Sand Mountain Electric Coop: average electricity price and bill
- Annual file
- Form EIA-861, 2024 final
- Early release
- 2025, not fully edited
- Monthly data
- to July 2026
The average residential price of Sand Mountain Electric Coop was 13.55 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025. EIA early release, not fully edited
This figure is from EIA's early release. EIA has not fully edited the early release. For 2024, the newest final year, the price was 12.55 cents per kWh.
The average monthly bill of a residential customer was $147.69 in 2024, for 1,176 kWh each month. The Alabama average price was 15.18 cents per kWh in 2024. The US average price was 16.48 cents per kWh in 2024.
In July 2026, the Alabama average was 16.40 cents per kWh. EIA marks this month as preliminary. EIA has monthly figures for a sample of utilities, and Sand Mountain Electric Coop is not in the sample.
Average price of electricity to ultimate consumers represents the cost per unit of electricity sold and is calculated by dividing electric revenue from ultimate consumers by the corresponding sales of electricity.
The average price of electricity to ultimate consumers reported in this publication by sector represents a weighted average of consumer revenue and sales, and does not equal the per kWh rate charged by the electric power industry participant to the individual consumers.
EIA's words. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Technical notes, section "Form EIA-861" (March 2024). "This publication" is the Electric Power Monthly.
In plain words: the average price is revenue divided by sales. It is not the rate on a rate schedule. The annual figures on this page are for 2024. Monthly data through .
Since the last EIA release: no tracked figure of Sand Mountain Electric Coop changed. The record of changes starts with the next release. EIA releases and changes
Price and bill beside Alabama, the ownership type and the US
Form EIA-861, 2024
| Figure | This utility | Electric cooperatives, US median | Alabama | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price (cents per kWh) | 12.55 | 13.74 | 15.18 | 16.48 |
| Average monthly bill (dollars per month) | $147.69 | $149.95 | $173.50 | $142.26 |
| Average monthly use (kWh per month) | 1,176 | 1,126 | 1,143 | 863 |
| Change of the price in 1 year (percent) | -0.1% | n/a | +3.8% | +3.0% |
| Change of the price in 5 years (percent) | +9.1% | n/a | +21.1% | +26.7% |
State and US figures are EIA's own averages for all customers. The ownership column is a median of utilities with 1,000 or more residential customers, from the final 2024 file.
The average monthly bill is residential revenue divided by customers and by 12 months. The use is residential sales divided by customers and by 12 months. These figures are for bundled service only.
12.55 cents per kWh, Sand Mountain Electric Coop, 2024
Sales by sector
Form EIA-861, 2024
| Sector | Customers | Sales | Share of sales percent | Revenue dollars | Average price, bundled cents per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 27,298 | 385.4 GWh | 61 | 48,380,000 | 12.55 |
| Commercial | 6,299 | 179.2 GWh | 28 | 24,381,000 | 13.60 |
| Industrial | 4 | 67.6 GWh | 11 | 5,673,000 | 8.39 |
Customers, sales and revenue include each service type that the utility reported. The price column uses bundled service only. Sources of energy: 666.9 GWh in total. The utility generated 0% and bought 666.9 GWh. Summer peak demand: 138 MW.
Price history
Form EIA-861, 2013 to 2025
Sand Mountain Electric CoopAlabama averageUS average
Table of the figures by year, 2013 to 2025
| Year | Average price cents per kWh | Alabama average cents per kWh | Average bill dollars per month | Average use kWh per month | Residential customers | Sales, all sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Early release | 13.55 | 16.10 | $161.58 | 1,193 | 27,485 | 642.4 GWh |
| 2024 | 12.55 | 15.18 | $147.69 | 1,176 | 27,298 | 632.2 GWh |
| 2023 | 12.56 | 14.63 | $139.24 | 1,108 | 26,888 | 597.4 GWh |
| 2022 | 12.64 | 14.25 | $152.12 | 1,204 | 26,593 | 630 GWh |
| 2021 | 11.67 | 12.96 | $134.20 | 1,150 | 26,273 | 602.5 GWh |
| 2020 | 11.34 | 12.57 | $129.99 | 1,146 | 25,929 | 591.4 GWh |
| 2019 | 11.50 | 12.53 | $137.28 | 1,193 | 25,570 | 617.4 GWh |
| 2018 | 11.08 | 12.18 | $142.42 | 1,285 | 25,449 | 646.3 GWh |
| 2017 | 11.23 | 12.55 | $125.31 | 1,116 | 25,473 | 590.9 GWh |
| 2016 | 10.94 | 11.99 | $132.03 | 1,207 | 25,179 | 627.6 GWh |
| 2015 | 10.79 | 11.70 | $134.44 | 1,246 | 25,017 | 644.8 GWh |
| 2014 | 10.80 | 11.48 | $139.23 | 1,289 | 24,925 | 664.7 GWh |
| 2013 | 10.54 | 11.26 | $132.24 | 1,255 | 24,885 | 654 GWh |
EIA says that its early release is not fully edited. This site shows it for this utility only. It is in no average and in no median.
