Electricity and gas prices in Tennessee

Households in Tennessee paid an average of 14.07¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $19.75 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 47th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$20.05
Heat pump at COP 3.0$13.75
Heat pump at COP 2.0$20.62
Electric resistance$41.24

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Tennessee

Five years of prices

July 202111.17¢
October 202111.43¢
January 202211.40¢
April 202211.81¢
July 202212.93¢
October 202212.94¢
January 202312.04¢
April 202311.86¢
July 202312.22¢
October 202312.49¢
January 202411.87¢
April 202412.58¢
July 202412.16¢
October 202412.74¢
January 202512.58¢
April 202513.91¢
July 202513.21¢
October 202513.06¢
January 202613.10¢
April 202614.94¢

Who sells electricity in Tennessee

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Nashville Electric Service	Municipal	417,640	13.47¢
City Of Memphis - (Tn)	Municipal	380,286	12.16¢
Middle Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	307,370	11.76¢
Knoxville Utilities Board	Municipal	193,707	12.54¢
City Of Chattanooga - (Tn)	Municipal	164,417	12.32¢
Volunteer Electric Coop	Cooperative	104,387	12.19¢
Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	100,585	12.99¢
City Of Clarksville - (Tn)	Municipal	75,953	12.77¢
Johnson City - (Tn)	Municipal	72,205	12.41¢
Duck River Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	71,342	12.50¢
City Of Lenoir - (Tn)	Municipal	62,455	11.95¢
Upper Cumberland E M C	Cooperative	45,560	12.77¢
Southwest Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	43,750	12.90¢
Appalachian Electric Coop	Cooperative	43,709	12.93¢
Kingsport Power Co	Investor Owned	43,159	12.84¢
Sevier County Electric System	Municipal	35,626	11.33¢
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	33,206	12.97¢
City Of Greeneville - (Tn)	Municipal	32,388	11.90¢
City Of Jackson - (Tn)	Municipal	31,856	11.97¢
Columbia Power System - (Tn)	Municipal	31,166	12.00¢
City Of Dickson	Municipal	30,808	11.65¢
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop	Cooperative	30,527	12.11¢
Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop	Cooperative	30,319	13.68¢
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	29,631	12.89¢
City Of Bristol - (Tn)	Municipal	29,622	10.81¢
Gibson Electric Members Corp	Cooperative	29,331	13.00¢
City Of Cleveland - (Tn)	Municipal	29,331	12.53¢
City Of Alcoa Utilities	Municipal	28,183	12.21¢
City Of Clinton - (Tn)	Municipal	26,230	12.99¢
Holston Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	25,773	13.05¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (Tn)	Cooperative	24,824	12.33¢
City Of Elizabethton - (Tn)	Municipal	23,344	11.82¢
City Of Gallatin - (Tn)	Municipal	23,204	11.78¢
Powell Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,147	11.49¢
Maryville Utilities	Municipal	19,971	11.28¢
City Of Lafollette	Municipal	19,934	13.51¢
City Of Newport - (Tn)	Municipal	19,859	13.83¢
Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	19,576	11.00¢
City Of Lawrenceburg	Municipal	18,076	12.22¢
City Of Lexington - (Tn)	Municipal	17,961	12.04¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.