Which electric company serves my address in Tennessee?

Your electric bill names it. Service territory is filed by county, so MassOutage lists the utilities serving each Tennessee county; usually only one of them serves a given address, and a utility can tell you whether it serves yours.

Who do I call to report a power outage in Tennessee?

Your electric utility. MassOutage has an outage phone line, report page or outage map on file for 1 of the 89 utilities serving Tennessee, listed above; for the others, check your bill or the utility's website. For a downed power line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.

Electric companies in Tennessee

89 electric utilities serve Tennessee, according to US EIA-861 service-territory filings and live outage feeds. The largest by customers is Nashville Electric Service, with about 470,927 customers in Tennessee (US EIA-861, 2025).

Territory is filed by county, so a county can list several utilities; usually only one serves a given address, and your electric bill names it.

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Every electric utility in Tennessee

Largest first, by customers on its lines in Tennessee (US EIA-861, 2025). “Live” is whether MassOutage can see its outages.

Utility	Type	Customers	Counties	Live	Report an outage
Nashville Electric Service	Municipal	470,927	7	Live · county	-
City of Memphis - (TN)	Municipal	429,095	1	Live · county	-
Middle Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	348,660	12	Live · county	-
Knoxville Utilities Board	Municipal	222,350	7	Live · county	-
City of Chattanooga - (TN)	Municipal	189,589	6	Live · county	-
Volunteer Electric Coop	Cooperative	129,770	16	Live · county	-
Cumberland Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	113,734	7	Outages only	-
City of Clarksville - (TN)	Municipal	86,998	1	Live · county	-
Duck River Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	86,055	14	Live · county	-
Johnson City - (TN)	Municipal	84,705	4	Live · county	-
City of Lenoir - (TN)	Municipal	78,504	3	No live feed	-
Sevier County Electric System	Municipal	64,328	3	Live · county	-
Upper Cumberland E M C	Cooperative	54,524	9	Live · county	-
Southwest Tennessee E M C	Cooperative	52,538	11	Live · county	-
Appalachian Electric Coop	Cooperative	52,126	4	Live · total only	-
Kingsport Power Co	Investor Owned	49,694	3	Live · county	-
City of Greeneville - (TN)	Municipal	40,996	1	Live · county	-
Sequachee Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	39,465	10	Live · county	-
City of Dickson	Municipal	39,284	7	Live · county	-
City of Jackson - (TN)	Municipal	39,160	1	Live · county	-
Columbia Power System - (TN)	Municipal	37,542	2	Live · county	-
Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop	Cooperative	37,018	5	No live feed	-
Fort Loudoun Electric Coop	Cooperative	36,577	5	Live · county	-
Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	36,159	8	Live · county	-
Gibson Electric Members Corp	Cooperative	36,017	9	Live · county	-
City of Bristol - (TN)	Municipal	34,999	1	Live · county	-
City of Cleveland - (TN)	Municipal	34,805	1	Live · county	-
City of Alcoa Utilities	-	32,972	1	Outages only	-
Holston Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	32,726	4	Live · county	-
City of Clinton - (TN)	Municipal	31,429	6	Live · county	-
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)	Cooperative	30,837	7	Live · county	-
