Georgia Electricity Prices

Georgia sits mid-pack — 15.84¢ per kilowatt-hour in May 2026, 30th-highest of 51 and 18.4% below the national benchmark.

At Georgia's May 2026 average of 15.84¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $1,663 a year — around $139 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the May 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,038 — a $375 gap between the two published averages, less for Georgia, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Georgia jurisdiction average has risen 135% since January 2001, from 6.75¢ to 15.84¢ in May 2026 — a compound 3.4% per year. Georgia is among the most month-to-month variable third of jurisdictions.

August 2022, at 15.97¢ per kilowatt-hour. The May 2026 reading of 15.84¢ sits 0.8% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 6.42¢ in December 2002.

August. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Georgia, 2001 through 2025, August runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 18.3 percentage points.

Among Georgia and its land-border neighbours in May 2026, Tennessee posts the lowest average at 14.47¢ and Alabama the highest at 16.77¢. Georgia ranks 3rd of 5 in the group, at 15.84¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Georgia for May 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 13.67¢ in December 2025 and 15.96¢ in June 2025. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.