14.92¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Blue Ridge Elec Member / NC ]
Blue Ridge Elec Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.3%
vs 2024
72,320
residential customers
+16.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Blue Ridge Elec Member's average effective residential rate (14.92¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.50¢ | — | 67,126 |
| 2016 | 11.14¢ | −10.9% | 67,458 |
| 2017 | 12.78¢ | +14.7% | 67,829 |
| 2018 | 12.68¢ | −0.8% | 68,144 |
| 2019 | 11.90¢ | −6.2% | 68,558 |
| 2020 | 12.86¢ | +8.1% | 69,179 |
| 2021 | 12.62¢ | −1.9% | 69,741 |
| 2022 | 13.08¢ | +3.6% | 70,401 |
| 2023 | 14.66¢ | +12.1% | 71,216 |
| 2024 | 14.59¢ | −0.5% | 71,926 |
| 2025 | 14.92¢ | +2.3% | 72,320 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
+6.6%
Blue Ridge Elec Member vs NC 2025 average
−13.4%
vs US 2025 average
#17
priciest in NC
Serves 7 counties in North Carolina: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Watauga, Wilkes. 49 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Blue Ridge Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 12.50¢ to 14.92¢ per kWh: +19.4% over 10 years, or about +1.8% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.7% in 2017. The largest drop was −10.9% in 2016.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Blue Ridge Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,869 a year, $115 more than at North Carolina's average rate of 14.00¢. Of the 54 North Carolina utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 17th most expensive.
Blue Ridge Elec Member served 67,126 homes in 2015 and 72,320 in 2025 (+7.7%), about 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Blue Ridge Elec Member's rates
Blue Ridge Elec Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the North Carolina Utilities Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: North Carolina Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Blue Ridge Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
Blue Ridge Elec Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the North Carolina Utilities Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +2.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Blue Ridge Elec Member charge per kWh?
Blue Ridge Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 14.92¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Blue Ridge Elec Member rates gone up in five years?
+16.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Blue Ridge Elec Member have in North Carolina?
72,320 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)