North Carolina · Investor Owned

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

15.54¢
Avg residential price / kWh
1.4M
Residential customers
+9.8%
vs North Carolina average
$1,877
Implied avg annual bill

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) charged an average of 15.54¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - above the North Carolina average and close to the US average.

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is above the North Carolina customer-weighted average (+9.8%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 12,075 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 55 utilities reporting residential rates in North Carolina, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) comes 46th of 55. The state's range runs from Town of Apex- (NC) at 10.52¢ to Roanoke Electric Member Corp at 21.14¢, so where a household sits inside North Carolina depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in North Carolina, which averaged 13.94¢, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) is above its own ownership class within the state (+11.5%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 55 reporting utilities.

Where Duke Energy Progress - (NC) sits among North Carolina utilities

2024 average residential price across the 55 utilities reporting a rate in North Carolina

15.54¢/kWh 17th affordability percentile More affordable than 17% of 54 other utilities

Duke Energy Progress - (NC)

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Duke Energy Progress - (NC) 15.54¢ -
North Carolina (customer-weighted, 55 utilities) 14.15¢ +9.8%
United States average 16.48¢ -5.7%
Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) 17.36¢ -10.5%

Rate against consumption: North Carolina utilities

Each dot is one of the 55 North Carolina utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Duke Energy Progress - (NC) is highlighted. In North Carolina the cheapest rate belongs to Town of Apex- (NC) (10.52¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to New River Light & Power Co ($1,070) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 55 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 55 North Carolina utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Duke Energy Progress - (NC) is highlighted. In North Carolina the cheapest rate belongs to Town of Apex- (NC) (10.52¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to New River Light & Power Co ($1,070) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Scale and consumption

Duke Energy Progress - (NC) reported 1.4M residential customers, ranking 2nd of 55 utilities in North Carolina by customers served and covering 27.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,075 kWh per customer per year - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,877.

Within North Carolina the median reporting utility sells about 12,306 kWh per customer, so Duke Energy Progress - (NC) customers use -1.9% 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 North Carolina

All 55 utilities reporting bundled residential service in North Carolina, largest first, with Duke Energy Progress - (NC) marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in North Carolina, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Investor Owned 1.9M 13.94¢
Duke Energy Progress - (NC) (this page) Investor Owned 1.4M 15.54¢
EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp Cooperative 122.0K 11.54¢
Virginia Electric & Power Co Investor Owned 108.7K 13.93¢
Brunswick Electric Member Corp Cooperative 105.6K 13.66¢
Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC) Cooperative 84.6K 13.37¢
Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp Cooperative 79.7K 13.09¢
Fayetteville Public Works Commission Municipal 76.0K 12.21¢
Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) Cooperative 71.9K 14.59¢
Rutherford Elec Member Corp Cooperative 70.7K 13.13¢
Greenville Utilities Comm Municipal 65.7K 11.97¢
Lumbee River Elec Member Corp Cooperative 64.4K 12.81¢
Wake Electric Membership Corp Cooperative 53.3K 13.42¢
South River Elec Member Corp Cooperative 45.7K 13.30¢
Carteret-Craven El Member Corp Cooperative 38.9K 12.15¢
Town of High Point Municipal 38.1K 11.63¢
French Broad Elec Member Corp Cooperative 36.1K 14.78¢
City of Wilson - (NC) Municipal 32.1K 12.13¢
Randolph Electric Member Corp Cooperative 31.1K 15.91¢
Four County Elec Member Corp Cooperative 30.8K 13.98¢
Piedmont Electric Member Corp Cooperative 30.3K 15.60¢
City of Concord - (NC) Municipal 29.9K 11.84¢
Town of Apex- (NC) Municipal 29.3K 10.52¢
Haywood Electric Member Corp Cooperative 29.1K 16.60¢
Surry-Yadkin Elec Member Corp Cooperative 28.1K 16.06¢
City of Gastonia - (NC) Municipal 27.0K 12.40¢
City of Rocky Mount - (NC) Municipal 25.4K 12.18¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) Cooperative 22.5K 12.76¢
Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC) Cooperative 22.1K 14.34¢
Tideland Electric Member Corp Cooperative 21.6K 16.18¢
City of New Bern - (NC) Municipal 21.2K 12.65¢
Pee Dee Electric Member Corp Cooperative 19.4K 14.77¢
City of Lexington - (NC) Municipal 18.1K 11.75¢
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - (GA) Cooperative 15.9K 14.05¢
Mountain Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 15.5K 12.51¢
Albemarle Electric Member Corp Cooperative 12.7K 14.47¢
City of Statesville - (NC) Municipal 12.1K 11.71¢
Roanoke Electric Member Corp Cooperative 12.0K 21.14¢
City of Washington - (NC) Municipal 11.5K 13.01¢
City of Elizabeth City - (NC) Municipal 11.4K 11.76¢
City of Albemarle - (NC) Municipal 11.2K 10.85¢
Edgecombe-Martin County E M C Cooperative 10.7K 16.06¢
City of Monroe - (NC) Municipal 10.5K 12.28¢
City of Kinston - (NC) Municipal 10.0K 13.07¢
City of Lumberton - (NC) Municipal 10.0K 13.83¢
Town of Huntersville - (NC) Municipal 8.1K 12.12¢
New River Light & Power Co State 7.2K 12.45¢
City of Morganton - (NC) Municipal 7.1K 10.67¢
Town of Tarboro - (NC) Municipal 5.6K 13.56¢
Town of Murphy - (NC) Municipal 3.7K 12.85¢
Tri-State Electric Member Corp Cooperative 1.6K 14.68¢
Broad River Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 482 15.62¢
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Cooperative 135 14.40¢
York Electric Coop Inc Cooperative 15 12.35¢
Palmetto Solar, LLC Behind the Meter 10 15.61¢

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

Common questions about Duke Energy Progress - (NC) rates

How much does Duke Energy Progress - (NC) charge per kWh?
Duke Energy Progress - (NC) reported an average residential price of 15.54¢ 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 Duke Energy Progress - (NC) expensive compared with the rest of North Carolina?
Its average residential price is above the North Carolina customer-weighted average of 14.15¢ per kWh, a difference of +9.8%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 55 utilities reporting residential service in North Carolina.
What is the average electricity bill for Duke Energy Progress - (NC) customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,075 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,877 a year, or about $156 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Duke Energy Progress - (NC)?
EIA classifies Duke Energy Progress - (NC) as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ 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.

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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.