11.66¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Town of High Point / NC ]
Town of High Point electricity rates in North Carolina
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.3%
vs 2024
38,553
residential customers
−8.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Town of High Point's average effective residential rate (11.66¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.90¢ | — | 36,418 |
| 2016 | 12.88¢ | −0.2% | 35,723 |
| 2017 | 13.03¢ | +1.2% | 36,907 |
| 2018 | 12.86¢ | −1.3% | 36,017 |
| 2019 | 12.88¢ | +0.2% | 36,380 |
| 2020 | 12.78¢ | −0.8% | 36,729 |
| 2021 | 12.61¢ | −1.3% | 36,982 |
| 2022 | 11.70¢ | −7.2% | 37,111 |
| 2023 | 11.78¢ | +0.7% | 37,642 |
| 2024 | 11.63¢ | −1.3% | 38,079 |
| 2025 | 11.66¢ | +0.3% | 38,553 |
How this compares
14.00¢
North Carolina average, 2025
−16.7%
Town of High Point vs NC 2025 average
−32.3%
vs US 2025 average
#48
priciest in NC
Serves 4 counties in North Carolina: Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph. 5 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Town of High Point's average residential rate has gone from 12.90¢ to 11.66¢ per kWh: −9.6% over 10 years, or about −1.0% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +1.2% in 2017. The largest drop was −7.2% in 2022.
For a home using 1,044 kWh a month, the North Carolina average, Town of High Point's 2025 rate works out to about $1,461 a year, $293 less 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 48th most expensive.
Town of High Point served 36,418 homes in 2015 and 38,553 in 2025 (+5.9%), under 1% of North Carolina's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Town of High Point's rates
Town of High Point is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the North Carolina Utilities Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: North Carolina Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Town of High Point raising rates in 2026?
Town of High Point's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 +0.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Town of High Point charge per kWh?
Town of High Point's average effective residential rate was 11.66¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). North Carolina's 2025 average was 14.00¢.
How much have Town of High Point rates gone up in five years?
−8.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +33.2% for North Carolina as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Town of High Point have in North Carolina?
38,553 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, 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)