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Berkeley Electric Coop Inc in South Carolina: 14.93 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc is an cooperative utility serving 133,248 customer accounts in South Carolina; 115,117 of them are residential. Its SAIDI went -39% over the filing history, from 146 minutes in 2015 to 89 in 2024.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc: 1,140 kWh a month costs roughly $170 in energy at 14.93 ¢/kWh, +5.0% on the South Carolina average of 14.23 ¢.
Its SAIDI went -39% over the filing history, from 146 minutes in 2015 to 89 in 2024.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc: SAIDI 2015 to 2024
SAIDI since 2015
-39%146 to 89 minutes
Outage time is the clearest story here: 146 minutes in 2015, 89 in 2024 (-39%). The best year was 2024 at 89 and the worst 2016 at 178.
SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.94 interruptions a customer a year, 0.93 times the national median (1.01), with 95 minutes per interruption.
How it compares
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc
14.93 ¢/kWh
7.11 ¢/kWh
$170at 1,140 kWh
89 minSAIDI
South Carolina average against this company, which is 14 of 19 on priceLowest in this table
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc: +9.3% on 2024 for homes, South Carolina +5.1%.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc home price, 2025
16.32 ¢/kWh+9.3% on 2024, early release
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc SAIDI, 2025
93 min+4% on 2024, early release
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc against South Carolina, 2025
+4.2 pointsBerkeley Electric Coop Inc +9.3%, South Carolina +5.1%, price in South Carolina 14.96 ¢
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc: 16.32 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +9.3% from 14.93 ¢; South Carolina as a whole went +5.1%, so Berkeley Electric Coop Inc ran ahead of it by 4.2 points. Its SAIDI is 93 minutes against 89 in 2024.
Carbon context
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc serves 115,117 homes in South Carolina. At 1,140 kWh a month that is about 288 kg of CO₂, or 3,458 kg a year, at the South Carolina plant rate, state generation and not this utility: South Carolina generation mix.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc charts
Residential price since 2015: 14.93 ¢ in 2024
13.00 ¢ in 2015, 14.93 ¢ in 2024 (+14.9%); South Carolina 12.57 to 14.23 ¢.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc billed homes 13.00 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.94 ¢ in 2024, +14.9% in all, and tracked the South Carolina average (+13.2%) within 1.7 points. Berkeley Electric Coop Inc's sharpest move came in 2024, +6.2%. The latest year is the high at 14.94 ¢; the low was 13.00 ¢ (2015). 2024: +6.2% here, +4.0% for the South Carolina average. SAIDI at Berkeley Electric Coop Inc (major events excluded) fell from 146 minutes in 2015 to 89 in 2024, -39%; best year 2024 at 89. Berkeley Electric Coop Inc filed SAIDI under the national median in 3 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 89 minutes, -11 from that year's median. 2016: 2143 minutes with major events, 178 without, the widest gap of any year. Berkeley Electric Coop Inc has 13 cheaper and 5 higher-priced South Carolina peers among 19 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, bills 14.88 ¢ (-0.06). Next higher-priced, City of Orangeburg, bills 15.49 ¢ (+0.55).
The rate is 5.0% above South Carolina, while 89 outage minutes (0.89x the median) show no matching reliability edge.
Home accounts at Berkeley Electric Coop Inc went from 81,095 in 2015 to 115,117 in 2024, +42.0%. Business customers paid 0.48 times the home price in 2024 (7.11 against 14.94 ¢); the ratio was 0.98 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.72 in 2015 to 0.94 in 2024, between 0.94 and 1.84.
Outages and home price of Berkeley Electric Coop Inc (EIA utility 1613), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Berkeley Electric Coop Inc customer sat through 89 minutes of outage, against 138 in 2013 (−36%). The low came in 2024 at 89, the high in 2016 at 178; 12 years were filed. The South Carolina median in 2024 was 95 minutes, so Berkeley Electric Coop Inc ran below it.
Home rates at Berkeley Electric Coop Inc went from 12.21 ¢ in 2013 to 14.94 ¢ in 2024 (+22.3%), which is 16.88 ¢ to 15.33 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−9.2%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,025 in 2013 and $1,839 in 2024. Of 30 South Carolina utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc stood 20th cheapest (21st of 40 in 2013).
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 89 in 2024
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc at 89 min in 2024 and the South Carolina median at 95.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc home price since 2013: −9.2% after inflation
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc: 15.33 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.94 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, EIA utility 1613, year by year among South Carolina utilities
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Berkeley Electric
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Berkeley Elect
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Berkeley Elect
South Carolina median SAIDI
2013
12.21
16.88
21 of 40
138
1.70
10 of 11
92
2014
12.52
17.03
18 of 40
160
2.08
12 of 13
95
2015
13.00
17.66
22 of 40
146
1.72
10 of 15
97
2016
13.18
17.68
24 of 41
178
1.84
11 of 15
134
2017
13.18
17.31
18 of 41
139
1.79
11 of 16
100
2018
13.19
16.90
20 of 41
133
1.55
11 of 16
118
2019
13.32
16.78
22 of 44
160
1.48
16 of 17
93
2020
13.37
16.63
17 of 32
116
1.27
9 of 15
114
2021
13.42
15.95
21 of 32
96
1.10
12 of 16
82
2022
13.41
14.75
17 of 32
121
1.34
12 of 18
99
2023
14.06
14.85
14 of 31
97
1.10
6 of 17
115
2024
14.94
15.33
20 of 30
89
0.94
5 of 18
95
Berkeley Electric Coop I, EIA utility 1613: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Berkeley Electric Coop Inc in South Carolina, by customer accounts?
133,248 accounts in 2024: residential 115,117, commercial 18,121, industrial 10.
How many cents per kWh does Berkeley Electric Coop Inc charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 14.93 cents; against the South Carolina average that is +5.0%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Berkeley Electric Coop Inc?
SAIDI 88.9 min and SAIFI 0.94 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.89, CAIDI 95 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Berkeley Electric Coop Inc?
1,866 installations with 12.2 MW, of which residential installations number 1,857.
What would a typical Berkeley Electric Coop Inc home pay each month?
1,140 kWh at 14.93 cents comes to about $170, energy only.
Is Berkeley Electric Coop Inc cheaper than other South Carolina utilities?
Rank 14 of 19 in South Carolina on price, +5.0% against the state average; 13 charge less than 14.93 ¢.
What share of Berkeley Electric Coop Inc sales do homes buy?
Homes take 31.5% of 5,003,182 MWh, commercial accounts 67.7%, industrial and other 0.8%; the 18,121 commercial accounts use 186,862 kWh each, 13.7 times a home.
At Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?
117,706 of 117,706 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Berkeley Electric Coop Inc offers a home time-of-use rate; 302 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.26% of its homes.
Has Berkeley Electric Coop Inc moved up the South Carolina price list since 2015?
11th cheapest of 15 in 2015, 14th of 19 in 2024; its price rose 14.9% while South Carolina rose 13.2%.
Where does Berkeley Electric Coop Inc stand among 6 peers?
Place 7 of 7 on home price at 14.93 ¢ (South Carolina cooperatives); median 13.47 ¢, cheapest member 12.65 ¢.
Did Berkeley Electric Coop Inc cut or raise its 2025 home price?
16.32 cents per kWh, +9.3% on the 14.93 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Berkeley Electric Coop Inc at 14.93 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.