Aiken Electric Coop Inc electricity rates

It serves 49,460 residential customers in South Carolina. Its 15.53¢ per kilowatt-hour sits 4% below the South Carolina average of 16.18¢.

Its customers use more electricity than the national norm, 1,097 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, which amplifies whatever the rate does.

Owned by the customers it serves, with directors elected by members. Co-ops are frequently outside state rate regulation. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.

In 2024 the average Aiken Electric Coop Inc customer went 7,941 minutes without electricity . The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.

That is far worse than typical, and figures at this level almost always reflect a major storm season rather than everyday performance. A single hurricane or ice storm can dominate the annual number.

Aiken Electric Coop Inc offers time-of-use pricing to residential customers. 5 households were enrolled, about 0.1% of its residential base.

These plans are opt-in almost everywhere. They reward households that can move laundry, dishwashing, water heating or electric vehicle charging out of the late-afternoon peak, and they cost more than the standard rate for households that cannot. How to tell which group you are in.

447 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 3.48 megawatts. That works out to 9 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.

Adoption is above the national median, which generally tracks the retail rate more closely than it tracks sunshine. What exports are actually worth.