Georgia

Residential electricity rates · latest Apr 2026

Avg monthly bill

$124

⚾ The monthly tab

Typical residential bill — $8 lower than the 2019 average.

Residential rate

15.4¢

⚾ Price per kWh

Cents per kilowatt-hour. +32% vs. the 2019 average.

National rank

32nd

⚾ League rank

Fastest-rising residential rate since 2019, of 51 states.

Home vs. industry

15.4¢ / 6.8¢

⚾ Home vs. away

Homes pay 15.4¢/kWh; large industry pays 6.8¢/kWh — 125% more for households.

Your rate vs. grid demand

Southern Company demand · Georgia rate

Amber = the grid region's average demand (GW, left). Red = the state's residential rate (¢/kWh, right). The rate line ends a couple months early because EIA reports retail data on a lag.

Homes vs. industry

Georgia · ¢/kWh

What households pay (red) vs. large industrial users (dashed). The shaded band is the gap — the affordability story behind data-center load growth.

Most of Georgia's power runs through Southern Company, where grid demand rose 1% over the same period — a signature of the always-on, data-center-driven load reshaping the grid.

EIA derives the rate as revenue ÷ electricity sold — a proxy, not a surveyed tariff. Rates rise for many reasons (fuel costs, grid upgrades, storms), not data centers alone, so this shows correlation, not causation. Note the rate is a statewide residential average while the demand is the regional grid operator's — related, but not the same geography.