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Haywood Electric Member Corp in North Carolina: 16.60 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar
In North Carolina, Haywood Electric Member Corp bills 30,033 accounts, 96.8% residential, as an cooperative utility. Among the 8 North Carolina cooperative utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +3.06 ¢ from their median.
At 807 kWh a month a Haywood Electric Member Corp home pays about $134 in energy: 16.60 ¢/kWh, 17.5% above the North Carolina average of 14.13 ¢.
Among the 8 North Carolina cooperative utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +3.06 ¢ from their median.
Haywood Electric Member Corp against its kind: North Carolina cooperatives
Home price place, North Carolina cooperatives
8 of 8+3.06 ¢ from the median of 13.54 ¢
Take the 8 North Carolina cooperative utilities listed here, sorted by home price: Haywood Electric Member Corp is the most expensive at 16.60 ¢, while the group median is 13.54 ¢. The cheapest is EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp (NC) at 11.54 ¢, +5.07 ¢ from here; the spread from top to bottom is 5.07 ¢.
On outage minutes it ranks 8 of 8 (1 = fewest), with 566 against a group median of 116. By accounts it is number 8, with 30,033 against 142,201 for EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp.
How it compares
Haywood Electric Member Corp
Haywood Electric Member Corp, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Haywood Electric Member Corp
16.60 ¢/kWh
13.07 ¢/kWh
$134at 807 kWh
566 minSAIDI
North Carolina average against this company, which is 30 of 30 on priceLowest in this table
Haywood Electric Member Corp: +1.5% on 2024 for homes, North Carolina -0.8%.
Haywood Electric Member Corp home price, 2025
16.86 ¢/kWh+1.5% on 2024, early release
Haywood Electric Member Corp SAIDI, 2025
554 min-2% on 2024, early release
Haywood Electric Member Corp against North Carolina, 2025
+2.3 pointsHaywood Electric Member Corp +1.5%, North Carolina -0.8%, price in North Carolina 14.02 ¢
Haywood Electric Member Corp reported 16.86 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +1.5% on its 2024 figure of 16.60, while the North Carolina average moved -0.8%. Its SAIDI is 554 minutes against 566 in 2024.
Carbon context
Haywood Electric Member Corp serves 29,078 homes in North Carolina. At 807 kWh a month that is about 228 kg of CO₂, or 2,741 kg a year, at the North Carolina plant rate, state generation and not this utility: North Carolina generation mix.
Haywood Electric Member Corp charts
Residential price since 2015: 16.60 ¢ in 2024
14.77 ¢ in 2015, 16.60 ¢ in 2024 (+12.4%); North Carolina 11.28 to 14.13 ¢.
Haywood Electric Member Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Haywood Electric Member Corp billed homes 14.77 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 16.60 ¢ in 2024, +12.4% in all, and lagged the North Carolina average (+25.3%) by 12.8 points. Haywood Electric Member Corp's sharpest move came in 2018, -5.5%. The high is 16.73 ¢ (2023) and the low 14.29 ¢ (2018). 2024: -0.8% here, +9.3% for the North Carolina average. SAIDI at Haywood Electric Member Corp (major events excluded) rose from 392 minutes in 2015 to 566 in 2024, +44%; worst year 2019 at 600. Haywood Electric Member Corp filed SAIDI under the national median in 0 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 566 minutes, +466 from that year's median. 2024: 9612 minutes with major events, 566 without, the widest gap of any year. Haywood Electric Member Corp has 29 cheaper and 0 higher-priced North Carolina peers among 30 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Tideland Electric Member Corp, bills 16.18 ¢ (-0.42).
Pricier by 17.5% than North Carolina and slower to restore, at 566 minutes or 5.7 times the median.
Home accounts at Haywood Electric Member Corp went from 25,611 in 2015 to 29,078 in 2024, +13.5%. Business customers paid 0.79 times the home price in 2024 (13.07 against 16.60 ¢); the ratio was 0.78 in 2015. SAIFI went from 3.19 in 2015 to 3.60 in 2024, between 3.05 and 4.92.
