North Carolina’s utility costs fall below the national average, contributing to lower overall operating costs of doing business in our state. Electric rates are below the national average for industrial, commercial and residential customers and gas rates are extremely reasonable. For more information about utility costs and how our operating costs compare to other states in the nation, download the 
Utilities Chapter of our Fact Book and refer to the links below.
A number of stable companies provide safe, reliable and competitively priced utilities:
Dominion NC Power
Duke Energy
ElectriCities
N.C. Electric Membership Corporation
Piedmont Natural Gas
Progress Energy
PSNC Energy