Union Electric Membership Corporation Rates and Average Bill

Union Electric Membership Corporation reported 86,852 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,220 kWh a month on average at 13.92 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, Union Electric Membership Corporation ranks 24 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 Union 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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For 2025, Union Electric Membership Corporation reported an average of 47 minutes without power per customer and 0.63 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 75 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Union Electric Membership Corporation had about 80 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The North Carolina figure across its utilities was 145 minutes. One interruption lasting 75 minutes and 0.63 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 47 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.

• Time-of-use pricing. Union Electric Membership Corporation reports a residential time-of-use pricing program in its 2025 EIA filing, with about 139 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 652 residential net-metered systems on the Union Electric Membership Corporation grid in 2025, with 5.4 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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Union Electric Membership Corporation is an electric cooperative based in North Carolina.

Of the 48 utilities listed for North Carolina, Union Electric Membership Corporation is the 5th largest by homes, at roughly 1.7% of the state total. At $169.85 a month, an average Union Electric Membership Corporation home pays about $285 a year more than the North Carolina average of $146.14, and uses 176 kWh a month more. Union Electric Membership Corporation lists distribution equipment in 5 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 652 of its residential customers use net metering, or 7.5 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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