Net Metering Residential - Single Phase
When does peak hit on Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC)’s Net Metering Residential - Single Phase? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–October.
- peak9.94¢
- off-peak9.59¢
What does Net Metering Residential - Single Phase cost a year?
| Household | Uses | A month | Per year | Works out to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment One or two people, no central air, no electric heat | 4,866 kWh | $81 | $978 | 20.1¢ / kWh |
| Family home Three or four people with central air conditioning | 9,453 kWh | $119 | $1,427 | 15.1¢ / kWh |
| Home with an EV Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight | 13,103 kWh | $149 | $1,783 | 13.6¢ / kWh |
Estimates, not quotes. We run three made-up but realistic households through this tariff hour by hour for a full year — including the way air conditioning loads the afternoon and an EV loads the small hours. Your own bill depends on when you actually use electricity, which is exactly the thing a per-kWh number hides.
What you actually pay
| Period | Rate | Applies when |
|---|---|---|
| peak | 9.94¢ | midnight–midnight, June–October |
| off-peak | 9.59¢ | midnight–midnight, November–May |
Plus a fixed charge of $42 per month.
Should you be on Net Metering Residential - Single Phase?
The hour of day does not change what you pay here — the month does. Running the same house through the full year, July costs about $151 and February about $99. That $52 swing is part rate and part weather, and it is the reason a budget built on your spring bill will break in July.
Before a single kilowatt-hour moves, this plan charges $504 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 52% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 28%. Fixed charges are invisible in a cents-per-kWh comparison and they punish small users hardest — if you use very little electricity, the headline rate is the least important number on this page.
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Who can be on Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp’s Net Metering Residential - Single Phase?
Eligibility is not our judgement — it is written into the tariff Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp filed. This is what that document says:
Available to residential members, where a member-owned renewable energy generation system (wind-powered, photovoltaic, or micro-hydro) with a nameplate rating up to 25 kilowatts (kW), that is designed to offset all or a portion of the electrical requirements normally provided by the Cooperative, has been installed on the member’s side of the meter; and where the renewable energy generation system is interconnected with and operated in parallel with the Cooperative’s distribution system, and the member’s intent is to purchase all power requirements from the Cooperative, net of any power generated by the members’ renewable energy system in any given month, and where the member owns the property where electrical service is received from and delivered to the Cooperative. The excess renewable energy delivered to the Cooperative will be credited by the Cooperative to the member’s account on a monthly basis, not to offset the Grid Service Charge.
Shortened — the clause runs longer in the filing. Quoted from the filed tariff. Your utility decides eligibility, not us; check with them before you switch.
If this is new to you
- How to read your electric bill
Four kinds of charge, only two of which you can do anything about.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- Why is my electric bill so high in summer?
Usually three causes at once, and only one of them is your air conditioner.
- Why is my electric bill so high? Seven causes, in the order to check them
Seven causes, ranked by how often they are the answer. Only two are about using more.
Where this comes from
- Effective
- 2024-10-02
the date this tariff took effect
- Covers
- delivery + supply
the ZIP-code service map lists this territory as bundled, so the utility sells delivery and supply together
- Enrollment
- open to new customers
Tariff document: https://brenergy.s3.amazonaws.com/files/1/1.1.1_NMNetMeteringUpdated8-2024.pdf