15.18¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Orangeburg / SC ]
City of Orangeburg electricity rates in South Carolina
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−2.0%
vs 2024
20,682
residential customers
+25.0%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Orangeburg's average effective residential rate (15.18¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.18¢ | — | 20,161 |
| 2016 | 10.27¢ | +0.9% | 20,256 |
| 2017 | 9.91¢ | −3.5% | 20,271 |
| 2018 | 10.21¢ | +3.0% | 20,543 |
| 2019 | 11.00¢ | +7.7% | 20,476 |
| 2020 | 12.14¢ | +10.4% | 20,614 |
| 2021 | 11.84¢ | −2.5% | 20,684 |
| 2022 | 12.36¢ | +4.4% | 20,692 |
| 2023 | 14.43¢ | +16.8% | 20,597 |
| 2024 | 15.49¢ | +7.3% | 20,639 |
| 2025 | 15.18¢ | −2.0% | 20,682 |
How this compares
15.12¢
South Carolina average, 2025
+0.4%
City of Orangeburg vs SC 2025 average
−11.9%
vs US 2025 average
#15
priciest in SC
Serves 1 county in South Carolina: Orangeburg. 4 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Orangeburg's average residential rate has gone from 10.18¢ to 15.18¢ per kWh: +49.1% over 10 years, or about +4.1% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.8% in 2023. The largest drop was −3.5% in 2017.
For a home using 1,066 kWh a month, the South Carolina average, City of Orangeburg's 2025 rate works out to about $1,942 a year, about the same as the same home would pay 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 15th most expensive.
City of Orangeburg served 20,161 homes in 2015 and 20,682 in 2025 (+2.6%), under 1% of South Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Orangeburg's rates
City of Orangeburg is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Public Service Commission of South Carolina generally does not.
Commission contact: Public Service Commission of South Carolina. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Orangeburg raising rates in 2026?
City of Orangeburg's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 −2.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Orangeburg charge per kWh?
City of Orangeburg's average effective residential rate was 15.18¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). South Carolina's 2025 average was 15.12¢.
How much have City of Orangeburg rates gone up in five years?
+25.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.8% for South Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Orangeburg have in South Carolina?
20,682 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Orangeburg, 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)