Electricity rates — Brunswick Electric Member Corp
Brunswick Electric Member Corp's customers paid 13.7¢ per kWh in 2024, riders included (EIA-861): about $131 a month for 957 kWh. Residential Service R, the one open plan at 1,000 kWh a month, comes to $1,685 a year, at the typical hour-by-hour use of homes in North Carolina. Schedule retrieved October 8, 2026.
Every priced Brunswick Electric Member Corp plan, 1,000 kWh/mo
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Service R✓ cheapesttime-of-use · in effect since November 2025 | $1,684.61 | — | 14.0¢ |
| Priced but not ranked — restricted, older, or not verifiable as a bill | |||
| Residential Service R (with Renewable Generation)time-of-use · in effect since November 2025 · needs on-site generation | $1,751.81 | +$67.20 | 14.6¢ |
Price Brunswick Electric Member Corp’s plans at your own usage
What the one Brunswick Electric Member Corp plan ranked here costs at each level of use
- 500 kWh/mo — $1,052.31 (Residential Service R), the one plan ranked here
- 1,000 kWh/mo — $1,684.61 (Residential Service R), the one plan ranked here
- 2,000 kWh/mo — $2,949.28 (Residential Service R), the one plan ranked here
What Brunswick Electric Member Corp's customers were billed in 2024
Priced at 957 kWh a month, what Brunswick Electric Member Corp's customers used on average, its open plans come within 4% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.
| Ownership, as EIA classes it | Cooperative |
|---|---|
| Full-service homes in North Carolina | 105,562 |
| Share of North Carolina's households | 2% |
| Average use per home | 957 kWh a month |
| Average bill per home | $130.77 a month |
| Billed per kWh, riders included | 13.7¢ |
| Median open plan here, at that use | 14.2¢ |
Brunswick Electric Member Corp in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026.
How the Residential Service R bill at 1,000 kWh has moved since 2012
Brunswick Electric Member Corp's Residential Service R cost $128.47 a month under its June 2012 version, filed then as Residential, and costs $140.38 under its November 2025 one, 9.3% more. Its biggest single step, in November 2025, added $11.91 (9.3%). In North Carolina, EIA's average price rose 29% between 2012 and 2025.
Every version of Residential Service R
| Took effect | At 1,000 kWh | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | $140.38 | +$11.91 (+9.3%) | URDB |
| January 2015as Residential | $128.47 | $0.00 (0.0%) | URDB |
| June 2012as Residential | $128.47 | First on record | URDB |
In the guides: Why electricity rates change
How it compares
Among the 100 utilities indexed, Brunswick Electric Member Corp's cheapest open plan is the 34th-lowest, 10% less than their median of $1,877.14. It sits between Avista Corp ($1,682.76) and City of Colorado Springs, Colorado (Utility Company) ($1,686.22).
In North Carolina it is the 3rd-dearest of the 5 utilities indexed; Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina) starts lowest, at $1,449.36.
Its fixed charge, $35.00 a month on Residential Service R, is higher than on the cheapest plan of 97 of the other 99 utilities.
None of Brunswick Electric Member Corp's plans open to any household has a tiered step or a seasonal price in this data: a kWh costs the same however much is used and whatever the month.
In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour
How Brunswick Electric Member Corp's plans are structured
Of 2 priceable plans: 2 time-of-use.
Fixed monthly charges run from $35.00 to $40.60.
Brunswick Electric Member Corp's published schedules
EIA-861 lists Brunswick Electric Member Corp serving homes in North Carolina and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 2 of its 2 published residential schedules can be priced.
When Brunswick Electric Member Corp's time-of-use plans charge most
Residential Service R charges 21.5¢ a kWh every day 2 pm to 6 pm, April to September; and every day 6 am to 9 am, October to March, against 8.0¢ in its cheapest hours; those dearest hours are 15% of the year. Homes in North Carolina typically put 19% of their electricity in them (NREL ResStock).
In the guides: Time-of-use plans, hour by hour