EnergyUnited commercial electricity rates in North Carolina

• Average commercial price, 20259.84¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs North Carolina average−3.7%state commercial average 10.22¢
• Commercial customers20,5483rd largest of 49 in North Carolina
• Average use2,704 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$266a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015Levelfrom 9.87¢ per kWh
• Outages121 mina year per customer · US average 124

EnergyUnited is an electric cooperative serving 19 counties in North Carolina. Among the 49 North Carolina utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 3rd largest, with about 2.7% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp.

EnergyUnited commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 EnergyUnited billed its commercial customers an average of 9.87¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 9.84¢, so it was unchanged over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in North Carolina rose 17% over the same period. The highest year was 2016, at 9.93¢. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 0.5%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at EnergyUnited

In 2025 the average commercial price at EnergyUnited was 15% below the residential figure and 68% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How EnergyUnited’s commercial rates are set

EnergyUnited is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in North Carolina, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at EnergyUnited

EIA counts 20,550 commercial meters at EnergyUnited in 2025, and 20,548 of them (more than 99%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. Of the rest, 2 are automated-reading (AMR) meters, which send a reading to the utility for billing only. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

EIA records 27 commercial net-metered generating systems at EnergyUnited in 2025, with 0.74 MW of capacity between them: about 1.3 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.

How reliable is EnergyUnited’s electric service?

EnergyUnited customers went without power for an average of 121 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 1.29 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 169 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where EnergyUnited serves

EIA records EnergyUnited serving customers in 19 North Carolina counties: Alexander, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Wilkes, and 1 more. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists Duke Energy Carolinas as its balancing authority, the body that keeps supply and demand matched minute by minute across the area.

Other utilities in North Carolina

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The North Carolina page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Duke Energy Carolinas (9.25¢)
• Duke Energy Progress (11.01¢)
• Dominion Energy North Carolina (10.63¢)
• Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation (11.52¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in EnergyUnited’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The North Carolina page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: EnergyUnited commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about EnergyUnited

What is the average commercial electricity rate at EnergyUnited?

EnergyUnited billed its commercial customers in North Carolina an average of 9.84¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 3.7% below the North Carolina commercial average of 10.22¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at EnergyUnited?

About $266 a month in 2025, on average use of about 2,704 kWh a month. That is EnergyUnited’s commercial revenue divided by its 20,548 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have EnergyUnited’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average EnergyUnited billed commercial customers was unchanged between 2015 and 2025, from 9.87¢ to 9.84¢ per kWh. The North Carolina commercial average rose 17% over the same period.

How reliable is EnergyUnited’s electric service?

EnergyUnited customers averaged 121 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does EnergyUnited use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 20,548 advanced (AMI) meters among EnergyUnited’s 20,550 commercial meters in 2025, which is more than 99%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay EnergyUnited?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in EnergyUnited’s tariff.