Commercial electricity rates in Georgia

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

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 10.23¢ to 13.81¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Georgia by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Georgia.

Commercial customers in Georgia pay 13% 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 Georgia used 9,685 kWh in August 2026. At 13.81¢ per kWh that is about $1,338 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, Georgia's commercial price rose 31.1%, from 10.53¢ in September 2023 to 13.81¢. The high point was 13.81¢ in August 2026 and the low 10.23¢ in February 2024 — a spread of 35% 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 August (12.23¢) and the cheapest October (10.74¢), a seasonal swing of 14%.

Georgia against its region

Georgia is in EIA's South Atlantic division, where the commercial average was 12.31¢ in August 2026. Georgia is 12% above that, and 6 of 9 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, West Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia.

States priced near Georgia

Source

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