Reliability: SAIDI and SAIFI
Form EIA-861, 2024
EIA's reliability file has no SAIDI or SAIFI figure for Sand Mountain Electric Coop in 2024. EIA does not get these figures from each utility.
Counties in the service territory
Form EIA-861, 2024
The utility listed these 3 counties on Form EIA-861. A utility can serve only a part of a county on its list.
Other utilities in Alabama
Form EIA-861, 2024
| Utility | Type | Residential customers | Average price cents per kWh | Average bill dollars per month | SAIDI minutes, with major event days | SAIDI minutes, without major event days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc | Electric cooperative | 29,578 | 14.39 | $166.37 | 377.7 | 244.6 | Add |
| Covington Electric Coop, Inc | Electric cooperative | 23,281 | 16.65 | $188.93 | 178.8 | 129.1 | Add |
| Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc | Electric cooperative | 22,401 | 15.45 | $188.76 | 194.9 | 110.9 | Add |
| Dixie Electric Coop | Electric cooperative | 22,054 | 15.05 | $177.37 | 331.9 | 197.8 | Add |
| Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc | Electric cooperative | 20,645 | 13.90 | $147.39 | n/a | n/a | Add |
| Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp | Electric cooperative | 36,973 | 14.49 | $194.57 | 140.3 | 136.3 | Add |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | Electric cooperative | 20,053 | 13.24 | $147.08 | n/a | n/a | Add |
| Cherokee Electric Coop | Electric cooperative | 18,830 | 15.06 | $168.26 | n/a | n/a | Add |
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Official channels
- Alabama Public Service CommissionThe home page of the state utility commission of Alabama.
- LIHEAP Clearinghouse: energy assistance office searchThe search page for local offices of the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
- EIA: Form EIA-861 annual data filesThe page of the annual files: revenue, sales, customers, reliability and service territories of each utility.
- EIA: Form EIA-861M monthly data filesThe page of the monthly files: the figures of each state and of the monthly sample of utilities.
EIA's files have no website for a utility. The state utility commission and the utility have the rate schedules.
Cite this page
Power Bill Facts. Sand Mountain Electric Coop: average electricity price and bill. https://powerbillfacts.com/utility/sand-mountain-electric-coop-al-16629/ Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (2024, early release 2025) and Form EIA-861M. Data through . Page made .
Where the figures come from
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Annual figures: Form EIA-861, final release for 2024, respondent "Sand Mountain Electric Coop", utility number 16629. The 2025 row is from EIA's early release. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M sales and revenue workbook, through July 2026. These are US government works in the public domain. An error in the processing of this site is corrected at the next build: report an error.
Questions about Sand Mountain Electric Coop
- How does the price of Sand Mountain Electric Coop compare with other utilities?
- In 2024, 36% of the 1,230 US utilities with a price had this price or a lower price. In Alabama, 16 of the 44 other utilities with a price had a lower price.
- Did the price of Sand Mountain Electric Coop change?
- The average residential price was 12.56 cents per kWh in 2023 and 12.55 cents per kWh in 2024. The 2024 price was 0.01 cents per kWh lower than the 2023 price. In 2019, the price was 11.50 cents per kWh. These prices are not adjusted for inflation.
- How many minutes without power did Sand Mountain Electric Coop report?
- EIA's reliability file has no SAIDI or SAIFI figure for Sand Mountain Electric Coop in 2024. EIA does not get these figures from each utility.
- Which counties does Sand Mountain Electric Coop serve?
- Sand Mountain Electric Coop listed DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL and Marshall County, AL in its service territory on Form EIA-861 for 2024. A utility can serve only a part of a county.