Columbia electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Columbia houses and what a typical house uses: about 1154 kWh of electricity and 46 therms of gas a month.
Electricity: Columbia Power & Water Systems (Columbia Power System)
Residential rate for October 1 to October 31, 2026: $22.14 customer charge and 10.201 cents per kWh, adjusted for the TVA fuel cost adjustment; rates adjust monthly for the TVA fuel cost.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $22.14 a month |
| Per kWh | 10.20¢ |
Gas: Atmos Energy
Residential Schedule 210 effective June 1, 2026: customer charge $25.20 a month May through September and $27.20 October through April; all consumption $0.9147 per Ccf (base rate $0.1970 plus purchased gas adjustment $0.7177). Atmos's franchise with the City of Columbia carries a fee of 5% of its gross receipts from gas sold in the city, billed, insofar as practicable, pro rata to customers in the city.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $27.68 a month |
| Per therm | 92.62¢ |
Sources
- CPWS Columbia Power System rate schedule, October 2026
- Atmos Energy Tennessee tariff sheets effective June 1, 2026 (TPUC docket 26-00009)
- Atmos Energy - City of Columbia franchise testimony (TPUC docket 14-00023)
- Atmos Energy tariff Sheet No. 70, franchise tax rates (TPUC docket 23-00068)
- EIA 2024 average monthly residential electricity use by state
- EIA Tennessee natural gas consumption
- EIA Tennessee natural gas consumers
Checked October 21, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.