Georgia Power Electricity Rate per kWh in 2026
How much does Georgia Power charge per kWh in 2026?
Georgia Power’s estimated effective residential rate is about 14.27 cents per kWh as of June 2026. A typical home using 1,000 kWh a month pays roughly $153, including the about $10 monthly customer charge. Commercial service runs about 11.83c/kWh. This is a representative average; your exact rate depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges on Georgia Power’s official rate schedule.
2026 published rate: Georgia Power's residential rate works out to about 14.27 cents per kWh in early 2026 for a typical 1,000 kWh home, covering base energy and delivery charges plus fuel, storm, and environmental cost recovery. The bigger 2026 story is that rates are falling, not rising: on 28 May 2026 the Georgia Public Service Commission approved a plan resolving the company's February 2026 fuel-cost and storm-cost recovery filings, cutting the typical residential bill about $50 a year, or $4.04 a month, starting in June 2026, roughly $285 million in total annual savings across all customers. That comes on top of an earlier base-rate freeze the PSC approved in 2025, which holds Georgia Power's base rates flat through at least 2028, with a further $102-a-year saving for the typical residential customer projected from 2029. Base rates cover delivery and grid costs and exclude pass-through fuel costs and sales tax, so the all-in rate still moves with fuel and storm adjustments. For comparison, Georgia's statewide EIA residential average was 15.84 cents per kWh in May 2026. Georgia Power / Georgia PSC press releases, 2025-2026 base-rate freeze and May 2026 cost-recovery plan.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power serves approximately 2.7 million residential customers across GA. The estimated effective residential rate is about 14.27 cents per kWh as of June 2026 - a representative average; see the official tariff schedule for your exact rate.
Service area: 95% of Georgia - all major metro areas (Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon)
Parent company: Southern Company
Recent rate case: The Georgia PSC approved a base-rate freeze in 2025 that holds Georgia Power's base rates flat through at least 2028. On 28 May 2026 the PSC approved a plan resolving the company's February 2026 fuel-cost and storm-cost recovery filings, lowering the typical residential bill about $50 a year ($4.04 a month) starting June 2026. Base rates still reflect ongoing recovery of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 costs; consult the tariff schedule linked above for current pricing.
Georgia Power Bill Calculator: Cost by Monthly Usage
Estimated monthly bill at 14.27c/kWh plus the $10 fixed charge. Formula: kWh x rate + fixed charge.
A representative estimate using the effective average rate. Your exact bill depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges. Calculate with your own usage ->
Use our bill calculator for an estimate with your actual kWh usage.
Bill Calculator ->Georgia Power on Form EIA-861: 2024 Reported Sales, Customers and Realised Prices
EIA's 2024 Form 861 census lists 1 operating company behind Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co, utility 7140), together serving 2,452,488 residential accounts (bundled plus delivery-only) in GA across 155 counties. Weighted across those companies, the 2024 average realised residential price for bundled service was 15.49 cents per kWh (total residential revenue divided by total residential sales). These are annual averages of what customers actually paid, including fuel and rider charges, so they will not match the tariff rate on a current bill; the estimated effective rate above is the site's forward-looking figure.
| Operating company | EIA # | State | Ownership | Res. accounts | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Rank in state | Share of res. MWh | Counties | 2025 early release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | 7140 | GA | Investor Owned | 2,452,488 | 15.49c | 11.65c | 7.10c | 1 of 58 | 46.9% | 155 | 16.28c |
Data year 2024, EIA-861 final released 3 December 2025. Res. accounts = residential accounts served, bundled plus delivery-only where the company has delivery-only rows; the residential, commercial and industrial prices are the bundled figures (the price basis). Rank is by residential accounts served among the state's utilities with bundled or delivery service; share is the company's share of the state's residential sales in MWh, not of its customers. Delivery-only rows show the wires charge only. The 2025 early-release column is preliminary and unvalidated by EIA.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.