13.34¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Brunswick Electric Member / NC ]
Brunswick Electric Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−2.3%
vs 2024
108,087
residential customers
−1.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Brunswick Electric Member's average effective residential rate (13.34¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.64¢ | — | 81,253 |
| 2016 | 12.67¢ | +0.2% | 79,431 |
| 2017 | 12.75¢ | +0.6% | 81,154 |
| 2018 | 12.58¢ | −1.3% | 82,090 |
| 2019 | 12.78¢ | +1.6% | 83,996 |
| 2020 | 13.54¢ | +6.0% | 86,850 |
| 2021 | 13.78¢ | +1.8% | 89,362 |
| 2022 | 13.89¢ | +0.8% | 93,375 |
| 2023 | 13.96¢ | +0.5% | 97,256 |
| 2024 | 13.66¢ | −2.1% | 105,562 |
| 2025 | 13.34¢ | −2.3% | 108,087 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
−4.7%
Brunswick Electric Member vs NC 2025 average
−22.6%
vs US 2025 average
#30
priciest in NC
Serves 4 counties in North Carolina: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Robeson. 35 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Brunswick Electric Member's average residential rate has gone from 12.64¢ to 13.34¢ per kWh: +5.5% over 10 years, or about +0.5% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.0% in 2020. The largest drop was −2.3% in 2025.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Brunswick Electric Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,671 a year, $83 less 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 30th most expensive.
Brunswick Electric Member served 81,253 homes in 2015 and 108,087 in 2025 (+33.0%), about 2% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Brunswick Electric Member's rates
Brunswick Electric 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 Brunswick Electric Member raising rates in 2026?
Brunswick Electric 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 Brunswick Electric Member charge per kWh?
Brunswick Electric Member's average effective residential rate was 13.34¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Brunswick Electric Member rates gone up in five years?
−1.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Brunswick Electric Member have in North Carolina?
108,087 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, 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)