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Electric utilities serving Bertie County, North Carolina

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

4 utilities list Bertie County, North Carolina, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Virginia Electric & Power Co, Roanoke Electric Member Corp and Edgecombe-Martin County E M C.

Their average residential prices ran from 13.93¢ to 21.14¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 16.06¢, against a North Carolina average of 14.13¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its North Carolina customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 126.6 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all North Carolina utilities reporting was 154.9.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 17,086. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.

4utilities list the county1 on EIA's short form
16.06¢median of their residential pricesNorth Carolina 14.13¢ · US 16.48¢
$182.52median of their monthly billsNorth Carolina $143.50
126.6median SAIDI minutes, all eventsNorth Carolina median 154.9

Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole North Carolina operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Virginia Electric & Power CoInvestor-owned108,65613.93¢$167.28167.0100.2
Roanoke Electric Member CorpCooperative12,04921.14¢$240.29126.6108.0
Edgecombe-Martin County E M CCooperative10,71616.06¢$182.52113.483.1
Town of Windsor short formMunicipal1,729————

Ordered by residential customers in North Carolina. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Town of Windsor 11.99¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.

Against the state and the country

Measure, 2024Utilities listing Bertie CountyNorth CarolinaUnited States
Average residential price per kWh16.06¢ median14.13¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$182.52 median$143.50$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)126.6 median154.9 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days100.2 median83.1 median99.8 median
Utilities counted4541,413

Outage minutes reported

Virginia Electric & Power Co167 min
Roanoke Electric Member Corp126.6 min
Edgecombe-Martin County E M C113.4 min

SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Bertie County itself.

Population: 17,086 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,514 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Bertie County?

Virginia Electric & Power Co, Roanoke Electric Member Corp, Edgecombe-Martin County E M C and Town of Windsor list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.

What is the electricity price in Bertie County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.93¢ to 21.14¢ per kilowatthour across their North Carolina customers in 2024; the state average was 14.13¢.

How reliable is power in Bertie County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 126.6 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 100.2 minutes excluding them.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.