Greenville Utilities Comm electricity: 74,118 accounts in North Carolina, SAIDI 33

In North Carolina, Greenville Utilities Comm bills 74,118 accounts, 88.7% residential, as an municipal utility. Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (33 with them, 33 without).

Electrical transmission line tower at Fontana Dam on the Little Tennessee River, North Carolina — Electrical Transmission Line Tower, Fontana Dam, NC - 51417480597. Photo by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 993 kWh a month a Greenville Utilities Comm home pays about $119 in energy: 11.97 ¢/kWh, 15.3% below the North Carolina average of 14.13 ¢.

Major event days make 0% of its yearly outage minutes (33 with them, 33 without).

Greenville Utilities Comm: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 0%33 minutes with events, 33 without

Major events weigh on Greenville Utilities Comm: 33 minutes with them, 33 without, so 0% of the total comes from event days, 1.00 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 0.46 interruptions a customer a year, 0.45 times the national median (1.01), with 72 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Greenville Utilities Comm
Greenville Utilities Comm, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Greenville Utilities Comm	11.97 ¢/kWh	10.27 ¢/kWh	$119at 993 kWh	33 minSAIDI
North Carolina average against this company, which is 5 of 30 on price	+2.16 ¢/kWhcompany 15.3% below	+0.29 ¢/kWhcompany 2.8% below	+$21a month at 993 kWh	+60 mincompany 60 below
City of ConcordLowest in this table	11.84 ¢/kWhcompany 1.1% above	10.77 ¢/kWhcompany 4.7% below	$1181 less than company	172 mincompany 139 below

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Greenville Utilities Comm: 2025

Greenville Utilities Comm: +5.9% on 2024 for homes, North Carolina -0.8%.

Greenville Utilities Comm home price, 2025: 12.68 ¢/kWh+5.9% on 2024, early release
Greenville Utilities Comm SAIDI, 2025: 28 min-17% on 2024, early release
Greenville Utilities Comm against North Carolina, 2025: +6.7 pointsGreenville Utilities Comm +5.9%, North Carolina -0.8%, price in North Carolina 14.02 ¢

Greenville Utilities Comm: 12.68 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +5.9% from 11.97 ¢; North Carolina as a whole went -0.8%, so Greenville Utilities Comm ran ahead of it by 6.7 points. Its SAIDI is 28 minutes against 33 in 2024.

Carbon context

Greenville Utilities Comm serves 65,731 homes in North Carolina. At 993 kWh a month that is about 281 kg of CO₂, or 3,373 kg a year, at the North Carolina plant rate, state generation and not this utility: North Carolina generation mix.

Greenville Utilities Comm charts

Residential price since 2015: 11.97 ¢ in 2024

12.71 ¢ in 2015, 11.97 ¢ in 2024 (-5.9%); North Carolina 11.28 to 14.13 ¢.

Greenville Utilities Comm residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Greenville Utilities Comm	Gap to North Carolina residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.71	+1.43	+0.06
2016	12.02	+0.99	-0.53
2017	11.52	+0.58	-1.37
2018	11.29	+0.20	-1.58
2019	11.36	-0.06	-1.65
2020	11.22	-0.16	-1.93
2021	10.91	-0.41	-2.75
2022	10.97	-0.65	-4.07
2023	11.10	-1.83	-4.90
2024	11.97	-2.16	-4.51

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Greenville Utilities Comm SAIDI, 2020-2024

18 min in 2020, 33 in 2024.

Greenville Utilities Comm SAIDI by year, 2020 to 2024: 5 rows

Year	Greenville Utilities C, no major events	Greenville Utilities C, all events
2020	18	74
2021	22	32
2022	37	37
2023	35	35
2024	33	33

5 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 33.3 min

33.3 min, 0.33x the median reporter, rank 95 of 673.

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Company, no major events33.3
Company, with major events33.3

Greenville Utilities Comm, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Greenville Utilities Comm billed homes 12.71 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 11.97 ¢ in 2024, -5.9% in all, and lagged the North Carolina average (+25.3%) by 31.1 points. Greenville Utilities Comm's sharpest move came in 2024, +7.8%. The high is 12.71 ¢ (2015) and the low 10.91 ¢ (2021). 2024: +7.8% here, +9.3% for the North Carolina average. SAIDI at Greenville Utilities Comm (major events excluded) rose from 18 minutes in 2020 to 33 in 2024, +84%; worst year 2022 at 37. Against the national median, Greenville Utilities Comm came in lower on SAIDI in 5 of 5 years, and 2024 ended at 33 minutes, -66 from the median. 2020: 74 minutes with major events, 18 without, the widest gap of any year. Greenville Utilities Comm has 4 cheaper and 25 higher-priced North Carolina peers among 30 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, City of Concord, bills 11.84 ¢ (-0.13). Next higher-priced, City of Wilson, bills 12.13 ¢ (+0.16).

