POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · NC
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
North Carolina
101 data-center projects on file — 4.2 GW of nameplate capacity, $22.5B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$173
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
16.2%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#33
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+37%
#28 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
2.44 GW
· coal
Roxboro · Person County
§ 01
What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
North Carolina · residential · latest
14.64¢/kWh
↑ +3.2% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
North Carolina · residential · 2026 YTD avg
14.13¢/kWh
↑ +6.9% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where North Carolina's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
NORTH CAROLINA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
11.08 TWh net · all sectors
§ 03
Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
North Carolina is staring at an 2.1 GW energy shortfall: 2.5 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 405 MW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 279 MW.) On the way out: Marshall (Nc) — 740 MW of natural gas, retiring 2028-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
§ 04
Data-center load
101 projects
Projects on file
101
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
4.24 GW
≈ 19 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$22.5B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
5 statements
CONCERN · 2025-08
“Keeping electricity costs down means making sure data centers pay their fair share for the electricity they require.”
— Gov. Josh Stein (D)SOURCE ↗
CONCERN · 2025-08
“Data centers account for about 80 percent of additional demand Duke Energy expects. They must pay their fair share for grid stress.”
— Gov. Josh Stein (D)SOURCE ↗
OPPOSE · 2026-03
“Plainly, I don't support a new data center in the heart of our district.”
— Rep. Valerie Foushee (D)SOURCE ↗
§ 06
Industry money in North Carolina
3 PACs active
Tracked super PACs that have spent in races for federal seats in North Carolina this cycle. Crypto, AI, and energy-aligned committees are surfaced separately so the industry source of each dollar is legible.
JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PAC
AIAnthropic-linked / Public First Action network
FOR
$1.6M
AGAINST
—
FILINGS
6
AMERICAN MISSION
AILeading the Future affiliate
FOR
§ 07
Follow the money in North Carolina
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in NC
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.