Berkeley Electric Coop Inc Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 31 utilities reporting residential rates in South Carolina, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc comes 20th of 31. The state's range runs from Greenwood CPW at 9.04¢ to Sunnova at 23.13¢, so where a household sits inside South Carolina depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 17 other cooperative utilities reporting in South Carolina, which averaged 15.18¢, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc is close to its own ownership class within the state (-1.6%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 31 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Berkeley Electric Coop Inc reported 115.1K residential customers, ranking 5th of 31 utilities in South Carolina by customers served and covering 4.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,684 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $2,044.

Within South Carolina the median reporting utility sells about 12,722 kWh per customer, so Berkeley Electric Coop Inc customers use +7.6% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.

Every utility reporting in South Carolina

All 31 utilities reporting bundled residential service in South Carolina, largest first, with Berkeley Electric Coop Inc marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in South Carolina.

Common questions about Berkeley Electric Coop Inc rates

How much does Berkeley Electric Coop Inc charge per kWh?

Berkeley Electric Coop Inc reported an average residential price of 14.93¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Berkeley Electric Coop Inc expensive compared with the rest of South Carolina?

Its average residential price is close to the South Carolina customer-weighted average of 14.17¢ per kWh, a difference of +5.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 31 utilities reporting residential service in South Carolina.

What is the average electricity bill for Berkeley Electric Coop Inc customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,684 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,044 a year, or about $170 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Berkeley Electric Coop Inc?

EIA classifies Berkeley Electric Coop Inc as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, Cooperative utilities averaged 14.14¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.