The data favor customers here: bills run 15.3% under the North Carolina norm, and 33 outage minutes sit 67% under the national median.

Home accounts at Greenville Utilities Comm went from 58,161 in 2015 to 65,731 in 2024, +13.0%. Business customers paid 0.86 times the home price in 2024 (10.27 against 11.97 ¢); the ratio was 0.83 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.24 in 2020 to 0.46 in 2024, between 0.24 and 0.48.

Outages and home price of Greenville Utilities Comm (EIA utility 7639), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Greenville Utilities Comm: 18 minutes in 2020, 33 in 2024, a rise of 84%. The low came in 2020 at 18, the high in 2022 at 37; 5 years were filed. The North Carolina median in 2024 was 88 minutes, so Greenville Utilities Comm ran below it.

Home rates at Greenville Utilities Comm went from 13.19 ¢ in 2013 to 11.97 ¢ in 2024 (−9.3%), which is 18.23 ¢ to 12.29 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−32.6%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,188 in 2013 and $1,474 in 2024. Of 52 North Carolina utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Greenville Utilities Comm stood 10th cheapest (47th of 66 in 2013).

Greenville Utilities Comm outage minutes a customer, 2020 to 2024: 33 in 2024

Greenville Utilities Comm at 33 min in 2024 and the North Carolina median at 88.

Greenville Utilities Comm home price since 2013: −32.6% after inflation

Greenville Utilities Comm: 12.29 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 11.97 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Greenville Utilities Comm, EIA utility 7639, year by year among North Carolina utilities

Greenville Utilities Comm 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Greenville Utiliti	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Greenville Uti	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Greenville Uti	North Carolina median SAIDI
2013	13.19	18.23	47 of 66	–	–	–	–
2014	13.17	17.91	42 of 66	–	–	–	–
2015	12.71	17.27	36 of 66	–	–	–	–
2016	12.02	16.12	27 of 66	–	–	–	–
2017	11.52	15.13	18 of 66	–	–	–	–
2018	11.29	14.48	15 of 66	–	–	–	–
2019	11.36	14.30	17 of 88	–	–	–	–
2020	11.22	13.95	8 of 52	18	0.24	1 of 28	78
2021	10.91	12.96	7 of 52	22	0.29	3 of 28	67
2022	10.97	12.07	4 of 52	37	0.48	4 of 29	92
2023	11.10	11.73	3 of 52	35	0.47	3 of 31	101
2024	11.97	12.29	10 of 52	33	0.46	5 of 34	88

Greenville Utilities Com, EIA utility 7639: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, North Carolina real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 74,1181.3% of North Carolina total
Residential accounts: 65,7311.3% of North Carolina homes
Commercial accounts: 7,93410.7% of the base
Residential rate: 11.97 ¢/kWhplace 5 of 30, -15.3% against the state
Commercial rate: 10.27 ¢/kWhplace 11 of 44, -2.8% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 33.3 minbetter than 86% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.460.45x the median
SAIDI with major events: 33.3 min0.0% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 1.7 MW152 installations
Counties served: 1all in North Carolina
Average residential use: 11,920 kWh/yr993 a month
Implied monthly bill: $119-$45 on the U.S. rate, 993 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: -5.9%12.71 to 11.97 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +84%18 min in 2020, 33 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Greenville Utilities Comm

Greenville Utilities Comm sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to North Carolina ¢/kWh
Residential	65,731	11.97	-2.16
Commercial	7,934	10.27	-0.29

Year by year, Greenville Utilities Comm

Year	Home accounts, Greenville Utilities C	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	58,161	12.71	10.50	0.83	No data	No data
2016	58,430	12.02	9.90	0.82	No data	No data
2017	58,584	11.52	9.57	0.83	No data	No data
2018	59,680	11.29	9.33	0.83	No data	No data
2019	60,689	11.36	9.47	0.83	No data	No data
2020	61,798	11.22	9.55	0.85	18	0.24
2021	62,916	10.91	9.68	0.89	22	0.29
2022	63,863	10.97	9.73	0.89	37	0.48
2023	64,801	11.10	9.86	0.89	35	0.47
2024	65,731	11.97	10.27	0.86	33	0.46

Peers of Greenville Utilities Comm in North Carolina, place 5 of 30 on home price

Utility near Greenville Utilities Comm on price	SAIDI min, gap to Greenville Utilities Comm	Home ¢, gap to Greenville Utilities Comm	Gap % to Greenville Utilities Comm	Accounts, Greenville Utilities Comm = 1
2. EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp	+90	-0.43	-3.6%	1.92
3. Town of High Point	+31	-0.34	-2.9%	0.60
4. City of Concord	+139	-0.13	-1.1%	0.46
5. Greenville Utilities Comm (this utility)	33	11.97	-	1.00
6. City of Wilson	+22	+0.16	+1.4%	0.50
7. Carteret-Craven El Member Corp	+37	+0.18	+1.5%	0.58
8. City of Rocky Mount	+37	+0.21	+1.8%	0.39

