Electric

Electric matters are handled by the Public Staff Energy Division, which represents the public in matters brought before the Utilities Commission involving electric providers. These matters encompass rates and tariffs, energy efficiency program approval and performance, generation plant siting, transmission line siting, power plant operations, fuel procurement, quality of service, and mergers and acquisitions.

In addition, the Energy Division also provides technical evaluations and recommendations to the Utilities Commission involving renewable energy and energy efficiency portfolio standard (REPS) compliance and electric resellers among other issues.

The Energy Division can be reached at 919-733-2267 or PSNCUC.Electric@psncuc.nc.gov

Electric Utility Rate Schedules including Service Regulations and Line Extension Plans

Duke Energy To switch between the rate schedules for Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress, select the state location marker at the top left corner of the website. Next, select the map of North Carolina, and then choose the lighter map area for Duke Energy Carolinas rates, or the darker area for Duke Energy Progress rates.
Dominion Energy North Carolina [Residential] [Non-Residential]

Bill Comparison for North Carolina's Electric Utilities

The three largest investor-owned electric utilities in North Carolina are Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Carolinas, and Dominion Energy North Carolina. These companies provide electric service to customers in assigned service territories according to rates (or tariffs) approved by the Utilities Commission. These rates include various components that comprise the total bill such as customer charge, demand charge, energy charge, fuel charge, renewable energy charge, and energy efficiency charge.

Below are examples of total bills (excluding sales tax) for various customer classes at various levels of demand and energy use. These examples serve only as representative bills.¹ Other tariffs are available for the customer to take advantage of special time-of-use rates offered by each company.

Duke Energy Progress
Effective 1-1-2019
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Summer Bill	Winter Bill
Residential	RES	n/a	300	48.02	46.61
		n/a	500	69.76	67.40
		n/a	1,000	124.10	119.37
		n/a	1,500	178.44	171.35
		n/a	2,000	232.78	223.32
Commercial	SGS Single-Phase Commercial or Governmental	5	360	70.53
		10	720	112.10
		25	1,800	219.27
Industrial	MGS Three-Phase Industrial or Public Authority	50	18,000	1,755.57
		100	36,000	3,400.47
		500	72,000	8,535.27
		1,250	450,000	42,784.67
Industrial	LGS Industrial or Public Authority	1,500	540,000	51,286.97
		5,000	1,800,000	170,319.17
		10,000	3,600,000	335,365.17
		25,000	9,000,000	815,503.17
		50,000	18,000,000	1,615,733.17

Duke Energy Carolinas
Effective 1-1-2019
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Bill
Residential	RS (NC)	n/a	300	41.65
		n/a	500	60.04
		n/a	1,000	106.02
		n/a	1,500	151.99
		n/a	2,000	197.97
Commercial	SGS (NC)	5	360	62.35
		10	720	104.27
		25	1,800	230.05
		50	18,000	1,407.30
Commercial	LGS (NC)	100	36,000	2,814.58
		500	72,000	7,152.82
		1,250	450,000	38,280.25
Industrial	I (NC)	1,500	540,000	39,806.41
		5,000	1,800,000	131,482.36
		10,000	3,600,000	262,448.01
		25,000	9,000,000	655,344.96
		50,000	18,000,000	1,310,173.21

Dominion Energy North Carolina
Effective 2-1-2019
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Summer Bill	Winter Bill
Residential	Schedule 1	n/a	300	46.29	41.81
		n/a	500	69.56	62.10
		n/a	1,000	127.72	112.80
		n/a	1,500	185.89	163.51
		n/a	2,000	244.05	214.21
Commercial	Schedule 5	5	360	59.75	56.93
		10	720	97.35	91.70
		25	1,800	209.43	195.33
		50	18,000	1,691.78	1,552.27
		100	36,000	3,272.87	2,994.50
Industrial	Schedule 6P	500	72,000	11,607.94
		1,250	450,000	41,210.28
		1,500	540,000	49,432.70
		5,000	1,800,000	161,886.55
		10,000	3,600,000	323,674.90
		25,000	9,000,000	809,039.98
		50,000	18,000,000	1,617,981.76

Note 1: Billing under non-residential schedules may vary because of contract demand, demand relative to other months, minimum or maximum demand provisions, and energy usage during on-peak versus off-peak periods. Billing under these schedules may also be subject to minimum monthly charges, additional charges for three-phase service and additional charges due to a power factor less than 0.85.