Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC residential electricity rate

In finalized 2025 EIA-861 data, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC reported an average 13.41¢ per kWh for bundled residential service in North Carolina.

2025 EIA bundled residential average

13.41¢per kWh

Historical annual average—not a current tariff.

EIA derives this average from reported residential revenue and sales. Your actual bill can differ because of current tariffs, fixed charges, taxes, riders, tiers, time-of-use pricing, and other bill components.

Residential customers1,961,1082025 bundled service

Annual use per reported customer11,955 kWhsales ÷ reported customer count

Rate position in North Carolina#27 of 51observed bundled providers with at least 1,000 residential customers, lowest to highest annual average

Reported service territory44 countiesEIA distribution-territory records

What “bundled” means

Supply and delivery are reported together.

We only use a provider headline when EIA reports bundled residential service. That makes the annual figure more complete than an energy-only or delivery-only component, but it still does not reproduce the provider's current rate schedule.

Why this page is in the reviewed cohort

Observed data with a reported territory.

This page met our publication criteria for bundled service, observed data, customer scale, a valid price, and county service-territory coverage. We then selected this provider/state pair for the smaller curated utility cohort.

Simple cost examples

What 13.41¢/kWh implies at common usage levels

500 kWh$67

1,000 kWh$134

1,500 kWh$201

These examples multiply usage by the historical annual average. They are not predictions of a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC bill.

Newer state context

North Carolina's latest monthly residential average is 15.16¢/kWh.

That statewide figure is from July 2026, while the provider figure above is a 2025 annual average. The periods and populations differ, so this is context rather than a direct tariff comparison. See the North Carolina rate page →

Reported service territory

Counties associated with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC in North Carolina

Alamance CountyAlexander CountyAnson CountyBuncombe CountyBurke CountyCabarrus CountyCaldwell CountyCaswell CountyCatawba CountyChatham CountyCherokee CountyClay CountyCleveland CountyDavidson CountyDavie CountyDurham CountyForsyth CountyGaston CountyGraham CountyGranville CountyGuilford CountyHenderson CountyIredell CountyJackson CountyLincoln CountyMacon CountyMcDowell CountyMecklenburg CountyOrange CountyPerson CountyPolk CountyRandolph CountyRockingham CountyRowan CountyRutherford CountyStanly CountyStokes CountySurry CountySwain CountyTransylvania CountyUnion CountyWake CountyWilkes CountyYadkin County

A county appearing in EIA's service-territory file does not mean every address in that county is served by this utility.

Utility details

Investor Owned

EIA utility ID: 5416
Balancing authority: DUK
NERC / RTO: SERC, Alt Fuel Vehicle, Alt Fuel Vehicle 2, Bundled, Buying Transmission, Distribution, Generation, Other, Transmission, Wholesale Marketing
Residential sales: 23,445,019 MWh

Source and verification