17.53¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Surry-Yadkin Elec Member / NC ]
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member electricity rates in North Carolina
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+9.2%
vs 2024
28,296
residential customers
+15.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Surry-Yadkin Elec Member's average effective residential rate (17.53¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.38¢ | — | 26,603 |
| 2016 | 13.68¢ | +2.2% | 26,643 |
| 2017 | 13.90¢ | +1.6% | 26,770 |
| 2018 | 14.95¢ | +7.5% | 26,821 |
| 2019 | 15.12¢ | +1.1% | 26,799 |
| 2020 | 15.23¢ | +0.7% | 26,940 |
| 2021 | 15.02¢ | −1.4% | 27,305 |
| 2022 | 14.60¢ | −2.8% | 27,585 |
| 2023 | 15.76¢ | +8.0% | 27,714 |
| 2024 | 16.06¢ | +1.9% | 28,080 |
| 2025 | 17.53¢ | +9.2% | 28,296 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
+25.2%
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member vs NC 2025 average
+1.7%
vs US 2025 average
#2
priciest in NC
Serves 5 counties in North Carolina: Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin. 42 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Surry-Yadkin Elec Member's average residential rate has gone from 13.38¢ to 17.53¢ per kWh: +31.0% over 10 years, or about +2.7% a year. It rose in 8 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +9.2% in 2025. The largest drop was −2.8% in 2022.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Surry-Yadkin Elec Member's 2025 rate works out to about $2,196 a year, $442 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 2nd most expensive.
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member served 26,603 homes in 2015 and 28,296 in 2025 (+6.4%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Surry-Yadkin Elec Member's rates
Surry-Yadkin 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 Surry-Yadkin Elec Member raising rates in 2026?
Surry-Yadkin 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 +9.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Surry-Yadkin Elec Member charge per kWh?
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member's average effective residential rate was 17.53¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Surry-Yadkin Elec Member rates gone up in five years?
+15.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Surry-Yadkin Elec Member have in North Carolina?
28,296 residential customers in 2025, across 5 counties including Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, 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)