North Carolina · State
New River Light & Power Co
12.06¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $88.63 at 735.0 kWh a month, across 7,318 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: 7,318, 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
$120.60
12.06¢/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 | 10.10¢ | $75.56 | 748.1 | 6,074 |
| 2016 | 9.35¢ | $66.93 | 716.1 | 6,199 |
| 2017 | 9.83¢ | $70.49 | 717.3 | 6,379 |
| 2018 | 10.19¢ | $78.08 | 766.3 | 6,529 |
| 2019 | 10.82¢ | $78.26 | 723.1 | 6,609 |
| 2020 | 10.94¢ | $75.33 | 688.5 | 6,778 |
| 2021 | 9.47¢ | $68.17 | 719.8 | 7,177 |
| 2022 | 13.78¢ | $100.45 | 729.1 | 7,166 |
| 2023 | 10.44¢ | $74.51 | 713.6 | 7,186 |
| 2024 | 12.45¢ | $89.14 | 716.0 | 7,247 |
| 2025 | 12.06¢ | $88.63 | 735.0 | 7,318 |
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
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