City of Gallatin - (TN)	Municipal	27,525	1	Live · county	-
City of Elizabethton - (TN)	-	27,115	4	Live · county	-
Powell Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	26,771	5	No live feed	-
City of Lexington - (TN)	-	23,679	4	No live feed	-
City of Newport - (TN)	-	23,676	3	Live · county	-
City of LaFollette	Municipal	23,563	3	No live feed	-
Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	23,299	3	Live · county	-
City of Paris - (TN)	Municipal	22,914	1	Live · county	-
Maryville Utilities	Municipal	22,640	1	Live · county	-
City of Lawrenceburg	-	22,048	3	Live · county	-
Pickwick Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,503	4	No live feed	-
Tennessee Valley Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,072	2	No live feed	-
Weakley County Mun Elec Sys	Municipal	20,893	3	No live feed	-
City of Cookeville - (TN)	-	20,059	1	No live feed	-
City of Fayetteville	Municipal	19,560	4	Live · county	-
Plateau Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	18,271	2	Live · county	-
City of Oak Ridge	-	17,945	1	No live feed	-
City of Morristown - (TN)	Municipal	16,625	1	Live · county	-
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	16,316	3	No live feed	-
Carroll County - (TN)	-	15,612	3	No live feed	-
City of Rockwood - (TN)	Municipal	15,531	1	No live feed	-
City of Pulaski - (TN)	Municipal	15,419	3	Outages only	-
Loudon Utilities Board	-	14,796	1	No live feed	-
Athens Utility Board	-	14,248	1	No live feed	-
City of Dyersburg	Municipal	12,084	1	No live feed	-
City of Shelbyville - (TN)	Municipal	11,861	1	No live feed	-
City of Dayton - (TN)	-	11,536	2	No live feed	-
Bolivar Energy Authority	Municipal	11,441	2	No live feed	-
City of Harriman - (TN)	Municipal	11,377	2	No live feed	-
Tullahoma Board-Public Utils	Municipal	11,353	3	Live · county	-
Benton County	-	10,648	1	Outages only	-
Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	10,125	4	Live · county	-
City of Sweetwater	-	9,937	2	Outages only	-
City of Springfield - (TN)	-	9,163	1	No live feed	-
Town of Erwin - (TN)	Municipal	9,079	3	Outages only	-
City of Milan - (TN)	Municipal	8,549	3	No live feed	-
McMinnville Electric System	Municipal	8,370	1	No live feed	-
City of Winchester - (TN)	Municipal	6,867	1	No live feed	-
City of Lewisburg - (TN)	Municipal	6,738	1	No live feed	-
City of Ripley - (TN)	Municipal	6,678	1	No live feed	-
City of Union City	-	6,486	1	No live feed	-
City of Brownsville	-	5,449	1	No live feed	-
City of Etowah	-	5,387	1	No live feed	-
City of Covington - (TN)	-	4,743	1	No live feed	-
City of Humboldt	-	4,598	1	No live feed	-
City of Mt Pleasant - (TN)	-	4,319	2	No live feed	-
Tri-State Electric Member Corp	-	3,481	1	No live feed	-
City of Sparta	-	3,103	1	No live feed	-
City of Smithville - (TN)	-	3,085	1	No live feed	-
City of Trenton - (TN)	-	2,465	1	No live feed	-
City of Jellico	-	2,289	1	No live feed	-
City of Newbern	-	1,842	1	No live feed	-
French Broad Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	1,079	2	Outages only	-
South Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	181	2	Live · county	-
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	Cooperative	76	2	Live · county	-
Entergy Arkansas LLC	Investor Owned	4	1	No live feed	-
Appalachian Power Co	Investor Owned	-	2	No live feed	Outage map ↗
West Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	-	2	Live · county	-

