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South Carolina Electricity Utilities & Rates

48 electric utilities serve South Carolina · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities
48
Customers
3,135,199
Electricity sold
86,611 GWh
Residential rate (2025)
15.12¢
Avg residential bill
$161/mo
Residential price (August 2026)
15.76¢

Average South Carolina electricity prices, 2025

Customer classAvg priceAvg monthly useAvg monthly bill
Residential15.12¢1,066 kWh$161.21
Commercial11.18¢5,389 kWh$602.46
Industrial7.26¢582,327 kWh$42,287.08

EIA Form 861 average-bill tables for 2025: total class revenue divided by sales and customers as filed. Prices are average realized rates, blending fixed and variable charges - not any single tariff.

Latest monthly prices (EIA-861M, preliminary)

PeriodResidentialCommercialIndustrialAll sectors
August 202615.76¢11.76¢7.88¢12.46¢
2026 year-to-date15.90¢11.86¢7.86¢12.34¢

Electric utilities serving South Carolina

UtilityOwnershipCustomers in stateSales (GWh)Residential rate
Dominion Energy South Carolina, IncInvestor Owned824,27021,77116.41¢
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCInvestor Owned687,54221,63613.47¢
South Carolina Public Service AuthorityState219,89710,27612.91¢
Duke Energy Progress - (NC)Investor Owned176,8255,86514.09¢
Berkeley Electric Coop IncCooperative138,0735,43616.32¢
Horry Electric Coop IncCooperative103,9491,44713.83¢
Palmetto Electric Coop IncCooperative81,8631,57914.39¢
Adjustment 202580,7381,51616.33¢
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)Cooperative74,0141,18219.82¢
York Electric Coop IncCooperative71,5221,20613.68¢
Laurens Electric Coop, IncCooperative66,1921,17815.62¢
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop IncCooperative61,1961,05716.83¢
Aiken Electric Coop IncCooperative54,2551,04317.51¢
Santee Electric Coop, IncCooperative45,1101,16316.39¢
City of Rock Hill - (SC)Municipal40,72986012.34¢
MPD Electric CooperativeCooperative38,9051,54113.73¢
Black River Electric Coop, Inc - (SC)Cooperative35,11673715.14¢
Fairfield Electric Coop, IncCooperative34,91268015.60¢
Greer Commission of Public WksMunicipal27,61245012.81¢
Broad River Electric Coop, IncCooperative24,86244017.16¢
City of Orangeburg - (SC)Municipal24,57271115.18¢
Lynches River Elec Coop, IncCooperative22,72148316.34¢
Edisto Electric Coop, IncCooperative21,49537018.99¢
Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC)Cooperative18,48830719.94¢
Easley Combined Utility SystemMunicipal17,67430712.81¢
Little River Electric Coop IncCooperative15,581200—
Greenwood CPWMunicipal14,6792859.97¢
Newberry Electric Coop, IncCooperative13,99043117.06¢
Coastal Electric Coop, Inc - (SC)Cooperative12,337193—
City of CamdenMunicipal11,760183—
City of Seneca - (SC)Municipal8,294144—
City of Gaffney - (SC)Municipal7,64921312.32¢
Sunrun Inc.Behind the Meter7,10264.317.77¢
City of Union - (SC)Municipal6,985125—
Lockhart Power CoInvestor Owned6,33971714.23¢
City of Laurens - (SC)Municipal5,512110—
City of Newberry - (SC)Municipal5,458162—
City of Georgetown - (SC)Municipal5,241132—
City of Bennettsville - (SC)Municipal4,77278.5—
Clinton Combined Utility SysMunicipal4,504103—
City of Abbeville - (SC)Municipal3,56358.1—
Town of Winnsboro - (SC)Municipal3,16160.9—
Bamberg Board of Public WorksMunicipal1,78338.8—
City of Westminster - (SC)Municipal1,53224.3—
Town of McCormick - (SC)Municipal1,06617.0—
Town of Prosperity - (SC)Municipal84911.9—
City of Due West - (SC)Municipal49614.6—
Haywood Electric Member CorpCooperative140.118.46¢

Cheapest residential electricity in South Carolina (2025)

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-861 (2025) and EIA-861M (monthly, preliminary).

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