Best electric suppliers in Pennsylvania, ranked on public records

Here are all 21 suppliers we score, best public record first. A high score means a clean record. It does not mean a low price.

We read the records through Oct 16, 2026. These 21 are large or well-known sellers, not every licensed supplier. Four of them are not on PA Power Switch, the state's offer list: XOOM, Indra, Residents and Green Mountain. Their prices come from their own pages.

Care most about complaints, a fair contract or green power? Move the sliders and the 21 re-rank on the spot. Then pick your utility to see today's cheapest offers, with our score beside each supplier.

The official score never changes when you move a slider. This tool only re-sorts the same public records by how much you care about each one.

As of October 20, 2026, only 60 of the 935 home offers on PA Power Switch are fixed for a year or more, charge no monthly or cancel fee, and still beat the utility's price. Most offers fail at least one of those tests.

Prices are cents per kWh, read from PA Power Switch on October 20, 2026. Many of the cheapest names are not in our 21, and some offers are for new customers only. We leave out our partner's plans from every count, table and score. Before you switch, run three checks.

1. 1
   Is the all-in price under your utility's?

   Add any monthly fee. A $10 fee on 1,000 kWh adds 1¢ to every kWh. Compare the total with your price to compare for the whole term.

2. 2
   Can you leave for free?

   Look for a $0 cancel fee. State rules also give you 3 business days to cancel a new contract.

3. 3
   What does it turn into?

   After a fixed term, many prices become variable. Look at the supplier's own variable prices, shown below, before you sign.

Each supplier gets up to 100 points from six public records. A formula sets the points, not opinion, and no one can pay for a better score. The full method is on How we score.

The bands are: 90 and up Excellent, 80 to 89 Very good, 70 to 79 Good, 60 to 69 Fair, and under 60 Poor.

What to keep in mind

• Complaint counts are not findings. The PUC counts complaints filed. It does not say who was at fault, and it does not adjust for size. We use its total column, which counts a company even when it was the second name in a complaint. We divide by homes served, from federal data, so a big seller is not punished for being big.
• Tiny counts need care. When the PUC lists fewer than five complaints, we give full marks if the supplier is big enough for that to be a clean record. If it is too small to tell, we give the middle mark.
• Price uses one day. We compare Oct 16 prices with the Oct 16 price to compare, so scores do not jump when the price to compare resets. We will say here if we reset that base.
• Unread contracts get the middle mark. For eight suppliers we could not read the Pennsylvania contract online. The arbitration line got the middle mark, and the card says so.
• Other states are reported, not scored. Only Pennsylvania records move a score.

Each card says what the supplier sells in Pennsylvania, one real catch and one real strength. Facts come from public records and the company's own pages, read on Oct 16, 2026 unless a date is given. "Level" means within a few percent of your utility's price. Cards run in score order.

AEP Energy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan on PA Power Switch, open to current customers. No monthly or sign-up fee is listed.
• Catch. Its Pennsylvania contract is not readable online, so the fine print is unchecked. Its price sat close to your utility's: a little above in PPL and a little below in PECO.
• Strength. A low complaint rate for its size, an A+ BBB grade and no Pennsylvania penalties found. Its parent, AEP, publishes audited financials.

Energy Harbor

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan with a $0 cancel fee, priced level with your utility's. It was FirstEnergy Solutions until 2020 and is owned by Vistra.
• Catch. Its contract has arbitration and a class-action waiver. A "change in law" clause lets it adjust a fixed price when some costs rise. It must warn you, and you get 30 days to leave.
• Strength. A low complaint rate for its size, an A+ BBB grade, no penalties found and a license that dates to 1999.

Dynegy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan with a $0 cancel fee, priced level with your utility's. Vistra owns it, as it owns Energy Harbor.
• Catch. Its contract matches Energy Harbor's word for word: arbitration, a class-action waiver and the "change in law" clause. Its variable plan adds $4.95 each billing cycle.
• Strength. Fewer than five state complaints in 2024, an A+ BBB grade and no penalties found.

Shipley Energy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan for new customers on PA Power Switch, priced a little above your utility's. A York, Pennsylvania company.
• Catch. Its site blocked our check of the Pennsylvania contract, so the fine print is unchecked.
• Strength. Fewer than five state complaints in 2024, an A+ BBB grade, no penalties found and no cancel fee listed.

Constellation

• Sells. Its only 12-month plan is a 100% renewable plan, priced about a fifth above your utility's. PA Power Switch lists an 8-month plan too.
• Catch. A $150 cancel fee after the first 90 days, plus arbitration and a class-action waiver.
• Strength. You can leave with no fee in the first 90 days. It has an A+ BBB grade, a low complaint rate and a license since 1999.

