Electric Section

Electric matters are handled primarily by engineers in the Electric Section, which represents the public in regulated electric utility matters brought before the Utilities Commission. These matters encompass the following areas: rates and tariffs; energy efficiency program approval and performance; renewable energy; generation plant siting; transmission line siting; power plant operations; fuel procurement; electric resellers; quality of service; and mergers and acquisitions.

The regulated electric utilities in North Carolina are: Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Dominion Energy North Carolina, New River Light and Power, and Western Carolina University.

Electric Membership Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Providers are not regulated by the Commission. For issues with electric membership cooperatives, contact the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation at 919-872-0800 or 800-662-8835 or the North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority at 919-814-4696. For issues with municipal electric providers, contact ElectriCities of North Carolina at 919-760-6353.

The Electric Section can be reached at 919-733-2267 or EnergyDivision@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 of the website.
Dominion Energy North Carolina.

Bill Comparison for North Carolina's Electric Utilities

The three largest investor-owned electric utilities in North Carolina are Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Carolina's, 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 bills¹. Other tariffs are available for the customer to take advantage of special time-of-use rates offered by each company.

Please see Bill Comparisons²table below.

Duke Energy Progress
Effective 1-1-2022
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Summer Bill	Winter Bill
Residential	RES-71 Single-Phase	n/a	300	$49.32	$47.82
		n/a	500	$71.93	$69.42
		n/a	1,000	$128.44	$123.43
		n/a	1,500	$184.96	$177.44
		n/a	2,000	$241.47	$231.45
Commercial	SGS-71 Single-Phase Commercial or Governmental	5	360	$70.08
		10	720	$111.76
		25	1,800	$218.27
Industrial	MGS-71 Three-Phase Industrial or Public Authority	50	18,000	$1,734.58
		100	36,000	$3,384.24
		500	72,000	$8,765.56
		1,250	450,000	$42,761.92
Industrial	LGS-71 Industrial or Public Authority	1,500	540,000	$51,264.42
		5,000	1,800,000	$170,299.42
		10,000	3,600,000	$335,349.42
		25,000	9,000,000	$815,499.42
		50,000	18,000,000	$1,615,749.42

Detail for Rate Schedules RES & SGS
Individual Rate Element³	Residential RES-71		Commercial SGS-71
Individual Rate Element³	Summer Bill	Winter Bill	Commercial SGS-71
Basic Customer Charge per month	$14.00	$14.00	$21.00
Demand Charge per kW	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule RES	$0.10103	$0.09602
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule SGS
For the first 750 kWh			$0.10514
For the next 1,250 kWh			$0.08749
For all additional kWh			$0.08269
Three-Phase Service Adder per month (excluded for single-phase service)	$7.00	$7.00	$7.00
Fuel Adjustment Charge per kWh	$0.00291	$0.00291	$0.00171
Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency Charge per kWh	$0.00721	$0.00721	$0.00731
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) Charge per month	$1.41	$1.41	$7.40
Competitive Procurement of Renewable Energy Charge per kWh	$0.00013	$0.00013	$0.00014
Joint Agency Asset Rider Charge per kWh	$0.00482	$0.00482	$0.00462
Storm Securitization Charge per kWh	$0.00244	$0.00244	$0.00263
Excess Deferred Income Tax Charge per kWh	-$0.00558	-$0.00558	-$0.00584
Regulatory Asset and Liability Charge per kWh	$0.00007	$0.00007	$0.00007

Duke Energy Carolinas
Effective 1-1-2022
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Bill
Residential	RS (NC)	n/a	300	$42.06
		n/a	500	$60.14
		n/a	1,000	$105.34
		n/a	1,500	$150.53
		n/a	2,000	$195.73
Commercial	SGS (NC)	5	360	$65.56
		10	720	$106.49
		25	1,800	$229.42
		50	18,000	$1,316.23
Commercial	LGS (NC)	100	36,000	$2,643.35
		500	72,000	$6,874.95
		1,250	450,000	$35,789.33
Industrial	I (NC)	1,500	540,000	$36,773.68
		5,000	1,800,000	$121,247.05
		10,000	3,600,000	$241,923.28
		25,000	9,000,000	$603,951.99
		50,000	18,000,000	$1,207,333.16

