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Berkeley Electric Coop Inc
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc served 119,545 residential customers in South Carolina in 2025 (4.5% of the state's residential customers), the 5th largest of 29 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority SC.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,149 kWh
- At 16.32¢/kWh
- $187
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 16.32¢ sits.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc averaged 16.32¢ per kWh against a South Carolina residential average of 14.96¢: 9.1% above the state figure. Among the 18 cooperative utilities in South Carolina with bundled residential sales, it ranks 8th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Berkeley Electric Coop Inc home used 1,208 kWh a month at 13.37¢ and paid $161. In 2025 it used 1,149 kWh at 16.32¢ and paid $187: the price per kWh is up 22.1%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.37 | 16.32 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,208 | 1,149 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 161.46 | 187.48 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 119,545 | 1,647,887 | 16.32 |
| Commercial | 18,519 | 3,750,894 | 8.27 |
| Industrial | 9 | 37,343 | 12.71 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 30.3% of the electricity Berkeley Electric Coop Inc sold in South Carolina in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,983 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,983installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 12.6 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 16.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
3 counties.
BerkeleyCharlestonDorchester
Counties in South Carolina where Berkeley Electric Coop Inc reported serving customers in 2025 (3 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 1613
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 16.32 | ¢/kWh |
| South Carolina average price | 14.96 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 9.1 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 22.1 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,149 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 187.48 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 119,545 | accounts |
| Share of SC residential customers | 4.5 | % |
| Size rank in SC | 5 of 29 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 8 of 18 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
1 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 1more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
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.
South Carolina: state average, five-year steps and every provider