17.16¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Broad River Electric Coop / SC ]
Broad River Electric Coop electricity rates in South Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+7.9%
vs 2024
23,660
residential customers
+17.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Broad River Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (17.16¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.35¢ | — | 19,369 |
| 2016 | 14.53¢ | +1.3% | 19,679 |
| 2017 | 14.70¢ | +1.2% | 19,975 |
| 2018 | 14.49¢ | −1.4% | 20,452 |
| 2019 | 14.64¢ | +1.0% | 20,642 |
| 2020 | 14.56¢ | −0.6% | 21,038 |
| 2021 | 14.88¢ | +2.2% | 21,849 |
| 2022 | 14.83¢ | −0.3% | 22,208 |
| 2023 | 15.17¢ | +2.3% | 22,688 |
| 2024 | 15.91¢ | +4.9% | 23,140 |
| 2025 | 17.16¢ | +7.9% | 23,660 |
How this compares
15.12¢
South Carolina average, 2025
+13.5%
Broad River Electric Coop vs SC 2025 average
−0.4%
vs US 2025 average
#6
priciest in SC
Serves 5 counties in South Carolina: Cherokee, Newberry, Spartanburg, Union, York. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Broad River Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 14.35¢ to 17.16¢ per kWh: +19.6% over 10 years, or about +1.8% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +7.9% in 2025. The largest drop was −1.4% in 2018.
For a home using 1,066 kWh a month, the South Carolina average, Broad River Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $2,195 a year, $261 more than at South Carolina's average rate of 15.12¢. Of the 29 South Carolina utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 6th most expensive.
Broad River Electric Coop served 19,369 homes in 2015 and 23,660 in 2025 (+22.1%), under 1% of South Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Broad River Electric Coop's rates
Broad River Electric Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Public Service Commission of South Carolina 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: Public Service Commission of South Carolina. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Broad River Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Broad River Electric Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +7.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Broad River Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Broad River Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 17.16¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). South Carolina's 2025 average was 15.12¢.
How much have Broad River Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+17.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.8% for South Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Broad River Electric Coop have in South Carolina?
23,660 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Cherokee, Newberry, Spartanburg, 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)