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Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc: 18.94 ¢/kWh for homes, 72,913 accounts in South Carolina
Roughly 72,913 South Carolina accounts belong to Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 67,553. Its home price is 33.1% over the South Carolina average, 19th place of 19 among larger utilities.
At 1,000 kWh a month a Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc home pays about $189 in energy: 18.94 ¢/kWh, 33.1% above the South Carolina average of 14.23 ¢.
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc on price: 33.1% over South Carolina
Home price against South Carolina
+33.1%19th place of 19, cheapest first
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc charged homes 18.94 ¢/kWh against a South Carolina average of 14.23 ¢, 19th place of 19 among South Carolina companies with 20,000+ homes. The next cheaper is Broad River Electric Coop, Inc at 15.91 ¢ (-3.03 ¢ from here).
How it compares
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc
18.94 ¢/kWh
13.90 ¢/kWh
$189at 1,000 kWh
193 minSAIDI
South Carolina average against this companyLowest in this table
Energy sold in 2024 was 1,165,068 MWh over 72,913 accounts, homes 69.6%; the typical home used 12,001 kWh.
EIA-861 holds 10 years of home price for Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc, from 14.45 ¢ in 2015 to 18.94 ¢ in 2024 (+31.0%).
Outages and home price of Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc (EIA utility 1890), 2013 to 2024
Home rates at Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc kept pace with inflation: 19.19 ¢ in 2013 and 19.44 ¢ in 2024 in 2025 dollars (+1.3%), 13.89 ¢ to 18.94 ¢ as billed. A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $2,303 for the year at the 2013 real price and $2,333 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 36th cheapest of 40 in 2013, 30th of 30 in 2024 among South Carolina utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc home price since 2013: +1.3% after inflation
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc: 19.44 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 18.94 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc, EIA utility 1890, year by year among South Carolina utilities
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc
South Carolina median SAIDI
2013
13.89
19.19
36 of 40
–
–
–
–
2014
14.19
19.30
36 of 40
–
–
–
–
2015
14.45
19.63
37 of 40
–
–
–
–
2016
14.47
19.41
34 of 41
–
–
–
–
2017
15.73
20.67
39 of 41
–
–
–
–
2018
15.07
19.33
38 of 41
–
–
–
–
2019
14.86
18.71
38 of 44
–
–
–
–
2020
15.27
18.99
29 of 32
–
–
–
–
2021
15.28
18.15
30 of 32
–
–
–
–
2022
16.94
18.64
31 of 32
–
–
–
–
2023
16.47
17.40
28 of 31
–
–
–
–
2024
18.94
19.44
30 of 30
–
–
–
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Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc, EIA utility 1890: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc?
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc files with EIA as a cooperative utility. In South Carolina, cooperatives serve 31% of residential customers at an average 14.6 cents per kWh, 1% above investor-owned utilities in South Carolina. Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc itself averaged 18.9 cents, 4.4 cents above its type in South Carolina.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 11,646 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 15.7 per 100 accounts (South Carolina: 9.9; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) customer was without power 193 minutes without major events and 5291 with them. The median South Carolina utility reported 95 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 100% of its 67,553 residential meters.
EIA-861 form instructions for Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc: 18.94 ¢/kWh for homes, 72,913 accounts in South Carolina, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc: 18.94 ¢/kWh for homes, 72,913 accounts in South Carolina, the state price average
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At 1,000 kWh a month a Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc home pays about $189 in energy: 18.94 ¢/kWh, 33.1% above the South Carolina average of 14.23 ¢.
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Electric Consumer. (2026). Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc on price: 33.1% over South Carolina: 18.94 ¢/kWh rates, 67,553 homes. Data as of 26 October 2026. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://electricconsumer.org/companies/blue-ridge-electric-coop-inc.html
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc on price: 33.1% over South Carolina: 18.94 ¢/kWh rates, 67,553 homes},
year = {2026},
url = {https://electricconsumer.org/companies/blue-ridge-electric-coop-inc.html},
note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
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