Who buys Greenville Utilities Comm's electricity

Class at Greenville Utilities Comm	Accounts	Of Greenville Utilities Comm accounts	Of Greenville Utilities Comm MWh sold	kWh a year per Greenville Utilities Comm account
Residential	65,731	88.7%	44.4%	11,920
Commercial	7,934	10.7%	34.5%	76,877
Industrial and other	453	0.61%	21.1%	821,132

Greenville Utilities Comm among North Carolina municipals

Greenville Utilities Comm and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Greenville Utilities Comm	Home ¢, gap to Greenville Utilities Comm	Accounts, Greenville Utilities Comm = 1
1. Town of Apex- (NC) (NC)	+3	-1.45	0.42
2. Greenville Utilities Comm (NC, this utility)	33	11.97	1.00
3. Fayetteville Public Works Commission (NC)	+38	+0.24	1.15

Greenville Utilities Comm: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Greenville Utilities Comm	North Carolina context	Greenville Utilities Comm detail
Time-of-use rate for Greenville Utilities Comm homes	Not on file	20 of 35 North Carolina utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Greenville Utilities Comm
Net-metered installations	152	100% residential	2.3 homes per 1,000 accounts, 11.1 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Greenville Utilities Comm

kWh	Share of a 993 kWh month	Cost a month at 11.97 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	25%	$29.93	-$11.27	$359
500	50%	$59.86	-$22.54	$718
750	76%	$89.78	-$33.82	$1,077
1,000	101%	$119.71	-$45.09	$1,437
1,500	151%	$179.57	-$67.63	$2,155
2,000	201%	$239.42	-$90.18	$2,873

Outage record, Greenville Utilities Comm

Measure, Greenville Utilities	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	33.3	33.3	0.55 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.460	0.460	2.17 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	72.3	72.3	1.21 h

Territory of Greenville Utilities Comm

1 North Carolina counties, region SERC:

North Carolina other states: 1 of 1 county of Greenville Utilities Comm drawn

Greenville Utilities Comm: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

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Questions on Greenville Utilities Comm

How big is Greenville Utilities Comm in North Carolina, by customer accounts?

74,118 accounts in 2024: residential 65,731, commercial 7,934, industrial 453.

How many cents per kWh does Greenville Utilities Comm charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 11.97 cents; against the North Carolina average that is -15.3%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Greenville Utilities Comm?

SAIDI 33.3 min and SAIFI 0.46 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.33, CAIDI 72 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Greenville Utilities Comm?

152 installations with 1.7 MW, of which residential installations number 152.

What would a typical Greenville Utilities Comm home pay each month?

993 kWh at 11.97 cents comes to about $119, energy only.

Is Greenville Utilities Comm cheaper than other North Carolina utilities?

Rank 5 of 30 in North Carolina on price, -15.3% against the state average; 4 charge less than 11.97 ¢.

How much of the Greenville Utilities Comm load is business?

Homes take 44.4% of 1,765,409 MWh, commercial accounts 34.5%, industrial and other 21.1%; the 7,934 commercial accounts use 76,877 kWh each, 6.4 times a home.

Since 2015, has Greenville Utilities Comm become cheaper than other North Carolina utilities?

17th cheapest of 26 in 2015, 5th of 30 in 2024; its price rose -5.9% while North Carolina rose 25.3%.

How does Greenville Utilities Comm compare with 2 similar utilities?

Place 2 of 3 on home price at 11.97 ¢ (North Carolina municipals); median 11.97 ¢, cheapest member 10.52 ¢.

Did Greenville Utilities Comm cut or raise its 2025 home price?

12.68 cents per kWh, +5.9% on the 11.97 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Greenville Utilities Comm at 11.97 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Warren Rural Elec Coop CorpKentucky, 11.98 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Craighead Electric Coop CorpArkansas, 11.99 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
East Central Oklahoma Elec Coop IncOklahoma, 11.99 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Southwest Electric Coop, IncMissouri, 11.99 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above

Primary sources for Greenville Utilities Comm electricity: 74,118 accounts in North Carolina, SAIDI 33

EIA-861 annual report entry for Greenville Utilities Comm electricity: 74,118 accounts in North Carolina, SAIDI 33, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Greenville Utilities Comm electricity: 74,118 accounts in North Carolina, SAIDI 33, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Greenville Utilities Comm electricity: 74,118 accounts in North Carolina, SAIDI 33, the state price average