Business electricity rates in South Carolina
In 2025, businesses in South Carolina paid an average of 11.18¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢. The average business customer used 5,389 kWh a month and paid $602.46. Industrial customers paid 7.26¢ per kWh. South Carolina has the 18th lowest business price of the 50 states and DC.
- 409,462 business customers
- EIA data, 2025
- Commercial price
- 11.18¢
- U.S. 13.37¢
- Average business bill
- $602.46
- 5,389 kWh a month
- Industrial price
- 7.26¢
- U.S. 8.51¢
- Average industrial bill
- $42,287.08
- 582,327 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy South Carolina | 110,815 | 12.90¢ | $760.505,897 kWh | 8.43¢ |
| Duke Energy Carolinas | 104,016 | 9.68¢ | $483.064,990 kWh | 6.52¢ |
| Duke Energy Progress | 32,534 | 11.02¢ | $482.894,380 kWh | 7.18¢ |
| South Carolina Public Service Authority | 30,910 | 10.82¢ | $574.735,311 kWh | 5.94¢ |
| Berkeley Electric Cooperative | 18,519 | 8.27¢ | $1,396.0116,879 kWh | — |
| Horry Electric Cooperative | 12,393 | 14.15¢ | $242.461,713 kWh | 11.01¢ |
| Palmetto Electric Cooperative | 11,990 | 13.56¢ | $445.963,288 kWh | 10.23¢ |
| Santee Electric Cooperative | 9,740 | 16.45¢ | $200.661,220 kWh | 8.44¢ |
| MPD Electric Cooperative | 6,752 | 14.70¢ | $493.373,355 kWh | 9.97¢ |
| Laurens Electric Cooperative | 6,345 | 14.97¢ | $449.093,001 kWh | 10.25¢ |
| Edisto Electric Cooperative | 5,921 | 20.11¢ | $159.69794 kWh | 13.15¢ |
| Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative | 5,309 | 14.12¢ | $448.093,173 kWh | 8.92¢ |
| York Electric Cooperative | 5,125 | 13.03¢ | $565.284,339 kWh | 11.16¢ |
| Greer Commission of Public Works | 4,420 | 10.44¢ | $394.103,775 kWh | — |
| Black River Electric Cooperative | 4,229 | 14.84¢ | $402.132,709 kWh | 9.34¢ |
| Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative | 4,120 | 14.10¢ | $653.404,635 kWh | — |
| City of Rock Hill | 3,903 | 12.64¢ | $1,100.018,700 kWh | 10.83¢ |
| City of Orangeburg | 3,756 | 13.51¢ | $444.513,290 kWh | 10.42¢ |
| Aiken Electric Cooperative | 3,389 | 14.56¢ | $517.593,556 kWh | 8.17¢ |
| Greenwood CPW | 3,003 | 8.39¢ | $391.334,665 kWh | — |
| Fairfield Electric Cooperative | 1,829 | 14.53¢ | $653.184,496 kWh | 8.58¢ |
| Easley Combined Utility System | 1,654 | 12.36¢ | $720.435,830 kWh | — |
| City of Gaffney | 1,428 | 15.24¢ | $825.635,416 kWh | 11.52¢ |
| Lockhart Power | 1,368 | 5.28¢ | $1,699.3732,204 kWh | 6.96¢ |
| Broad River Electric Cooperative | 1,187 | 14.81¢ | $472.833,193 kWh | 9.39¢ |
| Lynches River Electric Cooperative | 985 | 17.02¢ | $662.353,892 kWh | — |
| Newberry Electric Cooperative | 751 | 10.11¢ | $1,110.5510,989 kWh | 10.16¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Cooperative | 541 | 16.32¢ | $1,109.066,794 kWh | 12.61¢ |
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.
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What is the average commercial electricity rate in South Carolina?
In 2025, businesses in South Carolina paid an average of 11.18¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢.
How much is the average business electric bill in South Carolina?
$602.46 a month in 2025 for 5,389 kWh, the average of all 409,462 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.