State peers

Other South Carolina utilities members might otherwise face

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.

Rate comparison

Member price against the state

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, whose customer-weighted average is 14.61¢, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc is close to its own ownership class within the state (+2.2%).

Where this co-op sits on price

Territory and usage

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 - +7.6% against the South Carolina median of 12,722 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,044.

Ownership class peers

Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond South Carolina, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Berkeley Electric Coop Inc in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Berkeley Electric Coop Inc member 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, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

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 and comparing utility costs across states .

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