Outages and home price of Haywood Electric Member Corp (EIA utility 8333), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Haywood Electric Member Corp customer sat through 566 minutes of outage, against 302 in 2013 (+87%). The low came in 2013 at 302, the high in 2019 at 600; 11 years were filed. The North Carolina median in 2024 was 88 minutes, so Haywood Electric Member Corp ran above it.
Home rates at Haywood Electric Member Corp went from 15.25 ¢ in 2013 to 16.60 ¢ in 2024 (+8.9%), which is 21.08 ¢ to 17.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−19.1%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,529 in 2013 and $2,045 in 2024. Of 52 North Carolina utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Haywood Electric Member Corp stood 51st cheapest (66th of 66 in 2013).
Haywood Electric Member Corp outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 566 in 2024
Haywood Electric Member Corp at 566 min in 2024 and the North Carolina median at 88.
Haywood Electric Member Corp home price since 2013: −19.1% after inflation
Haywood Electric Member Corp: 17.04 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 16.60 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Haywood Electric Member Corp, EIA utility 8333, year by year among North Carolina utilities
Haywood Electric Member Corp 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Haywood Electric M
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Haywood Electr
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Haywood Electr
North Carolina median SAIDI
2013
15.25
21.08
66 of 66
302
2.40
24 of 24
78
2014
14.90
20.27
65 of 66
–
–
–
–
2015
14.77
20.06
66 of 66
392
3.19
23 of 23
94
2016
14.55
19.52
65 of 66
397
3.05
26 of 26
92
2017
15.12
19.86
66 of 66
464
3.76
28 of 28
74
2018
14.29
18.32
61 of 66
491
3.40
29 of 29
112
2019
14.92
18.79
84 of 88
600
4.92
29 of 29
96
2020
14.83
18.44
49 of 52
446
3.70
28 of 28
78
2021
15.52
18.44
51 of 52
460
3.25
28 of 28
67
2022
15.90
17.50
51 of 52
474
3.13
29 of 29
92
2023
16.73
17.68
52 of 52
486
3.15
31 of 31
101
2024
16.60
17.04
51 of 52
566
3.60
34 of 34
88
Haywood Electric Member , EIA utility 8333: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Haywood Electric Member Corp in North Carolina, by customer accounts?
30,033 accounts in 2024: residential 29,078, commercial 936, industrial 19.
How many cents per kWh does Haywood Electric Member Corp charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 16.60 cents; against the North Carolina average that is +17.5%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Haywood Electric Member Corp?
SAIDI 565.7 min and SAIFI 3.60 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 5.69, CAIDI 157 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Haywood Electric Member Corp?
195 installations with 1.6 MW, of which residential installations number 192.
What would a typical Haywood Electric Member Corp home pay each month?
807 kWh at 16.60 cents comes to about $134, energy only.
Is Haywood Electric Member Corp cheaper than other North Carolina utilities?
Rank 30 of 30 in North Carolina on price, +17.5% against the state average; 29 charge less than 16.60 ¢.
How much of the Haywood Electric Member Corp load is business?
Homes take 89.8% of 313,756 MWh, commercial accounts 8.2%, industrial and other 2.0%; the 936 commercial accounts use 27,520 kWh each, 2.8 times a home.
Does Haywood Electric Member Corp have smart meters or TOU rates?
29,078 of 29,078 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Haywood Electric Member Corp offers a home time-of-use rate; 35 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.12% of its homes.
Since 2015, has Haywood Electric Member Corp become cheaper than other North Carolina utilities?
26th cheapest of 26 in 2015, 30th of 30 in 2024; its price rose 12.4% while North Carolina rose 25.3%.
Where does Haywood Electric Member Corp stand among 7 peers?
Place 8 of 8 on home price at 16.60 ¢ (North Carolina cooperatives); median 13.54 ¢, cheapest member 11.54 ¢.
What did Haywood Electric Member Corp charge homes in 2025?
16.86 cents per kWh, +1.5% on the 16.60 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Haywood Electric Member Corp at 16.60 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.