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North Carolina electricity rates

Average bill
$146.14
All-in price
14.00¢
Average use
1,044.1 kWh
Customers
5,162,893

EIA-861 Average Bill, residential, 2025, released October 7, 2026. July 2026 residential price in Table 5.6.A was 15.16¢/kWh. July 2025 was 13.37¢/kWh. Table retrieved October 10, 2026.

Bundled and energy utilities

Larger utilities, sorted by the 2025 all-in price of the primary service. Delivery-only utilities are in the next section.

UtilityService¢/kWhBillCustomers
City of Albemarle - (NC)Bundled11.27¢$124.0411,302
City of Statesville - (NC)Bundled11.50¢$104.8412,442
City of Concord - (NC)Bundled11.57¢$119.6530,029
EnergyUnited Elec Member CorpBundled11.61¢$141.14124,446
City of Lexington - (NC)Bundled11.62¢$130.7118,282
Town of High PointBundled11.66¢$108.6538,553
City of Monroe - (NC)Bundled11.72¢$113.5811,313
City of Elizabeth City - (NC)Bundled12.03¢$137.6611,554
Fayetteville Public Works CommissionBundled12.14¢$121.9075,618
City of Gastonia - (NC)Bundled12.34¢$111.3927,524
Carteret-Craven El Member CorpBundled12.46¢$131.4339,424
Greenville Utilities CommBundled12.68¢$130.8866,779
Virginia Electric & Power CoBundled12.74¢$163.67109,057
City of Wilson - (NC)Bundled12.85¢$143.2532,472
City of Kinston - (NC)Bundled12.96¢$142.4710,040
City of Washington - (NC)Bundled12.98¢$134.6211,572
Rutherford Elec Member CorpBundled13.02¢$148.9972,060
City of Rocky Mount - (NC)Bundled13.16¢$144.1624,395
Mountain Electric Coop, IncBundled13.17¢$129.0915,494
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC)Bundled13.29¢$172.3722,887
Brunswick Electric Member CorpBundled13.34¢$144.13108,087
Jones-Onslow Elec Member CorpBundled13.39¢$151.4381,070
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCBundled13.41¢$133.631,961,108
Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC)Bundled13.92¢$169.8586,852
Wake Electric Membership CorpBundled14.29¢$160.3156,069
Lumbee River Elec Member CorpBundled14.32¢$193.6765,422
South River Elec Member CorpBundled14.56¢$189.9846,422
City of New Bern - (NC)Bundled14.76¢$155.5421,545
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - (GA)Bundled14.78¢$141.6116,040
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)Bundled14.92¢$134.7772,320
Four County Elec Member CorpBundled15.10¢$193.1331,222
Albemarle Electric Member CorpBundled15.15¢$197.9412,810
Duke Energy Progress - (NC)Bundled15.19¢$158.901,383,941
Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)Bundled15.37¢$220.2820,677
Pee Dee Electric Member CorpBundled15.58¢$183.3519,435
Piedmont Electric Member CorpBundled15.63¢$185.8130,640
Randolph Electric Member CorpBundled16.15¢$170.2231,531
French Broad Elec Member CorpBundled16.21¢$130.8936,049
Tideland Electric Member CorpBundled16.41¢$160.6121,906
Edgecombe-Martin County E M CBundled16.51¢$195.2310,810
Town of Apex- (NC)Bundled16.72¢$127.3829,754
Haywood Electric Member CorpBundled16.86¢$138.6630,307
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member CorpBundled17.53¢$185.6528,296
Roanoke Electric Member CorpBundled20.70¢$243.3812,045

Lowest in this list: City of Albemarle - (NC) at 11.27¢/kWh. Highest: Roanoke Electric Member Corp at 20.70¢/kWh.

Delivery-only utilities

Delivery charges reported to EIA. In Texas, this is the wires utility, separate from the retail plan.

No delivery-only utility in this state is in the ranking above.

EIA state adjustment

Form EIA-861 includes a balancing row for North Carolina, utility number 99999. The sales file names that row Adjustment 2025. It is not a company, the ownership field is blank, and the service-territory file lists no counties. The bundled figure on that row is 15.20¢/kWh, $152.68 a month, at 1,004.4 kWh, across 80,192 customers. Read the adjustment row.

Smaller utilities (14)

Listed for reference and left out of the rankings above. Most serve fewer than 10,000 residential customers.