Commercial electricity rates in Tennessee

What businesses in Tennessee actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 11.43¢ to 14.54¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Tennessee by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Tennessee.

Commercial customers in Tennessee pay 2% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Tennessee used 6,485 kWh in August 2026. At 13.13¢ per kWh that is about $851 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Tennessee's commercial price rose 13.1%, from 11.61¢ in September 2023 to 13.13¢. The high point was 14.54¢ in March 2026 and the low 11.43¢ in May 2024 — a spread of 27% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was March (13.51¢) and the cheapest October (11.93¢), a seasonal swing of 13%.

Tennessee against its region

Tennessee is in EIA's East South Central division, where the commercial average was 13.41¢ in August 2026. Tennessee is 2% below that, and 2 of 4 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama.

States priced near Tennessee

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states