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electric cooperative · EIA utility 3426
Cherokee Electric Coop
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Annual figures: Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release. Monthly state figures run to July 2026.
Cherokee Electric Coop serves 18,830 residential customers in Alabama as an electric cooperative, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 5 counties.
Its average residential price that year was 15.06¢ per kilowatthour, about the same as the Alabama average of 15.18¢ and 8.6% below the US average of 16.48¢. The figure is residential revenue divided by residential sales, so it folds in fixed charges, riders and every rate schedule the utility bills under.
That works out to an average residential bill of $168.26 a month on average use of 1,117 kWh a month. Across Alabama the average bill was $173.50 on 1,143 kWh, so a bill gap reflects how much power households use as well as what each kilowatthour costs.
EIA's reliability file has no SAIDI or SAIFI entry for it in 2024; smaller respondents and energy-only suppliers are not asked for one.
The average price is up 13.0% on 2019, against up 21.1% for Alabama as a whole, and up 2.5% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 15.98¢.
Compared with Alabama, the US and other electric cooperatives
| Measure, 2024 | This utility | Electric cooperatives, US median | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 15.06¢ | 13.74¢ | 15.18¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $168.26 | $149.95 | $173.50 | $142.26 |
| Average monthly use, kWh | 1,117 | 1,126 | 1,143 | 863 |
| Residential price change, 1 year | +2.5% | — | +3.8% | +3.0% |
| Residential price change, 5 years | +13.0% | — | +21.1% | +26.7% |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | — | 263.0 | 184.7 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | — | 147.0 | 118.4 median | 99.8 median |
State and US prices, bills and use are EIA's own averages over every customer. The ownership column and the reliability columns are medians across utilities with at least 1,000 residential customers, computed on this site from the final 2024 file. Among the 22 filings by electric cooperatives in Alabama, the median price was 14.44¢. In Alabama this utility's price ranks 11 of 45, counting from the highest.
Average price by year
Cherokee Electric CoopAlabama averageUS average
Year by year
| Year | ¢ per kWh | Alabama ¢ | Monthly bill | kWh a month | Residential customers | All sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 early release | 15.98¢ | 16.10¢ | $182.46 | 1,142 | 19,006 | 404.2 GWh |
| 2024 | 15.06¢ | 15.18¢ | $168.26 | 1,117 | 18,830 | 400.7 GWh |
| 2023 | 14.69¢ | 14.63¢ | $155.32 | 1,057 | 18,593 | 401.7 GWh |
| 2022 | 14.92¢ | 14.25¢ | $168.18 | 1,127 | 18,319 | 488.8 GWh |
| 2021 | 13.78¢ | 12.96¢ | $154.06 | 1,118 | 18,193 | 504.7 GWh |
| 2020 | 13.29¢ | 12.57¢ | $144.89 | 1,090 | 17,914 | 446.7 GWh |
| 2019 | 13.33¢ | 12.53¢ | $154.96 | 1,162 | 17,604 | 502.6 GWh |
| 2018 | 13.26¢ | 12.18¢ | $159.87 | 1,206 | 17,484 | 529.6 GWh |
| 2017 | 13.47¢ | 12.55¢ | $144.30 | 1,071 | 17,396 | 479.8 GWh |
| 2016 | 13.17¢ | 11.99¢ | $152.70 | 1,159 | 17,311 | 502.4 GWh |
| 2015 | 13.06¢ | 11.70¢ | $152.50 | 1,168 | 17,269 | 493.1 GWh |
| 2014 | 12.90¢ | 11.48¢ | $156.03 | 1,209 | 17,302 | 499.5 GWh |
| 2013 | 12.64¢ | 11.26¢ | $144.36 | 1,142 | 17,399 | 483.6 GWh |
Bundled residential service only in the price, bill and use columns. Bill = residential revenue ÷ customers ÷ 12; use = residential sales ÷ customers ÷ 12. EIA describes its early release as not fully edited; it is shown for this utility alone and enters no average, median or rank on this site.
Sales by sector, 2024
| Sector | Customers | Sales | Share of sales | Revenue | ¢ per kWh, bundled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 18,830 | 252.4 GWh | 63% | $38,021,000 | 15.06¢ |
| Commercial | 7,734 | 118.5 GWh | 30% | $20,730,000 | 17.50¢ |
| Industrial | 2 | 29.8 GWh | 7% | $3,137,000 | 10.54¢ |
Customers, sales and revenue count every service type the utility reported (bundled, energy-only and delivery-only). The price column uses bundled service alone, because part-bill revenue would understate it. Sources of energy: 431.1 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 431.1 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 99 MW.
Reliability
EIA's reliability file has no entry for Cherokee Electric Coop in 2024. Energy-only suppliers do not own the wires, and the smallest distribution utilities are not asked for SAIDI and SAIFI.
Counties in its service territory
Counties the utility listed on Form EIA-861 for 2024. Listing a county does not mean the utility serves all of it.
Other utilities in Alabama
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke-Washington E M C | Cooperative | 18,708 | 15.76¢ | $155.06 | — | — |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 20,053 | 13.24¢ | $147.08 | — | — |
| Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop | Cooperative | 17,318 | 12.49¢ | $154.95 | — | — |
| Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 20,645 | 13.90¢ | $147.39 | — | — |
| South Alabama Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 16,801 | 15.44¢ | $157.60 | 288.0 | 129.6 |
| Dixie Electric Coop | Cooperative | 22,054 | 15.05¢ | $177.37 | 331.9 | 197.8 |
| Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 22,401 | 15.45¢ | $188.76 | 194.9 | 110.9 |
| Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 15,612 | 15.71¢ | $190.40 | 263.9 | 154.7 |
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Questions and answers
How much does electricity cost from Cherokee Electric Coop?
Residential customers paid an average of 15.06¢ per kilowatthour in 2024. EIA derives this by dividing residential revenue by residential sales; it is an average across all rate schedules and charges, not a tariff rate.
How does that compare with Alabama?
The Alabama average residential price in 2024 was 15.18¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Cherokee Electric Coop was about the same as the state figure. Among 45 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Alabama, it had the 11th highest.
What is the average Cherokee Electric Coop bill?
$168.26 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,117 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Alabama average was $173.50 on 1,143 kWh.
How reliable is Cherokee Electric Coop service?
EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for Cherokee Electric Coop.
Is the Cherokee Electric Coop price rising?
The average residential price was up 2.5% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 13.0% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 15.98¢.
Which counties does Cherokee Electric Coop serve?
Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 5 counties: Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL and Marshall County, AL. A county can appear in several utilities' territories.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures are from Form EIA-861 (sales to ultimate customers, reliability, operational data and service territory files), final release for 2024, respondent "Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL)", utility number 3426; the 2025 row is from EIA's early release. State and US averages are from the Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, published through July 2026. All are US government works in the public domain. Page built 30 Sep 2026. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. For tariffs and rate schedules, consult the utility or the state utility commission.