Electric utilities by county

Each county's utilities, largest in the state first. The county name opens its live outage page.

Anderson County: Knoxville Utilities Board, City of Clinton - (TN), City of Oak Ridge
Bedford County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Shelbyville - (TN)
Benton County: Benton County
Bledsoe County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Volunteer Electric Coop, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, City of Dayton - (TN)
Blount County: Knoxville Utilities Board, Sevier County Electric System, Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, City of Alcoa Utilities, Maryville Utilities
Bradley County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Volunteer Electric Coop, City of Cleveland - (TN)
Campbell County: City of Clinton - (TN), City of LaFollette, City of Jellico, Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.
Cannon County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc
Carroll County: City of Lexington - (TN), Carroll County - (TN), City of Milan - (TN)
Carter County: Johnson City - (TN), City of Elizabethton - (TN), Mountain Electric Coop, Inc, Town of Erwin - (TN)
Cheatham County: Nashville Electric Service, Middle Tennessee E M C, Cumberland Elec Member Corp, City of Dickson
Chester County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Pickwick Electric Coop
Claiborne County: Powell Valley Electric Coop, City of LaFollette, Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.
Clay County: Upper Cumberland E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Cocke County: City of Newport - (TN), French Broad Elec Member Corp
Coffee County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, Tullahoma Board-Public Utils
Crockett County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Gibson Electric Members Corp, Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc
Cumberland County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop
Davidson County: Nashville Electric Service, Middle Tennessee E M C
DeKalb County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Upper Cumberland E M C, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, City of Smithville - (TN)
Decatur County: City of Lexington - (TN)
Dickson County: Cumberland Elec Member Corp, City of Dickson
Dyer County: Gibson Electric Members Corp, City of Dyersburg, Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc, City of Newbern
Fayette County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc, Bolivar Energy Authority
Fentress County: Volunteer Electric Coop
Franklin County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, City of Fayetteville, Tullahoma Board-Public Utils, City of Winchester - (TN)
Gibson County: Gibson Electric Members Corp, Weakley County Mun Elec Sys, City of Milan - (TN), City of Humboldt, City of Trenton - (TN)
Giles County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Lawrenceburg, City of Fayetteville, City of Pulaski - (TN)
Grainger County: Knoxville Utilities Board, Appalachian Electric Coop, Powell Valley Electric Coop
Greene County: Johnson City - (TN), City of Greeneville - (TN), Holston Electric Coop, Inc
Grundy County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc
Hamblen County: Appalachian Electric Coop, Holston Electric Coop, Inc, City of Morristown - (TN)
Hamilton County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Volunteer Electric Coop, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop
Hancock County: Powell Valley Electric Coop
Hardeman County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc, Pickwick Electric Coop, Bolivar Energy Authority
Hardin County: City of Lexington - (TN), Pickwick Electric Coop, Tennessee Valley Electric Coop
Hawkins County: Kingsport Power Co, Holston Electric Coop, Inc, Powell Valley Electric Coop, Appalachian Power Co
Haywood County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Gibson Electric Members Corp, Chickasaw Electric Coop, Inc, Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc, City of Brownsville
Henderson County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, City of Lexington - (TN), Carroll County - (TN)
Henry County: City of Paris - (TN), West Kentucky Rural E C C
Hickman County: City of Dickson, Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Houston County: Cumberland Elec Member Corp, City of Dickson, Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Humphreys County: City of Dickson, Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Jackson County: Upper Cumberland E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Jefferson County: Knoxville Utilities Board, Sevier County Electric System, Appalachian Electric Coop, Holston Electric Coop, Inc, City of Newport - (TN)
Johnson County: Mountain Electric Coop, Inc
Knox County: Knoxville Utilities Board, City of Lenoir - (TN), Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, City of Clinton - (TN)
Lake County: Gibson Electric Members Corp
Lauderdale County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Gibson Electric Members Corp, Forked Deer Electric Coop, Inc, City of Ripley - (TN)
Lawrence County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Lawrenceburg, City of Pulaski - (TN), City of Mt Pleasant - (TN)
Lewis County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Lincoln County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Fayetteville, City of Pulaski - (TN)
Loudon County: City of Lenoir - (TN), Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, Loudon Utilities Board
Macon County: Upper Cumberland E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Madison County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, City of Jackson - (TN), Gibson Electric Members Corp, City of Milan - (TN)
