Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) commercial electricity rates in Tennessee

• Average commercial price, 202513.48¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Tennessee average+4.7%state commercial average 12.87¢
• Commercial customers11,97110th largest of 82 in Tennessee
• Average use4,119 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$555a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015+18%from 11.46¢ per kWh
• Outages171 mina year per customer · US average 124

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) is an electric cooperative serving 6 counties in Tennessee. Among the 82 Tennessee utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 10th largest, with about 2.2% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Cumberland Elec Member Corp.

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation billed its commercial customers an average of 11.46¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 13.48¢, so it rose 18% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Tennessee rose 27% over the same period. The latest year, 2025, is the highest of the 11 on record here. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 4.2%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation

In 2025 the average commercial price at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation was 2.0% below the residential figure and 86% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s commercial rates are set

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Tennessee, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation

EIA counts 11,971 commercial meters at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in 2025, and 11,962 of them (more than 99%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. Of the rest, 9 are standard meters. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

How reliable is Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s electric service?

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation customers went without power for an average of 171 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 2.30 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 221 minutes. This utility reports on a different measurement standard, so the comparison is only approximate. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation serves

EIA records Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation serving customers in 6 Tennessee counties: Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart, Sumner. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists the Tennessee Valley Authority as its balancing authority, the body that keeps supply and demand matched minute by minute across the area.

Other utilities in Tennessee

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Tennessee page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Nashville Electric Service (12.68¢)
• MLGW (13.04¢)
• Middle Tennessee Electric (12.12¢)
• Sevier County Electric System (12.53¢)
• KUB (13.21¢)
• EPB (12.46¢)
• Volunteer Energy Cooperative (13.48¢)
• Lenoir City Utilities Board (12.63¢)
• Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (14.63¢)
• BrightRidge (12.13¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Tennessee page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation?

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation billed its commercial customers in Tennessee an average of 13.48¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 4.7% above the Tennessee commercial average of 12.87¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation?

About $555 a month in 2025, on average use of about 4,119 kWh a month. That is Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s commercial revenue divided by its 11,971 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation billed commercial customers rose 18% between 2015 and 2025, from 11.46¢ to 13.48¢ per kWh. The Tennessee commercial average rose 27% over the same period.

How reliable is Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s electric service?

Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation customers averaged 171 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 11,962 advanced (AMI) meters among Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s 11,971 commercial meters in 2025, which is more than 99%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation’s tariff.