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Volunteer Electric Coop
Volunteer Electric Coop served 105,248 residential customers in Tennessee in 2025 (3.3% of the state's residential customers), the 6th largest of 87 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority TVA.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Volunteer Electric Coop's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,210 kWh
- At 13.08¢/kWh
- $158
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.08¢ sits.
Volunteer Electric Coop averaged 13.08¢ per kWh against a Tennessee residential average of 13.18¢: 0.7% below the state figure. Among the 25 cooperative utilities in Tennessee with bundled residential sales, it ranks 7th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Volunteer Electric Coop home used 1,172 kWh a month at 10.71¢ and paid $126. In 2025 it used 1,210 kWh at 13.08¢ and paid $158: the price per kWh is up 22.1%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 10.71 | 13.08 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,172 | 1,210 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 125.52 | 158.32 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 105,248 | 1,528,437 | 13.08 |
| Commercial | 24,504 | 636,858 | 13.48 |
| Industrial | 18 | 494,239 | 6.15 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 57.5% of the electricity Volunteer Electric Coop sold in Tennessee in 2025.
Service territoryEIA-861
15 counties.
BledsoeBradleyCumberlandFentressHamiltonMcMinnMeigsOvertonPickettPolkPutnamRheaRoaneScottWhite
Counties in Tennessee where Volunteer Electric Coop reported serving customers in 2025 (15 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 19898
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.08 | ¢/kWh |
| Tennessee average price | 13.18 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -0.7 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 22.1 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,210 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 158.32 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 105,248 | accounts |
| Share of TN residential customers | 3.3 | % |
| Size rank in TN | 6 of 87 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 7 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