14.56¢
per kWh, 2025
[ South River Elec Member / NC ]
South River Elec Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+9.5%
vs 2024
46,422
residential customers
+13.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at South River Elec Member's average effective residential rate (14.56¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.42¢ | — | 40,873 |
| 2016 | 12.43¢ | +0.1% | 41,233 |
| 2017 | 12.23¢ | −1.6% | 41,706 |
| 2018 | 11.81¢ | −3.4% | 42,096 |
| 2019 | 12.67¢ | +7.3% | 42,563 |
| 2020 | 12.81¢ | +1.1% | 42,977 |
| 2021 | 12.59¢ | −1.7% | 43,626 |
| 2022 | 12.64¢ | +0.4% | 44,604 |
| 2023 | 12.90¢ | +2.1% | 45,098 |
| 2024 | 13.30¢ | +3.1% | 45,730 |
| 2025 | 14.56¢ | +9.5% | 46,422 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
+4.0%
South River Elec Member vs NC 2025 average
−15.5%
vs US 2025 average
#20
priciest in NC
Serves 5 counties in North Carolina: Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson. 35 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, South River Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 12.42¢ to 14.56¢ per kWh: +17.2% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.5% in 2025. The largest drop was −3.4% in 2018.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, South River Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,824 a year, $70 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 20th most expensive.
South River Elec Member served 40,873 homes in 2015 and 46,422 in 2025 (+13.6%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets South River Elec Member's rates
South 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 South River Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
South 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 +9.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does South River Elec Member charge per kWh?
South River Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 14.56¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have South River Elec 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 South River Elec Member have in North Carolina?
46,422 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, 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)