Georgia Electricity Prices

Georgia's residential electricity rate in August 2026 was 15.90¢/kWh, ranking 31st among the 50 states and DC, counting down from the most expensive. This is 2.26¢/kWh below the national average of 18.16¢/kWh, a difference of 12.5%. Among bordering states, Georgia sits in the middle: more expensive than Tennessee at 13.42¢/kWh, North Carolina at 14.95¢/kWh, and Florida at 14.99¢/kWh, but cheaper than South Carolina at 15.76¢/kWh and Alabama at 16.33¢/kWh. Commercial rates stood at 13.81¢/kWh and industrial rates at 13.05¢/kWh.

Over the past five years, since August 2021, Georgia's residential rate has climbed 20.2% from 13.23¢/kWh. The climb over twenty years, since August 2006, has been steeper at 60.1% from 9.93¢/kWh. Over the full span since records began in January 2001, the rate has more than doubled, rising 135.6% from 6.75¢/kWh. The June 2026 high of 16.36¢/kWh stands only slightly above the current rate, while the record low of 6.42¢/kWh dates to December 2002.

Georgians use more electricity than the national average. Monthly consumption averaged 1,083 kWh against the national average of 876 kWh. Despite a lower-than-average rate, the resulting monthly bill of $164 runs higher than the national average of $158, because the above-average consumption more than offsets the rate advantage.