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City of Rocky Mount Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with City of Rocky Mount, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

24 thousand

24,395 homes

Average price

13.16 cents

North Carolina average 14.00

Average bill

$144.16

Per month at 1,095 kWh

Price rank

18 of 48

Lowest to highest in North Carolina

City of Rocky Mount rates and average bill

City of Rocky Mount reported 24,395 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,095 kWh a month on average at 13.16 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 48 North Carolina utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, City of Rocky Mount ranks 18 from the lowest price.

City of Rocky Mount compared with North Carolina and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
City of Rocky Mount13.161,095$144.16
North Carolina (all utilities)14.001,044$146.14
United States17.23874$150.68

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where City of Rocky Mount has distribution equipment. That covers 2 counties in North Carolina. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

North Carolina (2 counties)

Edgecombe, Nash

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Reliability

For 2025, City of Rocky Mount reported an average of 72 minutes without power per customer and 1.08 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 67 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

City of Rocky Mount had about 55 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The North Carolina figure across its utilities was 145 minutes. One interruption lasting 67 minutes and 1.08 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 72 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. City of Rocky Mount does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA does not show residential net-metered solar for City of Rocky Mount in 2025. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

City of Rocky Mount is a municipal utility based in North Carolina.

City of Rocky Mount compared with North Carolina

Of the 48 utilities listed for North Carolina, City of Rocky Mount is the 27th largest by homes, at roughly 0.47% of the state total. Its price of 13.16 cents per kWh is 0.71 cents above the median of 20 other municipal utilities in North Carolina (12.46 cents). At $144.16 a month, an average City of Rocky Mount home pays about $24 a year less than the North Carolina average of $146.14, and uses 51 kWh a month more. City of Rocky Mount lists distribution equipment in 2 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in North Carolina with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other North Carolina utilities

Utilities in North Carolina close in size to City of Rocky Mount
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
City of Rocky MountMunicipal24,39513.16
Mountain Electric CooperativeCooperative27,88213.13
City of GastoniaMunicipal27,52412.34
Broad River Electric CooperativeCooperative24,15017.15
Tri-County Electric Membership CorporationCooperative22,88713.29
Tideland Electric Membership CorporationCooperative21,90616.41

See every one on the electric companies in North Carolina page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not City of Rocky Mount and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

City of Rocky Mount questions

What is the average residential electric rate for City of Rocky Mount?

City of Rocky Mount residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 13.16 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,095 kWh a month and an average bill of $144.16 (EIA Form EIA-861). The North Carolina average was 14.00 cents.

How many customers does City of Rocky Mount have?

EIA reports about 24,395 residential customers for City of Rocky Mount in 2025.

Who regulates City of Rocky Mount?

Owned and run by a city or town. A city council or utility board usually sets the rates, and state commissions often have limited authority over it. See the regulator for North Carolina on the North Carolina state page.

How reliable is City of Rocky Mount?

For 2025, City of Rocky Mount reported an average of 72 minutes of outage per customer and 1.08 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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