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Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) Electricity Rate per kWh (2024 EIA Data)

Cooperative|EIA utility 19435|North Carolina|Bundled

In 2024, Union Electric Membership Corp (NC)'s residential customers paid an average of 13.37 cents per kWh: $167 million of revenue over 1.25 million MWh of sales across 84,602 bundled residential customers, as reported to EIA on Form 861.

Residential 2024
13.37¢
per kWh, bundled
vs NC avg 2024
-5.4%
state 14.13c
Bundled res. customers
84,602
87,751 all sectors
Rank in NC by res. accounts
#6 of 55
2.0% of state residential MWh

How the 13.37c figure is calculated

13.37c/kWh = $166,989k revenue / 1,249,017 MWh x 100. This is EIA's average realised price for 2024: everything Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) billed its residential customers (energy, delivery, fuel and rider charges, fixed charges) divided by the kilowatt-hours it sold. It is not a tariff rate, and a 2024 annual average will differ from a current bill. For a 1,000 kWh month at this average, the energy cost works out to about $134 before taxes.

About Union Electric Membership Corp (NC)'s 2024 electricity prices

Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) is a member-owned cooperative electric utility that reports to the U.S. Energy Information Administration under utility number 19435. In 2024 it served 84,602 bundled residential customers in North Carolina, and its average realised residential price was 13.37 cents per kWh: $167 million of residential revenue divided by 1.25 million MWh of residential sales.

Across the other sectors, Union Electric Membership Corp (NC)'s 2024 average prices were 10.86 cents for commercial customers (3,148 accounts) and 5.51 cents for industrial customers (1 accounts). Industrial customers paid 7.86 cents less per kWh than households, a 59% discount that is typical of high-volume, high-voltage service.

Within North Carolina, Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) ranked number 6 of 55 utilities with bundled or delivery service by residential accounts served (84,602) and accounted for 2.02% of the state's residential electricity sales in 2024, measured in MWh sold or delivered rather than in customers. The state-wide average realised residential price in 2024, computed from the same EIA file, was 14.13 cents per kWh, so Union Electric Membership Corp (NC)'s customers paid 0.76 cents below the North Carolina average (-5.4%). For context, EIA's latest monthly figure for North Carolina is 14.74 cents per kWh (June 2026, Electric Power Monthly); that is a different, more recent measure across all utilities and is not directly comparable with a 2024 annual average.

EIA's service-territory file places Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) in 5 North Carolina counties: Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union. On the grid side it operates in the SERC NERC region, and reported distribution, wholesale marketing, and retail marketing as its activities. Balancing authority code: DUK.

EIA's preliminary 2025 early release (published 4 August 2026) shows a residential price of 13.92 cents per kWh for Union Electric Membership Corp (NC) in North Carolina across 86,852 residential customers, 0.55 cents higher than the 2024 final figure. Early-release data has not been validated by EIA and must not be aggregated; the 2024 final figures remain the reference on this page until the 2025 final file is published.

The nearest other utilities in North Carolina by service-territory centroid are City of Concord (NC) (5.1 miles away, 11.84 cents), City of Albemarle (NC) (16 miles away, 10.85 cents), Town of Huntersville (NC) (17.3 miles away, 12.12 cents), City of Monroe (NC) (22.4 miles away, 12.28 cents), and EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp (34.9 miles away, 11.54 cents).

2024 sales by sector in North Carolina (bundled service)
SectorCustomersSales (MWh)Revenue ($k)Avg c/kWh
Residential84,6021,249,017166,98913.37
Commercial3,148197,08021,39610.86
Industrial1168,5669,2875.51

Counties served in North Carolina (5)

CabarrusMecklenburgRowanStanlyUnion

From the EIA-861 Service Territory file; a listed county can be served in part only.

2025 early release (preliminary, not validated by EIA)

Residential price in North Carolina: 13.92c/kWh (+0.55c vs 2024 final), 86,852 residential customers; commercial 11.22c; industrial 5.73c. Published 4 August 2026. EIA marks this file "not fully edited, use with caution"; the 2024 final figures above remain the reference.

Nearby and comparable utilities in North Carolina

City of Concord (NC)Municipal, 5.1 mi between territory centroids
29,857 res. accounts 11.84c
City of Albemarle (NC)Municipal, 16 mi between territory centroids
11,248 res. accounts 10.85c
Town of Huntersville (NC)Municipal, 17.3 mi between territory centroids
8,080 res. accounts 12.12c
City of Monroe (NC)Municipal, 22.4 mi between territory centroids
10,543 res. accounts 12.28c
EnergyUnited Elec Member CorpCooperative, 34.9 mi between territory centroids
121,995 res. accounts 11.54c
EIA-861 facts, 2024
EIA utility number
19435
Ownership type
Cooperative
Data year
2024 final (EIA-861)
Primary state
North Carolina
Service type
Bundled (Part A)
Bundled residential customers (NC, price basis)
84,602
Residential accounts served (NC)
84,602
All accounts, all sectors (NC)
87,751
Residential price, 2024
13.37 c/kWh
Commercial price, 2024
10.86 c/kWh
Industrial price, 2024
5.51 c/kWh
Residential sales
1.25 million MWh
Residential revenue
$167 million
Rank in North Carolina by residential accounts served
6 of 55
Share of North Carolina residential sales (MWh, not customers)
2.02%
North Carolina average, 2024
14.13 c/kWh
Counties served (NC)
5
NERC region
SERC
Balancing authority
DUK
Reported activities
Distribution, Wholesale Marketing, Retail Marketing
2025 early release (preliminary)
13.92 c/kWh
Change vs 2024 final
+0.55 c/kWh
Registry status
Reported on Form EIA-861 for 2024
North Carolina today
Residential (June 2026)14.74c
Commercial10.51c
Industrial7.87c
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Energy cost at 13.37c
500 kWh$66.85
750 kWh$100.27
1,000 kWh$133.70
1,500 kWh$200.55

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Source and method

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.

Method: cents per kWh = revenue (thousand dollars) divided by sales (megawatthours), times 100. Customer counts, sales and revenue are the utility's own annual survey responses by state and sector. Bundled = energy plus delivery from one utility; delivery-only = the wires charge for customers who buy energy from a competitive supplier; energy-only = a competitive supplier's energy charge without delivery. County lists come from the EIA-861 Service Territory file; territory centroids used for "nearby utilities" are unweighted means of Census 2023 county centroids. EIA content is in the public domain (EIA copyright and reuse statement); the EIA logo is not used. Corrections: [email protected].