+$0.84a month
Duke Energy Carolinas
Investor-owned utility (Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC), regulated by the North Carolina Utilities Commission. The average North Carolina home pays about $144 a month for electricity (EIA, 2024).
Duke Energy Carolinas rate increase 2026: no pending rate case right now
Its last case adds about $0.84 a month. Recent decisions are below. See every case in North Carolina, or get an alert when the next one is filed.
Decided
If the commission approves the settlement as negotiated, a typical 1,000 kWh residential bill would rise about 6.53 dollars a month once new rates take effect; the case is not yet decided.
+$7a month
How to have a say
Rate cases are decided by the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which takes written comments on every docket and holds public hearings on the big ones. Comment deadlines and hearing dates are on each case page above when we have them. The office that argues for households in these cases is the Public Staff; its filings are the plain-English version of the utility's numbers.
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