Residential
When does peak hit on City of Covington - (GA)’s Residential? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak November–April.
- off-peak12.21¢
Weekends are off-peak all day — the cheapest time to run anything you can schedule.
What does Residential cost a year?
| Household | Uses | Per year | Works out to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment One or two people, no central air, no electric heat | 4,866 kWh | $840 | 17.3¢ / kWh |
| Family home Three or four people with central air conditioning | 9,453 kWh | $1,447 | 15.3¢ / kWh |
| Home with an EV Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight | 13,103 kWh | $1,940 | 14.8¢ / kWh |
Estimates, not quotes. We run three made-up but realistic households through this tariff hour by hour for a full year — including the way air conditioning loads the afternoon and an EV loads the small hours. Your own bill depends on when you actually use electricity, which is exactly the thing a per-kWh number hides.
What you actually pay
| Period | Rate | Applies when |
|---|---|---|
| off-peak | 12.21¢ up to 600 kWh14.61¢ up to 1000 kWh15.41¢ | midnight–midnight, May–October |
| off-peak | 12.21¢ up to 600 kWh11.81¢ up to 1000 kWh11.41¢ | midnight–midnight, November–April |
Plus a fixed charge of $20.5 per month.
Should you be on Residential?
The hour of day does not change what you pay here — the month does. Running the same house through the full year, July costs about $167 and February about $93. That $74 swing is part rate and part weather, and it is the reason a budget built on your spring bill will break in July.
There is a usage cliff to watch. The first 600 kWh each month are billed at 12.2¢; past that line the rate steps up to 14.6¢ — 20% more for every unit after. The last kilowatt-hour of a heavy month is the expensive one, which is why cutting a little off a big month saves more than cutting the same amount off a small one.
Before a single kilowatt-hour moves, this plan charges $246 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 29% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 13%. Fixed charges are invisible in a cents-per-kWh comparison and they punish small users hardest — if you use very little electricity, the headline rate is the least important number on this page.
If this is new to you
- What is a baseline allowance? Tiered electricity rates explained
A cheap allowance, then a cliff. Where the cliff sits is the whole game.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- Why is my electric bill so high in summer?
Usually three causes at once, and only one of them is your air conditioner.
- How to compare electricity plans without getting it wrong
Six things that break a comparison, and the order to check them in.
Where this comes from
- Effective
- 2024-01-01
the date this tariff took effect
- Covers
- delivery + supply
우편번호 매핑에서 이 지역 서비스 종류가 Bundled — 배달과 공급을 함께 판다
- Enrollment
- open to new customers
Tariff document: https://cityofcovington.org/index.php?section=residential_electric_rates