North Carolina electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
15.09¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$2.66
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How North Carolina compares
At 15.09¢ per kWh, North Carolina is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 17th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical North Carolina household uses
Electricity a month
1,036 kWh
Bill a month
$150
Households in North Carolina use 20% more electricity than the national average and end up with a bill close to it. Cheap power absorbs most of that: the meter turns faster here, but at 15.09¢ each unit costs less than it does nationally. The climate is fairly balanced — 3,300 heating degree days against 1,600 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
Averaged over twelve months across 5,234,180 residential accounts in North Carolina. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
North Carolina sees around 70 freezing nights a year. Whether a heat pump beats a furnace here depends on the gap between those two prices above — not on the equipment.
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