Electricity rates — EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month one plan here is open to any household — Residential Service R Single Phase, at $1,617.60 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 13.5¢ per kWh at that usage.

What EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp's customers were billed in 2024

At 1,188 kWh a month, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp's median open plan comes to 12.5¢ per kWh, 9% above the 11.5¢ its customers were billed in 2024, riders included. Rates set since 2024 account for some of that.

How it compares

Among the 109 utilities indexed, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp's cheapest open plan is the 54th-lowest, about the same as their median of $1,649.16. It sits between Brunswick Electric Member Corp ($1,611.12) and Monongahela Power Co (West Virginia) ($1,649.16).

In North Carolina it is the dearest of the 5 utilities indexed; Virginia Electric & Power Co (North Carolina) starts lowest, at $1,091.96.

Its fixed charge, $60.00 a month on Residential Service R Single Phase, is higher than on the cheapest plan of 107 of the other 108 utilities.

Residential Service R Three Phase changes price with the season: a kWh costs 0.7¢ more in May to September than in October to April, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $154.50 in its dearest month against $147.96 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 Service R Single Phase is cheapest at every level tested — $1,168.80 a year at 500 kWh a month, $2,515.20 at 2,000 kWh.

Cheapest 6 plans at 1,000 kWh a month

Residential Energy Star Service RES Standard Single Phase — $1,576.80 a year, 13.1¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $60.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: needs qualifying appliances.

Residential All-Electric Service RE Single Phase — $1,597.80 a year, 13.3¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $60.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: needs an all-electric home.

Residential Service R Single Phase — $1,617.60 a year, 13.5¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $60.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025.

Residential Time of Day Service Pilot RTOD Single Phase — $1,750.92 a year, 14.6¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $66.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: pilot programme.

Residential Energy Star Service RES All-Electric Three Phase — $1,752.58 a year, 14.6¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $70.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since March 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.

Residential Energy Star Service RES Standard Three Phase — $1,769.69 a year, 14.7¢ per kWh effective, priced by season. It carries a $70.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since March 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.

How these plans are structured

Of 8 priceable plans: 1 time-of-use, 7 priced by season.

Fixed monthly charges run from $60.00 to $70.00.

Who provides these plans

EIA-861 lists EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp serving homes in North Carolina and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 8 of its 8 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.