Here in the Tennessee Valley our residential rates are among the lowest in the country. And together with your local power company, we'll continue to keep those rates low, while offering more competitive and more energy efficient ways to use that electricity.
Electricity is measured by kilowatt- hours.
As sort of a quick reference, a 100 watt light bulb burning for 10 hours uses one kilowatt-hour. Electric meters keep track of how many kilowatt-hours you've used. There are two kinds of electric meters out there, digital and dial. Both are pretty easy to read and understand once you get the hang of it. The Digital Meter.