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Palmetto Electric Coop Inc
Palmetto Electric Coop Inc served 69,848 residential customers in South Carolina in 2025 (2.7% of the state's residential customers), the 7th largest of 29 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority SC.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Palmetto Electric Coop Inc's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,210 kWh
- At 14.39¢/kWh
- $174
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 14.39¢ sits.
Palmetto Electric Coop Inc averaged 14.39¢ per kWh against a South Carolina residential average of 14.96¢: 3.8% below the state figure. Among the 18 cooperative utilities in South Carolina with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Palmetto Electric Coop Inc home used 1,215 kWh a month at 11.71¢ and paid $142. In 2025 it used 1,210 kWh at 14.39¢ and paid $174: the price per kWh is up 22.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 11.71 | 14.39 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,215 | 1,210 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 142.29 | 174.22 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 69,848 | 1,014,528 | 14.39 |
| Commercial | 11,990 | 473,134 | 13.56 |
| Industrial | 25 | 91,706 | 10.23 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 64.2% of the electricity Palmetto Electric Coop Inc sold in South Carolina in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
271 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 271installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 2.4 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 3.9installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
4 counties.
AllendaleBeaufortHamptonJasper
Counties in South Carolina where Palmetto Electric Coop Inc reported serving customers in 2025 (4 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 14398
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 14.39 | ¢/kWh |
| South Carolina average price | 14.96 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -3.8 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 22.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,210 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 174.22 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 69,848 | accounts |
| Share of SC residential customers | 2.7 | % |
| Size rank in SC | 7 of 29 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 4 of 18 | 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.
South Carolina: state average, five-year steps and every provider