Marion County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Duck River Elec Member Corp, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop
Marshall County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Fayetteville, City of Lewisburg - (TN)
Maury County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Duck River Elec Member Corp, Columbia Power System - (TN), City of Mt Pleasant - (TN)
McMinn County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Athens Utility Board, City of Sweetwater, City of Etowah
McNairy County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, Pickwick Electric Coop
Meigs County: Volunteer Electric Coop
Monroe County: Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, City of Sweetwater
Montgomery County: Cumberland Elec Member Corp, City of Clarksville - (TN), City of Dickson
Moore County: Duck River Elec Member Corp, Tullahoma Board-Public Utils
Morgan County: Volunteer Electric Coop, City of Clinton - (TN), Plateau Electric Cooperative, City of Harriman - (TN)
Obion County: Gibson Electric Members Corp, Weakley County Mun Elec Sys, City of Union City
Overton County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Upper Cumberland E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Perry County: Meriwether Lewis Electric Coop
Pickett County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Upper Cumberland E M C, South Kentucky Rural E C C
Polk County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Fort Loudoun Electric Coop, Tri-State Electric Member Corp
Putnam County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Upper Cumberland E M C, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, City of Cookeville - (TN)
Rhea County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Volunteer Electric Coop, Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, City of Dayton - (TN)
Roane County: Volunteer Electric Coop, City of Lenoir - (TN), City of Clinton - (TN), City of Rockwood - (TN), City of Harriman - (TN)
Robertson County: Nashville Electric Service, Cumberland Elec Member Corp, City of Springfield - (TN)
Rutherford County: Nashville Electric Service, Middle Tennessee E M C, Duck River Elec Member Corp
Scott County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Plateau Electric Cooperative, South Kentucky Rural E C C
Sequatchie County: City of Chattanooga - (TN), Sequachee Valley Electric Coop
Sevier County: Knoxville Utilities Board, Sevier County Electric System, Appalachian Electric Coop, City of Newport - (TN)
Shelby County: City of Memphis - (TN), Southwest Tennessee E M C
Smith County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Upper Cumberland E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Stewart County: Cumberland Elec Member Corp
Sullivan County: Johnson City - (TN), Kingsport Power Co, City of Bristol - (TN), City of Elizabethton - (TN), Appalachian Power Co
Sumner County: Nashville Electric Service, Cumberland Elec Member Corp, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN), City of Gallatin - (TN)
Tipton County: Southwest Tennessee E M C, City of Covington - (TN), Entergy Arkansas LLC
Trousdale County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)
Unicoi County: City of Elizabethton - (TN), Mountain Electric Coop, Inc, Town of Erwin - (TN), French Broad Elec Member Corp
Union County: Knoxville Utilities Board, City of Clinton - (TN), Powell Valley Electric Coop, City of LaFollette
Van Buren County: Sequachee Valley Electric Coop, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc
Warren County: Middle Tennessee E M C, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, McMinnville Electric System
Washington County: Johnson City - (TN), Kingsport Power Co, City of Elizabethton - (TN), Town of Erwin - (TN)
Wayne County: City of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee Valley Electric Coop
Weakley County: Gibson Electric Members Corp, Weakley County Mun Elec Sys, Carroll County - (TN), West Kentucky Rural E C C
White County: Volunteer Electric Coop, Upper Cumberland E M C, Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc, City of Sparta
Williamson County: Nashville Electric Service, Middle Tennessee E M C, Duck River Elec Member Corp, City of Dickson, Columbia Power System - (TN)
Wilson County: Nashville Electric Service, Middle Tennessee E M C

Electric companies in Tennessee: FAQ

How many electric companies serve Tennessee?: 89 electric utilities serve Tennessee, according to US EIA-861 service-territory filings and live outage feeds.
What is the largest electric company in Tennessee?: Nashville Electric Service, with about 470,927 customers in Tennessee (US EIA-861, 2025).
Which electric company serves my address in Tennessee?: Your electric bill names it. Service territory is filed by county, so MassOutage lists the utilities serving each Tennessee county; usually only one of them serves a given address, and a utility can tell you whether it serves yours.
Who do I call to report a power outage in Tennessee?: Your electric utility. MassOutage has an outage phone line, report page or outage map on file for 1 of the 89 utilities serving Tennessee, listed above; for the others, check your bill or the utility's website. For a downed power line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.

Live power outages in Tennessee →

Data from EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), every source we read. Service territory and customer counts are each utility's own EIA-861 filing; a utility a live outage feed has reported in a county is listed there too.