North Carolina · Cooperative
Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)
15.37¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $220.28 at 1,433.5 kWh a month, across 20,677 customers on that row.
North Carolina averaged 14.00¢/kWh and $146.14 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 20,677, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$153.70
15.37¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.20¢ | $165.01 | 1,352.1 | 19,928 |
| 2016 | 12.18¢ | $160.68 | 1,319.4 | 20,026 |
| 2017 | 13.02¢ | $165.68 | 1,272.9 | 20,299 |
| 2018 | 12.98¢ | $180.60 | 1,391.3 | 20,496 |
| 2019 | 13.21¢ | $173.35 | 1,312.2 | 20,727 |
| 2020 | 13.53¢ | $169.61 | 1,253.8 | 20,989 |
| 2021 | 13.12¢ | $175.13 | 1,334.8 | 21,171 |
| 2022 | 13.41¢ | $174.90 | 1,304.5 | 21,493 |
| 2023 | 13.85¢ | $175.05 | 1,264.0 | 21,798 |
| 2024 | 14.34¢ | $184.13 | 1,284.4 | 22,071 |
| 2025 | 15.37¢ | $220.28 | 1,433.5 | 20,677 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Randolph.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool