North Carolina · Cooperative
Rutherford Elec Member Corp
13.02¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $148.99 at 1,144.0 kWh a month, across 72,060 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: 72,060, 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
$130.20
13.02¢/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 | 11.01¢ | $131.58 | 1,195.5 | 63,247 |
| 2016 | 11.18¢ | $131.01 | 1,171.9 | 63,634 |
| 2017 | 11.42¢ | $125.93 | 1,102.9 | 64,195 |
| 2018 | 10.76¢ | $132.90 | 1,235.0 | 64,780 |
| 2019 | 10.87¢ | $126.84 | 1,166.5 | 65,402 |
| 2020 | 11.42¢ | $130.45 | 1,142.0 | 65,536 |
| 2021 | 11.13¢ | $127.84 | 1,148.5 | 68,143 |
| 2022 | 11.81¢ | $133.29 | 1,128.3 | 69,210 |
| 2023 | 13.64¢ | $148.73 | 1,090.3 | 70,190 |
| 2024 | 13.13¢ | $146.41 | 1,115.3 | 70,743 |
| 2025 | 13.02¢ | $148.99 | 1,144.0 | 72,060 |
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
Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford.
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