CleanChoice Energy

• Sells. 100% renewable plans, including a 12-month fixed plan with a $0 cancel fee. Its price was under your utility's in PECO and a little above it in PPL.
• Catch. The PUC logged 85 complaints naming CleanChoice in 2024, up from 18 in 2021. Its supply contract is mailed after you enroll, so we could not read it. Its own pages show variable prices far above your utility's.
• Strength. An A+ BBB grade, no Pennsylvania penalties found and prices near your utility's.
• Full review. CleanChoice Energy review

Direct Energy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan for new customers who sign up online, priced a little above your utility's. PA Power Switch lists no monthly or cancel fee.
• Catch. A BBB grade of F, the lowest on this list. We could not read its Pennsylvania contract.
• Strength. No Pennsylvania penalties found, a license since 2005 and a parent, NRG, that publishes audited financials.

XOOM Energy

• Sells. Fixed plans in PPL and PECO, priced above your utility's. XOOM had no home offer on PA Power Switch on Oct 16. We used prices from its own Pennsylvania terms, which are undated.
• Catch. A $110 cancel fee in PPL, and $0 in PECO. Its contract has arbitration, with hearings in Massachusetts, and a class-action waiver.
• Strength. Fewer than five state complaints in 2024 and an A+ BBB grade. NRG owns it.
• Full review. XOOM Energy review

Spark Energy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan with no monthly fee and a $0 cancel fee. Its price was under your utility's in both PPL and PECO, the only one of the 21 that was.
• Catch. A BBB grade of C+. Its contract has arbitration and a class-action waiver, though you may opt out by email. After the term, its price is variable and can change each billing period. We found no homes count for Spark, so its complaint line got the middle mark.
• Strength. The lowest 12-month fixed price in PPL on this list, and no Pennsylvania penalties found.

IGS Energy

• Sells. Fixed plans in PPL and PECO. On Oct 16 its own site showed prices well above your utility's.
• Catch. A $99 cancel fee on the 12-month plan. Its own site shows a variable price after the term that is far above your utility's.
• Strength. No arbitration clause in its Pennsylvania contract, an A+ BBB grade and no penalties found.
• Full review. IGS Energy review

Inspire Clean Energy

• Sells. 100% clean-energy plans: flat monthly plans and per-kWh plans. Its 12-month price was a bit above your utility's in PPL and level in PECO.
• Catch. In November 2024 it signed an agreement with the Pennsylvania Attorney General that included $150,000 for customers and $100,000 in costs. Inspire denies the claims. We could not read its supply contract.
• Strength. A $0 cancel fee, an A+ BBB grade and complaints that fell by more than half from 2022 to 2024. Rhythm Energy has owned it since June 2025.
• Full review. Inspire Clean Energy review

Agway Energy Services

• Sells. Variable-price plans only, with no cancel fee. It has no fixed 12-month plan.
• Catch. Its contract says there is no limit on how much the price can change from one month to the next.
• Strength. No arbitration clause, five days to cancel (the state minimum is three), an A+ BBB grade and no penalties found. Suburban Propane owns it.

NRG Home

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan with 25% renewable energy, a $0 cancel fee and 1% cash back after every 12 months, priced well above your utility's. The company behind it is Reliant Energy Northeast LLC. It serves more homes than any other supplier here.
• Catch. In 2021 it settled with PUC enforcement staff for $175,000 over 168 switches the staff said customers had not approved in 2018. NRG Home reported them itself. BBB does not rate it.
• Strength. No cancel fee and a parent, NRG, that publishes audited financials.

Green Mountain Energy

• Sells. Not on PA Power Switch. Its own shop loads by script, so we found no fixed 12-month price. Its variable price in September 2026 ran more than a third above your utility's.
• Catch. In 2022 it settled with PUC enforcement staff for $156,000 over 156 enrollments the staff said customers had not approved, from 2018 to 2020.
• Strength. A low complaint rate for its size, an A+ BBB grade and no cancel fee on its variable plan, which caps monthly price rises at 30%. NRG owns it.

Verde Energy

• Sells. A 100% renewable 12-month fixed plan, priced a little above your utility's, with $100 in Home Depot gift cards.
• Catch. In 2022 it settled with PUC enforcement staff for a $1,000,000 penalty plus $75,000 for PPL's Hardship Fund, over sales tactics the staff called deceptive. Verde did not admit fault. It charges a $100 cancel fee, and its BBB grade is C+.
• Strength. Complaints fell from 273 in 2019 to 24 in 2024, and you can opt out of its arbitration clause within 30 days.
• Full review. Verde Energy review

SmartEnergy

• Sells. No 12-month plan. It offers 6-month plans, including a $100 prepaid card plan, at prices well above your utility's.
• Catch. Its own page shows a variable price far above your utility's: 21.2¢ in PPL in May 2026. Its contract has arbitration and a class-action waiver.
• Strength. An A+ BBB grade, no Pennsylvania penalties found and no cancel fee on its 6-month plan.

