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Electricity prices in North Carolina

What homes in North Carolina pay for electricity, from EIA.

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Average price
14.8¢ a kWh
Up 5.8% on a year ago
Average bill
$152 a month
Up 4.2% on a year ago
Average use
1,029 kWh
A month. US 870 kWh
Price rank
34 of 51
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to July 2026, North Carolina homes paid 14.8¢ a kWh, against a US average of 18.0¢.

North Carolina vs the US

North CarolinaUS
Average price, 12 months to July 202614.8¢18.0¢
Price in July 202615.2¢18.3¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$152$156
Bill in July 2026$203$212
Average monthly use1,029 kWh870 kWh
Price change, past year+5.8%+6.6%
Price change since 2019+29%+38%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including July 2026

Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly. Revenue over kilowatt-hours sold, including fixed charges.

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month. Bills peak in summer and winter.

Up to and including July 2026

Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly. EIA's own method for its average bill table.

Natural gas price

Average residential price a thousand cubic feet, by month. Summer prices are high because fixed charges are spread over little gas.

Up to and including June 2026

Source: EIA Natural Gas Monthly.

Utilities in North Carolina

Past 12 months, utilities with 10,000 homes or more. These utilities serve 74% of homes in North Carolina; smaller utilities serve the rest.

Duke Energy CarolinasInvestor-owned13.9¢+2.5%$1372,000,177
Duke Energy ProgressInvestor-owned16.4¢+8.7%$1701,412,126
Brunswick Electric EMCCooperative14.6¢+5.1%$146111,344
Dominion Energy VirginiaInvestor-owned13.3¢+1.8%$169109,437
Jones-Onslow Electric EMCCooperative14.3¢+8.9%$15982,650
Fayetteville Public Works CommissionMunicipal12.5¢+4.3%$12775,822
Rutherford Electric EMCCooperative13.2¢+0.9%$15172,450

Heating fuels in North Carolina: heating oil, propane.