Residential All Electric Service Single Phase
When does peak hit on Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)’s Residential All Electric Service Single Phase? The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–October.
- peak13.60¢
- off-peak13.01¢
What does Residential All Electric Service 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 | $88 | $1,053 | 21.6¢ / kWh |
| Family home Three or four people with central air conditioning | 9,453 kWh | $139 | $1,666 | 17.6¢ / kWh |
| Home with an EV Same house, plus an electric car charging overnight | 13,103 kWh | $179 | $2,149 | 16.4¢ / 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 | 13.60¢ | midnight–midnight, June–October |
| off-peak | 13.01¢ up to 1000 kWh12.29¢ | midnight–midnight, November–May |
Plus a fixed charge of $34 per month.
Should you be on Residential All Electric Service 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 $183 and February about $112. That $72 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 $408 a year in fixed fees. On the apartment above that is 39% of the whole bill; on the house with a car charging in it, 19%. 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.
How it compares to Central Electric Membership Corp.’s other plans
Measured against the other residential plans this utility files, a family home lands 1st cheapest of 2 — nothing else here beats it for that household.
Other Central Electric Membership Corp. plans
Who can be on Central Electric Membership Corp.’s Residential All Electric Service Single Phase?
Eligibility is not our judgement — it is written into the tariff Central Electric Membership Corp. filed. This is what that document says:
The schedule is available for electric service to each individual residence, school, church, or community hall, in all territory served by the Cooperative, that takes service at one delivery point through one kilowatt-hour meter. Service under this schedule is subject to the Cooperative's established Service Rules and Regulations The NCGreen Power Schedule Rider is applicable to this rate. This rate is subject to Wholesale Power Adjustment as well as any applicable North Carolina State and local sales taxes.
Quoted from the filed tariff. Your utility decides eligibility, not us; check with them before you switch.
If this is new to you
- Tiered billing for electricity: why the last kWh costs more
A cheap allowance, then a cliff. Where the cliff sits is the whole game.
- 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
- 2025-04-01
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://files.cemcpower.com/files/1/2025/rates/Central_Rates_April_2025%20(2).pdf