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Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc electricity: 60,566 accounts in South Carolina, SAIDI 117
Roughly 60,566 South Carolina accounts belong to Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, classed by EIA as cooperative; the residential count is 56,463. Its home price moved +20.9% from 2015 to 2024, 7.7 points faster than South Carolina.
At 1,146 kWh a month a Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc home pays about $171 in energy: 14.88 ¢/kWh, 4.6% above the South Carolina average of 14.23 ¢.
Its home price moved +20.9% from 2015 to 2024, 7.7 points faster than South Carolina.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc: price path since 2015
Home price since 2015
+20.9%South Carolina +13.2%, a gap of +7.7 points
The record that sets Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc apart is the path of its home price: 12.31 ¢ in 2015, 14.88 ¢ in 2024. That is +20.9%, while the South Carolina average went +13.2%, so this utility climbed faster by 7.7 points.
Among South Carolina utilities with 20,000+ homes it stood 7th cheapest of 15 in 2015 and is 13th of 19 in 2024, so it fell down the list.
How it compares
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc
14.88 ¢/kWh
12.98 ¢/kWh
$171at 1,146 kWh
117 minSAIDI
South Carolina average against this company, which is 13 of 19 on priceLowest in this table
No 2025 early-release row for Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc; 2024 stays the latest year.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc 2024 against South Carolina 2025
-0.08 ¢14.88 ¢ for Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc in 2024, 14.96 ¢ for South Carolina in 2025
No 2025 line exists yet for Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, so 14.88 ¢/kWh and a SAIDI of 117 minutes (2024, 56,463 homes) are the latest figures.
Carbon context
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc serves 56,463 homes in South Carolina. At 1,146 kWh a month that is about 290 kg of CO₂, or 3,477 kg a year, at the South Carolina plant rate, state generation and not this utility: South Carolina generation mix.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc charts
Residential price since 2015: 14.88 ¢ in 2024
12.31 ¢ in 2015, 14.88 ¢ in 2024 (+20.9%); South Carolina 12.57 to 14.23 ¢.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc billed homes 12.31 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.88 ¢ in 2024, +20.9% in all, and outpaced the South Carolina average (+13.2%) by 7.7 points. Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc's sharpest move came in 2022, +11.2%. The latest year is the high at 14.88 ¢; the low was 12.12 ¢ (2016). 2024: +2.7% here, +4.0% for the South Carolina average. SAIDI at Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc (major events excluded) rose from 70 minutes in 2017 to 117 in 2024, +67%; worst year 2018 at 130. Against the national median, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc came in lower on SAIDI in 3 of 8 years, and 2024 ended at 117 minutes, +18 from the median. 2024: 3915 minutes with major events, 117 without, the widest gap of any year. Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc has 12 cheaper and 6 higher-priced South Carolina peers among 19 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Santee Electric Coop, Inc, bills 14.74 ¢ (-0.14). Next higher-priced, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc, bills 14.93 ¢ (+0.06).
The rate is 4.6% above South Carolina, while 117 outage minutes (1.18x the median) show no matching reliability edge.
Home accounts at Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc went from 47,746 in 2015 to 56,463 in 2024, +18.3%. Business customers paid 0.87 times the home price in 2024 (12.98 against 14.88 ¢); the ratio was 0.92 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.21 in 2017 to 1.62 in 2024, between 1.21 and 2.09.
Outages and home price of Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc (EIA utility 12462), 2013 to 2024
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc customers lost power for 117 minutes in 2024, up from 70 in 2017 (+67%). Its best year was 2017 (70 min), its worst 2018 (130 min), across 8 filed years. Against a South Carolina median of 95 minutes in 2024, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc was above the middle.
Corrected for inflation, a Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc home paid 15.27 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 16.65 ¢ in 2013, −8.3%; the bill itself went 12.05 ¢ to 14.88 ¢ (+23.5%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,998 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,833 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 18th cheapest of 40 in 2013, 19th of 30 in 2024 among South Carolina utilities with 1,000+ homes.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc outage minutes a customer, 2017 to 2024: 117 in 2024
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc at 117 min in 2024 and the South Carolina median at 95.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc home price since 2013: −8.3% after inflation
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc: 15.27 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.88 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc, EIA utility 12462, year by year among South Carolina utilities
Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Mid-Carolina Elect
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Mid-Carolina E
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Mid-Carolina E
South Carolina median SAIDI
2013
12.05
16.65
18 of 40
–
–
–
–
2014
12.90
17.55
22 of 40
–
–
–
–
2015
12.31
16.72
14 of 40
–
–
–
–
2016
12.12
16.25
12 of 41
–
–
–
–
2017
13.20
17.33
20 of 41
70
1.21
4 of 16
100
2018
12.78
16.38
14 of 41
130
2.03
10 of 16
118
2019
12.98
16.35
18 of 44
91
1.27
8 of 17
93
2020
13.13
16.33
16 of 32
109
1.67
7 of 15
114
2021
12.75
15.15
14 of 32
95
1.84
11 of 16
82
2022
14.18
15.60
21 of 32
122
2.09
13 of 18
99
2023
14.48
15.30
20 of 31
121
1.45
11 of 17
115
2024
14.88
15.27
19 of 30
117
1.62
13 of 18
95
Mid-Carolina Electric Co, EIA utility 12462: EIA-861, CPI-U.
How big is Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc in South Carolina, by customer accounts?
60,566 accounts in 2024: residential 56,463, commercial 4,094, industrial 9.
How many cents per kWh does Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc charge homes?
In 2024 homes paid 14.88 cents; against the South Carolina average that is +4.6%.
What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc?
SAIDI 117.5 min and SAIFI 1.62 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.18, CAIDI 72 min.
How many net-metered systems connect to Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc?
190 installations with 1.3 MW, of which residential installations number 187.
What would a typical Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc home pay each month?
1,146 kWh at 14.88 cents comes to about $171, energy only.
Is Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc cheaper than other South Carolina utilities?
Rank 13 of 19 in South Carolina on price, +4.6% against the state average; 12 charge less than 14.88 ¢.
How much of the Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc load is business?
Homes take 74.5% of 1,043,096 MWh, commercial accounts 22.2%, industrial and other 3.3%; the 4,094 commercial accounts use 56,548 kWh each, 4.1 times a home.
Does Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc have smart meters or TOU rates?
56,463 of 56,463 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc reports no home time-of-use rate; 9 of 13 South Carolina filers do.
Since 2015, has Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc become cheaper than other South Carolina utilities?
7th cheapest of 15 in 2015, 13th of 19 in 2024; its price rose 20.9% while South Carolina rose 13.2%.
How does Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc compare with 6 similar utilities?
Place 6 of 7 on home price at 14.88 ¢ (South Carolina cooperatives); median 13.47 ¢, cheapest member 12.65 ¢.
Has Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc filed 2025 data with EIA?
Its latest filing year is 2024, with 117 SAIDI minutes and 14.88 cents for homes.
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc at 14.88 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.