15.60¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Fairfield Electric Coop / SC ]
Fairfield Electric Coop electricity rates in South Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+8.7%
vs 2024
33,071
residential customers
+19.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Fairfield Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (15.60¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.20¢ | — | 25,930 |
| 2016 | 12.64¢ | +3.6% | 26,511 |
| 2017 | 13.95¢ | +10.4% | 27,068 |
| 2018 | 13.42¢ | −3.8% | 27,543 |
| 2019 | 13.19¢ | −1.7% | 28,105 |
| 2020 | 13.03¢ | −1.2% | 28,685 |
| 2021 | 13.31¢ | +2.1% | 29,458 |
| 2022 | 13.35¢ | +0.3% | 30,475 |
| 2023 | 13.73¢ | +2.9% | 31,290 |
| 2024 | 14.35¢ | +4.5% | 32,397 |
| 2025 | 15.60¢ | +8.7% | 33,071 |
How this compares
15.12¢
South Carolina average, 2025
+3.2%
Fairfield Electric Coop vs SC 2025 average
−9.5%
vs US 2025 average
#14
priciest in SC
Serves 5 counties in South Carolina: Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Richland, York. 39 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Fairfield Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 12.20¢ to 15.60¢ per kWh: +27.9% over 10 years, or about +2.5% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.4% in 2017. The largest drop was −3.8% in 2018.
For a home using 1,066 kWh a month, the South Carolina average, Fairfield Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,996 a year, $61 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 14th most expensive.
Fairfield Electric Coop served 25,930 homes in 2015 and 33,071 in 2025 (+27.5%), about 1% of South Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Fairfield Electric Coop's rates
Fairfield 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 Fairfield Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Fairfield 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 +8.7% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Fairfield Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Fairfield Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 15.60¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). South Carolina's 2025 average was 15.12¢.
How much have Fairfield Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+19.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.8% for South Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Fairfield Electric Coop have in South Carolina?
33,071 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, 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)