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Rutherford Elec Member Corp
Rutherford Elec Member Corp served 72,060 residential customers in North Carolina in 2025 (1.4% of the state's residential customers), the 10th largest of 54 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority DUK.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Rutherford Elec Member Corp's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,144 kWh
- At 13.02¢/kWh
- $149
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.02¢ sits.
Rutherford Elec Member Corp averaged 13.02¢ per kWh against a North Carolina residential average of 14.02¢: 7.1% below the state figure. Among the 29 cooperative utilities in North Carolina with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Rutherford Elec Member Corp home used 1,142 kWh a month at 11.42¢ and paid $130. In 2025 it used 1,144 kWh at 13.02¢ and paid $149: the price per kWh is up 14%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 11.42 | 13.02 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,142 | 1,144 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 130.45 | 148.99 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 72,060 | 989,277 | 13.02 |
| Commercial | 5,677 | 187,357 | 12.28 |
| Industrial | 40 | 208,406 | 7.8 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 71.4% of the electricity Rutherford Elec Member Corp sold in North Carolina in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
437 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 437installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 3.3 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 6.1installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
10 counties.
BurkeCaldwellCatawbaClevelandGastonLincolnMcDowellMitchellPolkRutherford
Counties in North Carolina where Rutherford Elec Member Corp reported serving customers in 2025 (10 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 16496
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.02 | ¢/kWh |
| North Carolina average price | 14.02 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -7.1 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 14.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,144 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 148.99 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 72,060 | accounts |
| Share of NC residential customers | 1.4 | % |
| Size rank in NC | 10 of 54 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 4 of 29 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
North Carolina: state average, five-year steps and every provider