16.86¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Haywood Electric Member / NC ]
Haywood Electric Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+1.6%
vs 2024
30,307
residential customers
+13.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Haywood Electric Member's average effective residential rate (16.86¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.77¢ | — | 25,611 |
| 2016 | 14.55¢ | −1.5% | 25,758 |
| 2017 | 15.12¢ | +3.9% | 25,980 |
| 2018 | 14.29¢ | −5.5% | 26,133 |
| 2019 | 14.92¢ | +4.4% | 26,354 |
| 2020 | 14.83¢ | −0.6% | 25,702 |
| 2021 | 15.52¢ | +4.7% | 25,966 |
| 2022 | 15.90¢ | +2.5% | 27,518 |
| 2023 | 16.73¢ | +5.2% | 27,874 |
| 2024 | 16.60¢ | −0.8% | 29,078 |
| 2025 | 16.86¢ | +1.6% | 30,307 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
+20.4%
Haywood Electric Member vs NC 2025 average
−2.1%
vs US 2025 average
#3
priciest in NC
Serves 6 counties in North Carolina: Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Transylvania. 37 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Haywood Electric Member's average residential rate has gone from 14.77¢ to 16.86¢ per kWh: +14.2% over 10 years, or about +1.3% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +5.2% in 2023. The largest drop was −5.5% in 2018.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Haywood Electric Member's 2025 rate works out to about $2,112 a year, $358 more 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 3rd most expensive.
Haywood Electric Member served 25,611 homes in 2015 and 30,307 in 2025 (+18.3%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Haywood Electric Member's rates
Haywood 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 Haywood Electric Member raising rates in 2026?
Haywood 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 +1.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Haywood Electric Member charge per kWh?
Haywood Electric Member's average effective residential rate was 16.86¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Haywood Electric Member rates gone up in five years?
+13.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Haywood Electric Member have in North Carolina?
30,307 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, 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)