Kilowatt Atlas

Electric cooperative

Four County Electric Membership Corporation Rates and Bills

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 Four County Electric Membership Corporation, 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

31 thousand

31,222 homes

Average price

15.10 cents

North Carolina average 14.00

Average bill

$193.13

Per month at 1,279 kWh

Price rank

35 of 48

Lowest to highest in North Carolina

Four County Electric Membership Corporation rates and average bill

Four County Electric Membership Corporation reported 31,222 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,279 kWh a month on average at 15.10 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, Four County Electric Membership Corporation ranks 35 from the lowest price.

Four County Electric Membership Corporation compared with North Carolina and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Four County Electric Membership Corporation15.101,279$193.13
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 Four County Electric Membership Corporation has distribution equipment. That covers 6 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 (6 counties)

Bladen, Columbus, Duplin, Onslow, Pender, Sampson

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Reliability

For 2025, Four County Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 82 minutes without power per customer and 1.67 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 49 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Four County Electric Membership Corporation had about 45 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The North Carolina figure across its utilities was 145 minutes. One interruption lasting 49 minutes and 1.67 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 82 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.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. Four County Electric Membership Corporation reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 15 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing programs of all kinds. Ask the utility which rate schedules you qualify for. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 137 residential net-metered systems on the Four County Electric Membership Corporation grid in 2025, with 0.9 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

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.

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

Four County Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative based in North Carolina.

Four County Electric Membership Corporation compared with North Carolina

North Carolina has 48 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. Four County Electric Membership Corporation is 19th by size and serves about 0.60% of the state's homes. Among 23 other cooperatives in North Carolina, the median price is 14.92 cents per kWh, so Four County Electric Membership Corporation at 15.10 cents is 0.19 cents above its peers. At $193.13 a month, an average Four County Electric Membership Corporation home pays about $564 a year more than the North Carolina average of $146.14, and uses 235 kWh a month more. Four County Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 6 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 137 of its residential customers use net metering, or 4.4 per 1,000 homes, against 12.8 for North Carolina as a whole.

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 Four County Electric Membership Corporation
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Four County Electric Membership CorporationCooperative31,22215.10
City of WilsonMunicipal32,47212.85
Randolph Electric Membership CorporationCooperative31,53116.15
Haywood Electric Membership CorporationCooperative30,75216.86
Piedmont Electric Membership CorporationCooperative30,64015.63
Mecklenburg Electric CooperativeCooperative30,21514.32

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

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Four County Electric Membership Corporation 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.

Four County Electric Membership Corporation questions

What is the average residential electric rate for Four County Electric Membership Corporation?

Four County Electric Membership Corporation residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 15.10 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,279 kWh a month and an average bill of $193.13 (EIA Form EIA-861). The North Carolina average was 14.00 cents.

How many customers does Four County Electric Membership Corporation have?

EIA reports about 31,222 residential customers for Four County Electric Membership Corporation in 2025.

Who regulates Four County Electric Membership Corporation?

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. See the regulator for North Carolina on the North Carolina state page.

How reliable is Four County Electric Membership Corporation?

For 2025, Four County Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 82 minutes of outage per customer and 1.67 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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