North Carolina · Municipal
City of New Bern - (NC)
14.76¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $155.54 at 1,054.1 kWh a month, across 21,545 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: 21,545, 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
$147.60
14.76¢/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 | 11.50¢ | $122.98 | 1,069.0 | 18,758 |
| 2016 | 10.18¢ | $105.01 | 1,031.1 | 19,083 |
| 2017 | 10.05¢ | $102.36 | 1,018.1 | 19,103 |
| 2018 | 10.09¢ | $109.63 | 1,086.7 | 19,283 |
| 2019 | 10.05¢ | $105.90 | 1,053.9 | 19,323 |
| 2020 | 12.04¢ | $122.38 | 1,016.5 | 19,421 |
| 2021 | 12.06¢ | $128.93 | 1,069.4 | 19,702 |
| 2022 | 12.20¢ | $124.70 | 1,021.8 | 20,249 |
| 2023 | 12.21¢ | $119.41 | 977.7 | 20,864 |
| 2024 | 12.65¢ | $129.18 | 1,021.4 | 21,226 |
| 2025 | 14.76¢ | $155.54 | 1,054.1 | 21,545 |
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
Craven, Jones.
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