12.46¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Carteret-Craven El Member / NC ]
Carteret-Craven El Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+2.5%
vs 2024
39,424
residential customers
+7.6%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Carteret-Craven El Member's average effective residential rate (12.46¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.28¢ | — | 35,546 |
| 2016 | 11.31¢ | +0.3% | 35,805 |
| 2017 | 11.48¢ | +1.5% | 36,124 |
| 2018 | 11.66¢ | +1.6% | 36,439 |
| 2019 | 11.85¢ | +1.6% | 36,522 |
| 2020 | 11.58¢ | −2.3% | 37,251 |
| 2021 | 11.31¢ | −2.3% | 37,525 |
| 2022 | 11.32¢ | +0.1% | 37,956 |
| 2023 | 11.99¢ | +5.9% | 38,373 |
| 2024 | 12.15¢ | +1.3% | 38,858 |
| 2025 | 12.46¢ | +2.5% | 39,424 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
−11.0%
Carteret-Craven El Member vs NC 2025 average
−27.7%
vs US 2025 average
#42
priciest in NC
Serves 4 counties in North Carolina: Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow. 20 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Carteret-Craven El Member's average residential rate has gone from 11.28¢ to 12.46¢ per kWh: +10.5% over 10 years, or about +1.0% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +5.9% in 2023. The largest drop was −2.3% in 2021.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Carteret-Craven El Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,561 a year, $193 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 42nd most expensive.
Carteret-Craven El Member served 35,546 homes in 2015 and 39,424 in 2025 (+10.9%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Carteret-Craven El Member's rates
Carteret-Craven El 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 Carteret-Craven El Member raising rates in 2026?
Carteret-Craven El 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 +2.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Carteret-Craven El Member charge per kWh?
Carteret-Craven El Member's average effective residential rate was 12.46¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Carteret-Craven El Member rates gone up in five years?
+7.6% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Carteret-Craven El Member have in North Carolina?
39,424 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Carteret, Craven, Jones, 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)