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Electric utilities serving Bladen 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.
Bladen County, North Carolina, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 4 utilities for 2024; Duke Energy Progress, Brunswick Electric Member Corp and South River Elec Member Corp are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 13.30¢ to 15.54¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 13.82¢, 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 86.4 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 30,007. 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.
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
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress | Investor-owned | 1,356,079 | 15.54¢ | $156.39 | 1,803.1 | 141.4 |
| Brunswick Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 105,562 | 13.66¢ | $130.77 | 44.5 | 31.2 |
| South River Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 45,730 | 13.30¢ | $167.20 | 95.3 | 47.3 |
| Four County Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 30,807 | 13.98¢ | $173.82 | 77.4 | 77.4 |
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. 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, 2024 | Utilities listing Bladen County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 13.82¢ median | 14.13¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $161.79 median | $143.50 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 86.4 median | 154.9 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 62.4 median | 83.1 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 4 | 54 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
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 Bladen County itself.
Population: 30,007 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,514 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other North Carolina counties
- Alleghany County 1
- Anson County 3
- Ashe County 1
- Avery County 3
- Beaufort County 6
- Bertie County 4
- Brunswick County 4
- Buncombe County 4
- Burke County 5
- Cabarrus County 5
- Caldwell County 5
- Camden County 2
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Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Bladen County?
Duke Energy Progress, Brunswick Electric Member Corp, South River Elec Member Corp and Four County Elec Member Corp 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 Bladen County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.30¢ to 15.54¢ per kilowatthour across their North Carolina customers in 2024; the state average was 14.13¢.
How reliable is power in Bladen County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 86.4 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 62.4 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.