Electricity rates — Berkeley Electric Coop Inc
A household served by Berkeley Electric Coop Inc using 1,000 kWh a month pays about $1,493.10 a year on the cheapest of 1 generally available plan — Residential Time of Day from Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, in effect since January 2025. Rates checked September 23, 2026. A further 2 older schedules are listed further down with their year, but not ranked.
Every priced plan, 1,000 kWh/mo
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole House TODtime-of-use · in effect since August 2014 · older schedule, not ranked | $1,434.00 | −$59.10 | 12.0¢ |
| Residential Time of Day✓ cheapestflat rate · in effect since January 2025 | $1,493.10 | — | 12.4¢ |
| Residentialpriced by season · in effect since January 2017 · older schedule, not ranked | $1,828.32 | +$335.22 | 15.2¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- 500 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,020.30 (Residential Time of Day), dearest $1,020.30
- 1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,493.10 (Residential Time of Day), dearest $1,493.10
- 2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $2,438.70 (Residential Time of Day), dearest $2,438.70
What a typical bill costs
At 1,000 kWh a month one plan here is open to any household — Residential Time of Day, at $1,493.10 a year. There is no cheaper option to move to, only the restricted schedules priced below.
Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, come to 12.4¢ per kWh at that usage.
What Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's customers were billed in 2024
At 1,140 kWh a month, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's median open plan comes to 11.9¢ per kWh, 20% below the 14.9¢ its customers were billed in 2024, riders included. Rates set since 2024 account for some of that.
| Ownership, as EIA classes it | Cooperative |
|---|---|
| Full-service homes in South Carolina | 115,117 |
| Share of South Carolina's households | 4% |
| Average use per home | 1,140 kWh a month |
| Average bill per home | $170.31 a month |
| Billed per kWh, riders included | 14.9¢ |
| Median open plan here, at that use | 11.9¢ |
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026.
How it compares
Among the 109 utilities indexed, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's cheapest open plan is the 39th-lowest, 9% less than their median of $1,649.16. It sits between Omaha Public Power District ($1,492.60) and Kentucky Power Co ($1,496.60).
In South Carolina it is the 2nd-cheapest of the 6 utilities indexed; Horry Electric Coop Inc starts lowest, at $1,372.20.
Its fixed charge, $45.63 a month on Residential Time of Day, is higher than on the cheapest plan of 106 of the other 108 utilities.
Residential changes price with the season: a kWh costs 0.8¢ more in May to October than in November to April, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $156.31 in its dearest month against $148.41 in its cheapest.
In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour · The price that changes with the month
How the answer changes with usage
Residential Time of Day is cheapest at every level tested — $1,020.30 a year at 500 kWh a month, $2,438.70 at 2,000 kWh.
Cheapest 3 plans at 1,000 kWh a month
Whole House TOD — $1,434.00 a year, 12.0¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $8.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since August 2014. Too old to quote as a current price.
Residential Time of Day — $1,493.10 a year, 12.4¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $1.50 daily standing charge. In effect since January 2025.
Residential — $1,828.32 a year, 15.2¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $30.11 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.
How these plans are structured
Of 3 priceable plans: 1 time-of-use, 1 priced by season, 1 flat-rate.
Fixed monthly charges run from $8.00 to $45.00.
Who provides these plans
EIA-861 lists Berkeley Electric Coop Inc serving homes in South Carolina and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 3 of its 3 published residential schedules can be priced.
What this does not cover
One of these plans prices by the hour, so its figure is marked lower confidence.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 23, 2026.