North Carolina · Cooperative
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc
13.17¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $129.09 at 980.4 kWh a month, across 15,494 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: 15,494, 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
$131.70
13.17¢/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 | 10.51¢ | $92.48 | 880.2 | 15,091 |
| 2016 | 10.55¢ | $92.08 | 873.0 | 15,098 |
| 2017 | 10.79¢ | $91.31 | 846.6 | 15,142 |
| 2018 | 10.69¢ | $100.55 | 941.0 | 15,199 |
| 2019 | 10.92¢ | $97.72 | 894.6 | 15,276 |
| 2020 | 10.65¢ | $98.87 | 928.7 | 15,417 |
| 2021 | 10.90¢ | $105.31 | 966.0 | 15,500 |
| 2022 | 12.02¢ | $113.50 | 944.0 | 15,525 |
| 2023 | 12.12¢ | $113.22 | 933.9 | 15,535 |
| 2024 | 12.51¢ | $115.40 | 922.6 | 15,491 |
| 2025 | 13.17¢ | $129.09 | 980.4 | 15,494 |
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
Avery, Burke, Watauga.
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