North Carolina · Municipal
City of Gastonia - (NC)
12.34¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $111.39 at 902.5 kWh a month, across 27,524 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: 27,524, 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
$123.40
12.34¢/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 | 12.82¢ | $116.04 | 905.3 | 23,478 |
| 2016 | 12.75¢ | $116.75 | 915.5 | 23,916 |
| 2017 | 12.91¢ | $111.60 | 864.4 | 24,059 |
| 2018 | 12.34¢ | $116.06 | 940.7 | 24,541 |
| 2019 | 12.33¢ | $113.68 | 921.6 | 24,660 |
| 2020 | 12.42¢ | $110.22 | 887.7 | 25,075 |
| 2021 | 12.45¢ | $112.38 | 902.3 | 25,806 |
| 2022 | 12.81¢ | $119.03 | 929.3 | 25,777 |
| 2023 | 12.46¢ | $108.32 | 869.4 | 26,404 |
| 2024 | 12.40¢ | $110.17 | 888.6 | 27,008 |
| 2025 | 12.34¢ | $111.39 | 902.5 | 27,524 |
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
Gaston.
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