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Planters Electric Member Corp
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.
Planters Electric Member Corp serves 16,385 residential customers in Georgia as an electric cooperative, according to its 2024 Form EIA-861 filing, with a service territory that touches 7 counties.
Its average residential price that year was 14.53¢ per kilowatthour, 3.2% above the Georgia average of 14.08¢ and 12% 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 $164.54 a month on average use of 1,132 kWh a month. Across Georgia the average bill was $151.25 on 1,074 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 11.5% on 2019, against up 19.7% for Georgia as a whole, and up 1.5% on 2023. EIA's early release for 2025, which has not been fully edited, shows 14.85¢.
Compared with Georgia, the US and other electric cooperatives
| Measure, 2024 | This utility | Electric cooperatives, US median | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 14.53¢ | 13.74¢ | 14.08¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $164.54 | $149.95 | $151.25 | $142.26 |
| Average monthly use, kWh | 1,132 | 1,126 | 1,074 | 863 |
| Residential price change, 1 year | +1.5% | — | +2.8% | +3.0% |
| Residential price change, 5 years | +11.5% | — | +19.7% | +26.7% |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | — | 263.0 | 392.5 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | — | 147.0 | 151.3 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 36 filings by electric cooperatives in Georgia, the median price was 13.99¢. In Georgia this utility's price ranks 18 of 58, counting from the highest.
Average price by year
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Year by year
| Year | ¢ per kWh | Georgia ¢ | Monthly bill | kWh a month | Residential customers | All sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 early release | 14.85¢ | 14.73¢ | $173.33 | 1,168 | 16,417 | 285 GWh |
| 2024 | 14.53¢ | 14.08¢ | $164.54 | 1,132 | 16,385 | 282 GWh |
| 2023 | 14.32¢ | 13.69¢ | $157.32 | 1,099 | 16,290 | 268 GWh |
| 2022 | 13.50¢ | 13.80¢ | $157.31 | 1,165 | 16,152 | 287.2 GWh |
| 2021 | 13.26¢ | 12.51¢ | $157.35 | 1,187 | 16,009 | 282.2 GWh |
| 2020 | 13.27¢ | 12.02¢ | $158.18 | 1,192 | 15,733 | 283.8 GWh |
| 2019 | 13.03¢ | 11.76¢ | $159.91 | 1,228 | 15,536 | 293.1 GWh |
| 2018 | 12.81¢ | 11.47¢ | $159.34 | 1,244 | 15,442 | 277.4 GWh |
| 2017 | 12.85¢ | 11.90¢ | $148.85 | 1,158 | 15,372 | 262.5 GWh |
| 2016 | 12.64¢ | 11.50¢ | $152.95 | 1,210 | 15,210 | 280.3 GWh |
| 2015 | 12.57¢ | 11.54¢ | $154.43 | 1,229 | 15,088 | 287.7 GWh |
| 2014 | 12.13¢ | 11.65¢ | $153.44 | 1,265 | 15,043 | 284.9 GWh |
| 2013 | 11.89¢ | 11.46¢ | $140.86 | 1,184 | 15,046 | 253 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 | 16,385 | 222.6 GWh | 79% | $32,351,000 | 14.53¢ |
| Commercial | 1,097 | 36.2 GWh | 13% | $4,438,000 | 12.27¢ |
| Industrial | 716 | 23.3 GWh | 8% | $3,614,000 | 15.52¢ |
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: 296.2 GWh in total, of which 0% was its own net generation and 296.2 GWh was bought wholesale; summer peak demand 86 MW.
Reliability
EIA's reliability file has no entry for Planters Electric Member Corp 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 Georgia
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayle Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 16,369 | 14.42¢ | $160.64 | 3,490.3 | 298.9 |
| Tri-State Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 17,506 | 14.07¢ | $141.07 | — | — |
| Washington Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 15,200 | 14.68¢ | $154.39 | 6,929.9 | 428.9 |
| Sumter Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 15,049 | 14.14¢ | $182.98 | 218.1 | 155.4 |
| Grady Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 19,283 | 14.84¢ | $166.89 | 921.2 | 574.6 |
| Three Notch Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 13,695 | 16.94¢ | $153.41 | 668.0 | 269.0 |
| Altamaha Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 19,628 | 16.04¢ | $161.26 | 17,313.0 | 17,059.0 |
| Southern Rivers Energy | Cooperative | 20,411 | 16.41¢ | $207.28 | 598.4 | 236.9 |
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Questions and answers
How much does electricity cost from Planters Electric Member Corp?
Residential customers paid an average of 14.53¢ 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 Georgia?
The Georgia average residential price in 2024 was 14.08¢ and the US average 16.48¢; Planters Electric Member Corp was 3.2% above the state figure. Among 58 utility filings with a bundled residential price in Georgia, it had the 18th highest.
What is the average Planters Electric Member Corp bill?
$164.54 a month in 2024, on average residential use of 1,132 kWh a month (annual revenue and sales divided by customers and by twelve). The Georgia average was $151.25 on 1,074 kWh.
How reliable is Planters Electric Member Corp service?
EIA's 2024 reliability file has no entry for Planters Electric Member Corp.
Is the Planters Electric Member Corp price rising?
The average residential price was up 1.5% in 2024 compared with 2023 and up 11.5% compared with 2019. EIA's early, not fully edited release for 2025 shows 14.85¢.
Which counties does Planters Electric Member Corp serve?
Its Form EIA-861 service territory lists 7 counties: Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Richmond County, GA and Screven County, GA. 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 "Planters Electric Member Corp", utility number 14649; 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 1 Oct 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.