 it used 1,121 kWh at 12.89¢ and paid $144: the price per kWh is up 19.8%.

City of Chattanooga - (TN), Tennessee, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh10.7612.89
Use, kWh a month1,1121,121
Bill, US$ a month119.56144.47
City of Chattanooga - (TN) customers and sales by class in Tennessee, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential164,9142,218,81412.89
Commercial24,6112,144,29612.46
Industrial641,213,3157.01

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 39.8% of the electricity City of Chattanooga - (TN) sold in Tennessee in 2025.

Service territoryEIA-861

6 counties.

BledsoeBradleyHamiltonMarionRheaSequatchie

Counties in Tennessee where City of Chattanooga - (TN) reported serving customers in 2025 (6 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 3408

The filing, line by line.

City of Chattanooga - (TN), Tennessee, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price12.89¢/kWh
Tennessee average price13.18¢/kWh
Difference from state average-2.2%
Price change over 5 years19.8%
Typical monthly use1,121kWh
Typical monthly bill144.47US$
Residential customers164,914accounts
Share of TN residential customers5.2%
Size rank in TN5 of 87by customers
Price rank, municipal peers33 of 601 = lowest

Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB

None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.

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

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  • Class-wide averages, not a quote or a bill for any one customer.
  • Plan data comes from a public, crowd-maintained database and can be out of date.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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