Business electricity rates in North Carolina
In 2025, businesses in North Carolina paid an average of 10.22¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢. The average business customer used 5,559 kWh a month and paid $568.03. Industrial customers paid 7.79¢ per kWh. North Carolina has the 11th lowest business price of the 50 states and DC.
- 752,872 business customers
- EIA data, 2025
- Commercial price
- 10.22¢
- U.S. 13.37¢
- Average business bill
- $568.03
- 5,559 kWh a month
- Industrial price
- 7.79¢
- U.S. 8.51¢
- Average industrial bill
- $18,981.68
- 243,806 kWh a month
Business electricity rates by utility
The average for the business customers who buy their power from each utility. Utilities with 100 or more business customers that buy power from them.
| Utility | Business customers | Commercial price | Average bill | Industrial price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas | 309,423 | 9.25¢ | $615.466,653 kWh | 7.72¢ |
| Duke Energy Progress | 218,761 | 11.01¢ | $582.665,290 kWh | 8.21¢ |
| EnergyUnited Electric Membership Corporation | 20,548 | 9.84¢ | $266.132,704 kWh | 5.87¢ |
| Virginia Electric & Power | 19,397 | 10.63¢ | $445.774,192 kWh | 6.09¢ |
| Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation | 10,239 | 11.52¢ | $381.443,311 kWh | — |
| Fayetteville Public Works Commission | 9,449 | 11.52¢ | $717.236,225 kWh | 7.14¢ |
| Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation | 8,848 | 12.30¢ | $311.102,530 kWh | — |
| Greenville Utilities Commission | 8,030 | 11.17¢ | $703.006,296 kWh | 7.41¢ |
| Town of High Point | 5,932 | 10.77¢ | $949.938,820 kWh | 10.01¢ |
| Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation | 5,677 | 12.28¢ | $337.732,750 kWh | 7.80¢ |
| Four County Electric Membership Corporation | 4,730 | 11.11¢ | $463.614,173 kWh | — |
| Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation | 4,727 | 10.71¢ | $466.714,359 kWh | — |
| Mountain Electric Cooperative | 4,671 | 13.58¢ | $276.552,036 kWh | — |
| City of Wilson | 4,670 | 12.59¢ | $716.155,690 kWh | 9.06¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation | 4,529 | 12.98¢ | $289.992,235 kWh | — |
| Blue Ridge Mountain EMC | 4,373 | 18.24¢ | $179.22982 kWh | — |
| City of Concord | 4,356 | 10.61¢ | $876.658,263 kWh | 8.07¢ |
| Carteret-Craven Electric Membership Corporation | 4,331 | 10.85¢ | $291.942,690 kWh | — |
| City of Gastonia | 4,314 | 10.92¢ | $685.716,277 kWh | 7.53¢ |
| Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation | 4,207 | 14.75¢ | $208.131,411 kWh | 8.66¢ |
| French Broad Electric Membership Corporation | 3,877 | 13.51¢ | $316.522,344 kWh | — |
| City of New Bern | 3,823 | 14.10¢ | $583.274,137 kWh | — |
| City of Rocky Mount | 3,506 | 10.18¢ | $780.127,661 kWh | 8.68¢ |
| Union Electric Membership Corporation | 3,295 | 11.22¢ | $599.265,342 kWh | — |
| Pee Dee Electric Membership Corporation | 2,915 | 13.01¢ | $426.973,283 kWh | — |
| Wake Electric Membership Corporation | 2,915 | 11.43¢ | $421.273,687 kWh | — |
| Lumbee River Electric Membership Corporation | 2,847 | 11.14¢ | $646.065,799 kWh | 9.63¢ |
| Tideland Electric Membership Corporation | 2,810 | 13.42¢ | $365.012,720 kWh | 9.59¢ |
| Randolph Electric Membership Corporation | 2,774 | 13.00¢ | $490.263,771 kWh | — |
| City of Statesville | 2,751 | 11.14¢ | $637.225,723 kWh | 7.85¢ |
| City of Washington | 2,737 | 12.94¢ | $413.403,195 kWh | — |
| South River Electric Membership Corporation | 2,643 | 10.47¢ | $481.314,595 kWh | — |
| Central Electric Membership Corporation | 2,632 | 13.79¢ | $241.681,753 kWh | 8.86¢ |
| City of Monroe | 2,307 | 9.62¢ | $588.686,120 kWh | 6.60¢ |
| City of Albemarle | 2,277 | 9.86¢ | $427.694,336 kWh | 8.15¢ |
| City of Lexington | 2,218 | 12.17¢ | $603.924,962 kWh | 9.84¢ |
| Town of Apex | 2,153 | 10.28¢ | $676.766,581 kWh | — |
| City of Elizabeth City | 2,132 | 10.36¢ | $616.195,950 kWh | — |
| Roanoke Electric Membership Corporation | 2,011 | 17.61¢ | $474.102,692 kWh | — |
| City of Kinston | 1,989 | 11.58¢ | $627.535,420 kWh | 8.28¢ |
| New River Light & Power | 1,860 | 9.70¢ | $654.576,747 kWh | — |
| City of Lumberton | 1,845 | 13.19¢ | $712.335,399 kWh | — |
| City of Morganton | 1,807 | 9.40¢ | $406.624,327 kWh | 7.30¢ |
| Town of Murphy | 1,762 | 12.90¢ | $507.193,932 kWh | — |
| Edgecombe-Martin County EMC | 1,117 | 12.12¢ | $369.143,045 kWh | 8.80¢ |
| Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation | 1,116 | 12.64¢ | $341.702,704 kWh | 11.28¢ |
| Haywood Electric Membership Corporation | 961 | 14.87¢ | $304.542,048 kWh | 11.76¢ |
| Town of Tarboro | 826 | 12.81¢ | $838.186,545 kWh | 9.28¢ |
| Town of Huntersville | 792 | 10.46¢ | $709.956,786 kWh | — |
| Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation | 299 | 13.03¢ | $795.406,105 kWh | — |
| Tri-State Electric Membership Corporation | 229 | 21.65¢ | $84.06388 kWh | — |
Your business electricity price
The averages mix all business customers, from a small shop to a hospital. Your price depends on your rate schedule. Most business rates have a monthly customer charge, an energy charge per kWh and, for larger customers, a demand charge per kW of the highest use in the month. Find the schedule on your bill and in your utility's tariff.
More about North Carolina: home electric rates, natural gas bills and business rates in all states.
What is the average commercial electricity rate in North Carolina?
In 2025, businesses in North Carolina paid an average of 10.22¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢.
How much is the average business electric bill in North Carolina?
$568.03 a month in 2025 for 5,559 kWh, the average of all 752,872 commercial customers. A small shop uses much less than the average, which includes large offices, stores and hospitals.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data. State averages: EIA's average monthly bill tables (all suppliers). Utility averages: revenue, sales and customers of the business customers who bought power from the utility.