South River Electric Membership Corporation Rates and Bills

South River Electric Membership Corporation reported 46,422 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,305 kWh a month on average at 14.56 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, South River Electric Membership Corporation ranks 28 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 South River 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.

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• Time-of-use pricing. South River Electric Membership Corporation reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 138 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 790 residential net-metered systems on the South River Electric Membership Corporation grid in 2025, with 6.6 megawatts of capacity. 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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South River Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative based in North Carolina.

North Carolina has 48 utilities with residential customers in the 2025 EIA data. South River Electric Membership Corporation is 13th by size and serves about 0.90% of the state's homes. Among 23 other cooperatives in North Carolina, the median price is 15.10 cents per kWh, so South River Electric Membership Corporation at 14.56 cents is 0.54 cents below its peers. At $189.98 a month, an average South River Electric Membership Corporation home pays about $526 a year more than the North Carolina average of $146.14, and uses 261 kWh a month more. South River Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 5 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 790 of its residential customers use net metering, or 17.0 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.

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