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The average electric bill in North Carolina

North Carolina households paid $146.14 a month for electricity in 2025, at 14.00¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,044 kWh a month. That is 1% below the national median, and ranks #27 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$146.14
US median $147.18
Price
14.00¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
1,044
kWh per month
Households
5,162,893
residential accounts

What each North Carolina utility charges, most expensive first

Roanoke Electric Member Corp charges 20.70¢ per kWh and City of Albemarle - (NC) charges 11.27¢ — 1.8× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Roanoke Electric Member CorpCooperative · 12,045 homes20.70¢per kWh$243.381,176 kWh/mo1.50× dearer
2Surry-Yadkin Elec Member CorpCooperative · 28,296 homes17.53¢per kWh$185.651,059 kWh/mo1.27× dearer
3Haywood Electric Member CorpCooperative · 30,307 homes16.86¢per kWh$138.66823 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
4Town of Apex- (NC)Municipal · 29,754 homes16.72¢per kWh$127.38762 kWh/mo1.21× dearer
5Edgecombe-Martin County E M CCooperative · 10,810 homes16.51¢per kWh$195.231,182 kWh/mo1.19× dearer
6Tideland Electric Member CorpCooperative · 21,906 homes16.41¢per kWh$160.61979 kWh/mo1.19× dearer
7French Broad Elec Member CorpCooperative · 36,049 homes16.21¢per kWh$130.89808 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
8Randolph Electric Member CorpCooperative · 31,531 homes16.15¢per kWh$170.221,054 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
9Piedmont Electric Member CorpCooperative · 30,640 homes15.63¢per kWh$185.811,189 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
10Pee Dee Electric Member CorpCooperative · 19,435 homes15.58¢per kWh$183.351,177 kWh/mo1.13× dearer
11Tri-State Electric Member CorpCooperative · 1,581 homes15.56¢per kWh$131.88847 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
12Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)Cooperative · 20,677 homes15.37¢per kWh$220.281,434 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
13Duke Energy Progress - (NC)Investor Owned · 1,383,941 homes15.19¢per kWh$158.901,046 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
14Albemarle Electric Member CorpCooperative · 12,810 homes15.15¢per kWh$197.941,307 kWh/mo1.09× dearer
15Four County Elec Member CorpCooperative · 31,222 homes15.10¢per kWh$193.131,279 kWh/mo1.09× dearer
16Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)Cooperative · 72,320 homes14.92¢per kWh$134.77904 kWh/mo1.08× dearer
17Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - (GA)Cooperative · 16,040 homes14.78¢per kWh$141.61958 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
18City of New Bern - (NC)Municipal · 21,545 homes14.76¢per kWh$155.541,054 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
19South River Elec Member CorpCooperative · 46,422 homes14.56¢per kWh$189.981,305 kWh/mo1.05× dearer
20Lumbee River Elec Member CorpCooperative · 65,422 homes14.32¢per kWh$193.671,352 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
21Wake Electric Membership CorpCooperative · 56,069 homes14.29¢per kWh$160.311,122 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
22Town of Tarboro - (NC)Municipal · 5,520 homes13.93¢per kWh$135.25971 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
23Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC)Cooperative · 86,852 homes13.92¢per kWh$169.851,220 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
24City of Lumberton - (NC)Municipal · 9,938 homes13.86¢per kWh$114.14824 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
25Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCInvestor Owned · 1,961,108 homes13.41¢per kWh$133.63996 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
26Jones-Onslow Elec Member CorpCooperative · 81,070 homes13.39¢per kWh$151.431,131 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
27Town of Murphy - (NC)Municipal · 3,725 homes13.39¢per kWh$146.801,096 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
28Brunswick Electric Member CorpCooperative · 108,087 homes13.34¢per kWh$144.131,081 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
29Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC)Cooperative · 22,887 homes13.29¢per kWh$172.371,297 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
30Mountain Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 15,494 homes13.17¢per kWh$129.09980 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
31City of Rocky Mount - (NC)Municipal · 24,395 homes13.16¢per kWh$144.161,095 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
32Rutherford Elec Member CorpCooperative · 72,060 homes13.02¢per kWh$148.991,144 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
33City of Washington - (NC)Municipal · 11,572 homes12.98¢per kWh$134.621,037 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
34City of Kinston - (NC)Municipal · 10,040 homes12.96¢per kWh$142.471,100 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
35City of Wilson - (NC)Municipal · 32,472 homes12.85¢per kWh$143.251,115 kWh/mo1.08× cheaper
36Virginia Electric & Power CoInvestor Owned · 109,057 homes12.74¢per kWh$163.671,285 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
37Greenville Utilities CommMunicipal · 66,779 homes12.68¢per kWh$130.881,032 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
38Town of Huntersville - (NC)Municipal · 8,617 homes12.57¢per kWh$112.33894 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
39Carteret-Craven El Member CorpCooperative · 39,424 homes12.46¢per kWh$131.431,055 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
40City of Gastonia - (NC)Municipal · 27,524 homes12.34¢per kWh$111.39902 kWh/mo1.12× cheaper
41Fayetteville Public Works CommissionMunicipal · 75,618 homes12.14¢per kWh$121.901,004 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
42New River Light & Power CoState · 7,318 homes12.06¢per kWh$88.63735 kWh/mo1.15× cheaper
43City of Elizabeth City - (NC)Municipal · 11,554 homes12.03¢per kWh$137.661,144 kWh/mo1.15× cheaper
44City of Monroe - (NC)Municipal · 11,313 homes11.72¢per kWh$113.58969 kWh/mo1.18× cheaper
45Town of High PointMunicipal · 38,553 homes11.66¢per kWh$108.65932 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
46City of Lexington - (NC)Municipal · 18,282 homes11.62¢per kWh$130.711,125 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
47EnergyUnited Elec Member CorpCooperative · 124,446 homes11.61¢per kWh$141.141,215 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
48City of Morganton - (NC)Municipal · 7,066 homes11.59¢per kWh$103.76895 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
49City of Concord - (NC)Municipal · 30,029 homes11.57¢per kWh$119.651,034 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
50City of Statesville - (NC)Municipal · 12,442 homes11.50¢per kWh$104.84912 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
51City of Albemarle - (NC)Municipal · 11,302 homes11.27¢per kWh$124.041,100 kWh/mo1.23× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median North Carolina utility also leaves customers without power for 1.9 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See North Carolina utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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