12.85¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Wilson / NC ]
City of Wilson electricity rates in North Carolina
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.9%
vs 2024
32,472
residential customers
+10.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Wilson's average effective residential rate (12.85¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.49¢ | — | 29,709 |
| 2016 | 11.70¢ | −13.3% | 29,872 |
| 2017 | 11.54¢ | −1.4% | 29,975 |
| 2018 | 11.22¢ | −2.8% | 30,106 |
| 2019 | 11.39¢ | +1.5% | 30,325 |
| 2020 | 11.59¢ | +1.8% | 30,623 |
| 2021 | 11.48¢ | −0.9% | 30,888 |
| 2022 | 11.52¢ | +0.3% | 31,187 |
| 2023 | 11.58¢ | +0.5% | 31,530 |
| 2024 | 12.13¢ | +4.8% | 32,078 |
| 2025 | 12.85¢ | +5.9% | 32,472 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
−8.2%
City of Wilson vs NC 2025 average
−25.4%
vs US 2025 average
#38
priciest in NC
Serves 7 counties in North Carolina: Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, Nash, Pitt, Wayne, Wilson. 4 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Wilson's average residential rate has gone from 13.49¢ to 12.85¢ per kWh: −4.7% over 10 years, or about −0.5% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +5.9% in 2025. The largest drop was −13.3% in 2016.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, City of Wilson's 2025 rate works out to about $1,610 a year, $144 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 38th most expensive.
City of Wilson served 29,709 homes in 2015 and 32,472 in 2025 (+9.3%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Wilson's rates
City of Wilson 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 North Carolina Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: North Carolina Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Wilson raising rates in 2026?
City of Wilson's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 +5.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Wilson charge per kWh?
City of Wilson's average effective residential rate was 12.85¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have City of Wilson rates gone up in five years?
+10.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Wilson have in North Carolina?
32,472 residential customers in 2025, across 7 counties including Edgecombe, Greene, Johnston, 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)