Electricity and gas prices in North Carolina

Households in North Carolina paid an average of 14.74¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $30.10 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 41st highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$30.55
Heat pump at COP 3.0$14.40
Heat pump at COP 2.0$21.60
Electric resistance$43.20

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in North Carolina

Five years of prices

July 202111.38¢
October 202112.10¢
January 202210.52¢
April 202211.80¢
July 202211.52¢
October 202212.97¢
January 202312.37¢
April 202312.91¢
July 202312.39¢
October 202314.40¢
January 202412.84¢
April 202414.72¢
July 202413.67¢
October 202415.23¢
January 202512.51¢
April 202514.53¢
July 202513.37¢
October 202515.05¢
January 202613.68¢
April 202616.25¢

Who sells electricity in North Carolina

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	Investor Owned	1,919,372	13.94¢
Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)	Investor Owned	1,356,079	15.54¢
Adjustment 2024		135,513	14.15¢
Energyunited Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	121,995	11.54¢
Virginia Electric & Power Co	Investor Owned	108,656	13.93¢
Brunswick Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	105,562	13.66¢
Union Electric Membership Corp - (Nc)	Cooperative	84,602	13.37¢
Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	79,690	13.09¢
Fayetteville Public Works Commission	Municipal	75,987	12.21¢
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (Nc)	Cooperative	71,926	14.59¢
Rutherford Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	70,743	13.13¢
Greenville Utilities Comm	Municipal	65,731	11.97¢
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	64,396	12.81¢
Wake Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	53,268	13.42¢
South River Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	45,730	13.30¢
Carteret-Craven El Member Corp	Cooperative	38,858	12.15¢
Town Of High Point	Municipal	38,079	11.63¢
French Broad Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	36,147	14.78¢
City Of Wilson - (Nc)	Municipal	32,078	12.13¢
Randolph Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	31,086	15.91¢
Four County Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	30,807	13.98¢
Piedmont Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	30,334	15.60¢
City Of Concord - (Nc)	Municipal	29,857	11.84¢
Town Of Apex- (Nc)	Municipal	29,289	10.52¢
Haywood Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	29,078	16.60¢
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	28,080	16.06¢
City Of Gastonia - (Nc)	Municipal	27,008	12.40¢
City Of Rocky Mount - (Nc)	Municipal	25,407	12.18¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (Nc)	Cooperative	22,523	12.76¢
Central Electric Membership Corp. - (Nc)	Cooperative	22,071	14.34¢
Tideland Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	21,551	16.18¢
City Of New Bern - (Nc)	Municipal	21,226	12.65¢
Pee Dee Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	19,396	14.77¢
City Of Lexington - (Nc)	Municipal	18,053	11.75¢
Blue Ridge Mountain Emc - (Ga)	Cooperative	15,879	14.05¢
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	15,491	12.51¢
Albemarle Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	12,728	14.47¢
City Of Statesville - (Nc)	Municipal	12,120	11.71¢
Roanoke Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	12,049	21.14¢
City Of Washington - (Nc)	Municipal	11,547	13.01¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.