Clearview Energy

• Sells. A 12-month fixed plan with no monthly fee, plus "Plus" plans with a $9.99 to $19.99 monthly fee. Prices ran above your utility's.
• Catch. In 2017 it settled with PUC enforcement staff for $250,000 over billing on a capped variable plan in 2014. Clearview denied wrongdoing. Its contract has confidential arbitration, a one-year limit on claims and a $150 cancel fee. Its complaint rate was high.
• Strength. An A+ BBB grade and no cancel fee in the last 30 days of the term.

Mpower Energy

• Sells. A 100% renewable 12-month plan, only in PECO and PPL. It was 16.90¢ in both areas on Sept 30.
• Catch. On Sept 30 that was 29% above PPL's price to compare and 44% above PECO's. Its Pennsylvania contract is not online, and its site shows only a New York one. BBB does not rate it. Its complaint rate was high.
• Strength. No monthly or cancel fee listed and no Pennsylvania penalties found.

Nordic Energy Services

• Sells. No 12-month fixed plan. Its PA Power Switch listing is a two-month intro price, then one step up, then a variable price. Only in PECO and PPL.
• Catch. Its own page posts an average variable price of 25.046¢ in PPL and 22.224¢ in PECO for September 2026, nearly twice your utility's price. The PUC logged 15 complaints in 2024, on about 2,800 homes.
• Strength. "No early termination fees" on its listing, a B from BBB and no Pennsylvania penalties found.

Indra Energy

• Sells. Indra had no home offer on PA Power Switch on Oct 16. Its own site shows a 12-month plan at 19.99¢ in PPL, and a two-bill intro price of 12.49¢ before a variable price.
• Catch. The highest complaint rate on this list: 63 complaints in 2024, on about 7,000 homes. In 2025 the PUC upheld one customer's complaint that Indra switched them without consent, with a $2,000 fine. Its own page shows a variable price of 25.36¢ in PPL for September 2026.
• Strength. A $0 cancel fee on its web 12-month plan and a license since 2009.
• Full review. Indra Energy review

Residents Energy

• Sells. Residents had no home offer on PA Power Switch on Oct 16. Its own sheet shows no 12-month plan, only a 6-cycle fixed plan at 16.75¢ in PPL with a daily fee of up to $0.499, about $15 a month.
• Catch. That daily fee, a $10 cancel fee for each cycle left, and arbitration with a class-action waiver. In 2018 it settled a PUC case for $6,000 over one customer's switch, with no admission of fault.
• Strength. A B from BBB and a parent, Genie Energy, that publishes audited financials.
• Full review. Residents Energy review

Actions in other states

These are official records from other states. They are reported here, not scored. Each company may have more than one matter, and we list only those we could confirm.

A fixed price ends. Then your supplier can move you to a variable price, and variable prices often run well above the utility's. Here is what these suppliers' own pages show for the PPL area.

State rules help here. Your supplier must warn you twice before a fixed term ends. If you do nothing, you must be moved to a month-to-month plan with no cancel fee, or to a new fixed plan you can cancel at any time with no fee. The danger is missing the notice.

Every offer comes with a disclosure box. These lines decide whether it is a deal. If an offer has fees, the state requires a table of its average price at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh. Look for it.

Fees hurt small users most. A 12.5¢ offer with a $9.95 monthly fee costs about 14.5¢ at 500 kWh, 13.5¢ at 1,000 kWh and 13.0¢ at 2,000 kWh. Test the all-in price at your own use.

Most problems end with a call. If yours does not, the state has steps, and each one is free.

1. 1
   Call the supplier first.

   Ask for a copy of the contract and for the date and way you agreed. Write down who you spoke to and when.

2. 2
   Use your free cancel days.

   You have 3 business days after you get the disclosure to cancel a new contract, by phone, in writing or online if offered.

3. 3
   Dispute a switch you did not approve.

   Tell your utility and the supplier within your first two billing periods. You owe the supplier nothing for that time, you move back with no fee, and refunds are due within 30 days after the dispute closes.

4. 4
   File a PUC complaint.

   If the supplier does not fix it, use the form at puc.pa.gov/complaints or call 1-800-692-7380. It is a simple form, not a court case.

5. 5
   Go back to your utility's price.

   Ask your utility to return you to default service. PA Power Switch says the move back costs nothing, but a supplier's cancel fee may still apply.

Pennsylvania licenses many more suppliers than sell to homes. The PUC's list showed 444 licensed names on Oct 16, 2026. Of those, 103 suppliers were licensed to serve homes. That day, only 45 or 46 names listed a home offer in PECO or PPL on PA Power Switch. A license means the PUC let the company sell here. It is not a rating.

A different name is not always a different company. Complaints and penalties belong to the licensed company, so a family can look better or worse than any one brand.