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Randolph 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 Randolph 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

32 thousand

31,531 homes

Average price

16.15 cents

North Carolina average 14.00

Average bill

$170.22

Per month at 1,054 kWh

Price rank

40 of 48

Lowest to highest in North Carolina

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation rates and average bill

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reported 31,531 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,054 kWh a month on average at 16.15 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, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation ranks 40 from the lowest price.

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation compared with North Carolina and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Randolph Electric Membership Corporation16.151,054$170.22
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 Randolph Electric Membership Corporation has distribution equipment. That covers 5 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 (5 counties)

Alamance, Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph

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Reliability

For 2025, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 108 minutes without power per customer and 1.52 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 71 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation had about 19 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The North Carolina figure across its utilities was 145 minutes. One interruption lasting 71 minutes and 1.52 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 108 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. Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 105 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 does not show residential net-metered solar for Randolph Electric Membership Corporation in 2025. 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.

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

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation compared with North Carolina

Of the 48 utilities listed for North Carolina, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation is the 18th largest by homes, at roughly 0.61% of the state total. Its price of 16.15 cents per kWh is 1.24 cents above the median of 23 other cooperatives in North Carolina (14.92 cents). Over a year, the typical Randolph Electric Membership Corporation bill runs about $289 above the state average, with monthly use 10 kWh higher. Randolph Electric Membership Corporation 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 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 Randolph Electric Membership Corporation
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Randolph Electric Membership CorporationCooperative31,53116.15
French Broad Electric Membership CorporationCooperative37,05216.21
City of WilsonMunicipal32,47212.85
Four County Electric Membership CorporationCooperative31,22215.10
Haywood Electric Membership CorporationCooperative30,75216.86
Piedmont Electric Membership CorporationCooperative30,64015.63

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

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Randolph 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.

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation questions

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

Randolph Electric Membership Corporation residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 16.15 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,054 kWh a month and an average bill of $170.22 (EIA Form EIA-861). The North Carolina average was 14.00 cents.

How many customers does Randolph Electric Membership Corporation have?

EIA reports about 31,531 residential customers for Randolph Electric Membership Corporation in 2025.

Who regulates Randolph 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 Randolph Electric Membership Corporation?

For 2025, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 108 minutes of outage per customer and 1.52 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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