North Carolina · Municipal
City of Kinston - (NC)
12.96¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $142.47 at 1,099.7 kWh a month, across 10,040 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: 10,040, 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
$129.60
12.96¢/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 | 14.16¢ | $154.27 | 1,089.6 | 9,684 |
| 2016 | 13.05¢ | $142.02 | 1,087.8 | 9,702 |
| 2017 | 13.08¢ | $139.97 | 1,070.2 | 9,694 |
| 2018 | 12.97¢ | $146.48 | 1,129.7 | 9,954 |
| 2019 | 13.00¢ | $146.62 | 1,127.5 | 9,603 |
| 2020 | 13.10¢ | $135.58 | 1,034.7 | 9,864 |
| 2021 | 13.03¢ | $143.83 | 1,103.5 | 9,897 |
| 2022 | 13.07¢ | $140.13 | 1,072.3 | 9,927 |
| 2023 | 13.12¢ | $135.79 | 1,034.8 | 9,934 |
| 2024 | 13.07¢ | $138.81 | 1,061.7 | 10,042 |
| 2025 | 12.96¢ | $142.47 | 1,099.7 | 10,040 |
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
Lenoir.
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