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Wake Electric Membership Corp
Wake Electric Membership Corp served 56,069 residential customers in North Carolina in 2025 (1.1% of the state's residential customers), the 13th largest of 54 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority CPLE.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Wake Electric Membership Corp's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,122 kWh
- At 14.29¢/kWh
- $160
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 14.29¢ sits.
Wake Electric Membership Corp averaged 14.29¢ per kWh against a North Carolina residential average of 14.02¢: 1.9% above the state figure. Among the 29 cooperative utilities in North Carolina with bundled residential sales, it ranks 11th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Wake Electric Membership Corp home used 1,145 kWh a month at 12.24¢ and paid $140. In 2025 it used 1,122 kWh at 14.29¢ and paid $160: the price per kWh is up 16.7%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.24 | 14.29 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,145 | 1,122 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 140.1 | 160.31 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 56,069 | 755,003 | 14.29 |
| Commercial | 2,915 | 128,959 | 11.43 |
| Industrial | 3 | 49,011 | 4.99 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 80.9% of the electricity Wake Electric Membership Corp sold in North Carolina in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
792 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 792installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 5.5 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 14.1installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
DurhamFranklinGranvilleJohnstonNashVanceWake
Counties in North Carolina where Wake Electric Membership Corp reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 19981
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 14.29 | ¢/kWh |
| North Carolina average price | 14.02 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 1.9 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 16.7 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,122 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 160.31 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 56,069 | accounts |
| Share of NC residential customers | 1.1 | % |
| Size rank in NC | 13 of 54 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 11 of 29 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
2 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 2more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $22.50US 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