Average electric bill in Tennessee (TN)
A typical Tennessee household pays
$162a month · $1950 a year
That is 8% above the national average of $151, the 17th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 1,198 kilowatt hours a month at 13.71¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — February 2026
$205
Cheapest — November 2025
$120
The dearest month costs $85 more than the cheapest — 71% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 3,600 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Tennessee the amount of electricity used is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Tennessee's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 3,159,769 residential accounts in Tennessee, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Tennessee rate page for the underlying prices.
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