14.32¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Lumbee River Elec Member / NC ]
Lumbee River Elec Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+11.8%
vs 2024
65,422
residential customers
+22.3%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Lumbee River Elec Member's average effective residential rate (14.32¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.43¢ | — | 56,703 |
| 2016 | 10.75¢ | −6.0% | 57,173 |
| 2017 | 11.69¢ | +8.7% | 57,848 |
| 2018 | 11.44¢ | −2.1% | 58,414 |
| 2019 | 11.59¢ | +1.3% | 59,066 |
| 2020 | 11.71¢ | +1.0% | 60,221 |
| 2021 | 11.55¢ | −1.4% | 61,395 |
| 2022 | 11.63¢ | +0.7% | 62,298 |
| 2023 | 12.02¢ | +3.4% | 63,084 |
| 2024 | 12.81¢ | +6.6% | 64,396 |
| 2025 | 14.32¢ | +11.8% | 65,422 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
+2.3%
Lumbee River Elec Member vs NC 2025 average
−16.9%
vs US 2025 average
#21
priciest in NC
Serves 5 counties in North Carolina: Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Robeson, Scotland. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Lumbee River Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 11.43¢ to 14.32¢ per kWh: +25.3% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.8% in 2025. The largest drop was −6.0% in 2016.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Lumbee River Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,794 a year, $40 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 21st most expensive.
Lumbee River Elec Member served 56,703 homes in 2015 and 65,422 in 2025 (+15.4%), about 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Lumbee River Elec Member's rates
Lumbee River Elec 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 Lumbee River Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
Lumbee River Elec 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 +11.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Lumbee River Elec Member charge per kWh?
Lumbee River Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 14.32¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Lumbee River Elec Member rates gone up in five years?
+22.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Lumbee River Elec Member have in North Carolina?
65,422 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, 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)