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Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) served 72,320 residential customers in North Carolina in 2025 (1.4% of the state's residential customers), the 9th largest of 54 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority DUK.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)'s average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 904 kWh
- At 14.92¢/kWh
- $135
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 14.92¢ sits.
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) averaged 14.92¢ per kWh against a North Carolina residential average of 14.02¢: 6.4% above the state figure. Among the 29 cooperative utilities in North Carolina with bundled residential sales, it ranks 15th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) home used 886 kWh a month at 12.86¢ and paid $114. In 2025 it used 904 kWh at 14.92¢ and paid $135: the price per kWh is up 16%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.86 | 14.92 |
| Use, kWh a month | 886 | 904 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 114.0 | 134.77 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 72,320 | 784,121 | 14.92 |
| Commercial | 8,848 | 268,622 | 12.3 |
| Industrial | 7 | 101,258 | 7.53 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 67.9% of the electricity Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) sold in North Carolina in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
377 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 377installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 3.2 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 5.2installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
AlexanderAlleghanyAsheAveryCaldwellWataugaWilkes
Counties in North Carolina where Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 1889
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 14.92 | ¢/kWh |
| North Carolina average price | 14.02 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 6.4 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 16.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 904 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 134.77 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 72,320 | accounts |
| Share of NC residential customers | 1.4 | % |
| Size rank in NC | 9 of 54 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 15 of 29 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
5 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 1more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 4price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $32.91US dollars per month
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.
North Carolina: state average, five-year steps and every provider