Fairfield Electric Cooperative Rates, Bills and Service Area

Fairfield Electric Cooperative reported 33,071 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,158 kWh a month on average at 15.60 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 27 South Carolina utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Fairfield Electric Cooperative ranks 14 from the lowest price.

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.

EIA lists the counties where Fairfield Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 5 counties in South Carolina. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, Fairfield Electric Cooperative reported an average of 131 minutes without power per customer and 1.40 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 94 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Fairfield Electric Cooperative sits close to the median state on outage minutes. The South Carolina figure across its utilities was 103 minutes. One interruption lasting 94 minutes and 1.40 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 131 minute total.

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

• Time-of-use pricing. Fairfield Electric Cooperative 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 Fairfield Electric Cooperative in 2025. How net metering works.

Owned by the members it serves. An elected board sets the rates, and members may receive capital credits when the co-op has margins to return.

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Fairfield Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in South Carolina.

Of the 26 utilities listed for South Carolina, Fairfield Electric Cooperative is the 13th largest by homes, at roughly 1.3% of the state total. Among 16 other cooperatives in South Carolina, the median price is 16.36 cents per kWh, so Fairfield Electric Cooperative at 15.60 cents is 0.76 cents below its peers. Over a year, the typical Fairfield Electric Cooperative bill runs about $233 above the state average, with monthly use 92 kWh higher. Fairfield Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 5 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 South Carolina with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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