Detail for Rate Schedules RES & SGS
Individual Rate Element³	Residential RS	Commercial SGS
Basic Customer Charge per month	$14.00	$19.39
Demand Charge per kW for the first 30 kW	$0.00	$0.00
Demand Charge per kW for all over 30 kW	$0.00	$3.9955
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule RS	$0.093826
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule SGS
For the First 125 kWh per kW Billing Demand
For the first 3,000 kWh		$0.113739
For the next 6,000 kWh		$0.067296
For all over 9,000 kWh		$0.066819
For the Next 275 kWh per kW Billing Demand
For the first 3,000 kWh		$0.062289
For the next 6,000 kWh		$0.054129
For all over 9,000 kWh		$0.051732
For all kWh Over 400 kWh per kW Billing Demand		$0.050391
Fuel Adjustment Charge per kWh	-$0.001014	-$0.000212
Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency Charge per kWh	$0.004752	$0.005267
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) Charge per month	$0.94	$5.14
Competitive Procurement of Renewable Energy Charge per kWh	$0.000238	$0.000224
Storm Securitization Charge per kWh	$0.000493	$0.000137
Excess Deferred Income Tax Charge per kWh	-$0.007785	-$0.005074
Bulk Power Marketing Charge per kWh	-$0.000114	-$0.000114

Dominion Energy North Carolina
Effective 2-1-2022
Customer Class	Rate Schedule	Demand (kW)	Energy (kWh)	Summer Bill	Winter Bill
Residential	Schedule 1	n/a	300	$44.44	$40.09
		n/a	500	$66.79	$59.53
		n/a	1,000	$122.65	$108.14
		n/a	1,500	$178.52	$156.75
		n/a	2,000	$234.39	$205.36
Commercial	Schedule 5	5	360	$55.53	$52.83
		10	720	$90.76	$85.36
		25	1,800	$195.75	$182.25
		50	18,000	$1,580.28	$1,446.72
		100	36,000	$3,055.54	$2,789.03
Industrial	Schedule 6P	500	72,000	$10,962.29
		1,250	450,000	$38,469.91
		1,500	540,000	$46,146.27
		5,000	1,800,000	$151,065.34
		10,000	3,600,000	$302,042.59
		25,000	9,000,000	$754,974.32
		50,000	18,000,000	$1,509,860.54

Detail for Rate Schedules 1 & 5
Individual Rate Element³	Residential Schedule 1		Commercial Schedule 5
Individual Rate Element³	Summer Bill	Winter Bill	Summer Bill	Winter Bill
Basic Customer Charge per month	$10.67	$10.67	$18.93	$18.93
Demand Charge per kW for the first 100 kW	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Demand Charge per kW for all over 100 kW	$0.00	$0.00	$3.46	$3.46
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule 1	$0.108312	$0.093796
Base Energy Charge per kWh for Schedule 5
For the first 800 kWh			$0.094529	$0.087024
For the next 2,200 kWh, add 200 kWh for each kW of demand over 10 through 30 kW and add 100kWh for each kW of demand over 30 kW			$0.093823	$0.086328
Additional kWh			$0.072780	$0.065436
Fuel Adjustment Charge per kWh	$0.002344	$0.002344	$0.002347	$0.002347
Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency Charge per kWh	$0.001078	$0.001078	$0.000986	$0.000986
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) Charge per month	$0.25	$0.25	$1.37	$1.37

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.

Note 2: The Bill Comparison tables are updated annually following the adjustment to each utility’s annual cost riders.

Note 3: To calculate a bill, all Individual Rate Elements should be added to the bill total.