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Southwest Tennessee E M C
Southwest Tennessee E M C served 43,847 residential customers in Tennessee in 2025 (1.4% of the state's residential customers), the 14th largest of 87 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority TVA.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Southwest Tennessee E M C's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,322 kWh
- At 13.72¢/kWh
- $181
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.72¢ sits.
Southwest Tennessee E M C averaged 13.72¢ per kWh against a Tennessee residential average of 13.18¢: 4.1% above the state figure. Among the 25 cooperative utilities in Tennessee with bundled residential sales, it ranks 15th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Southwest Tennessee E M C home used 1,278 kWh a month at 11.34¢ and paid $145. In 2025 it used 1,322 kWh at 13.72¢ and paid $181: the price per kWh is up 21%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 11.34 | 13.72 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,278 | 1,322 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 144.93 | 181.4 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 43,847 | 695,708 | 13.72 |
| Commercial | 8,690 | 247,268 | 15.19 |
| Industrial | 1 | 16,704 | 7.47 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 72.5% of the electricity Southwest Tennessee E M C sold in Tennessee in 2025.
Service territoryEIA-861
9 counties.
ChesterCrockettFayetteHardemanHaywoodHendersonLauderdaleMadisonTipton
Counties in Tennessee where Southwest Tennessee E M C reported serving customers in 2025 (9 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 17694
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.72 | ¢/kWh |
| Tennessee average price | 13.18 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 4.1 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 21.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,322 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 181.4 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 43,847 | accounts |
| Share of TN residential customers | 1.4 | % |
| Size rank in TN | 14 of 87 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 15 of 25 | 1 = 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