PECO rates in 2026: your price to compare, your bill and Budget Billing

PECO's price to compare is the supply price you pay when you do not pick a supplier. It is 11.759¢ per kWh now. PECO says it passes on what it pays for the power, with no mark-up.

From June 1 to November 30, 2026, generation (the power itself) is 10.785¢ and transmission (the high-voltage lines that carry it) is 0.974¢. Together that is 11.759¢. PECO's table says the total includes a 5.90% adjustment for the gross receipts tax. You can find the price on page 2 of your bill, in the Message Center.

Since June 2025 the price has changed only twice a year, on June 1 and December 1. PECO's own pages do not agree about this. Its price-to-compare page says "quarterly." Its rate-changes page says "semi-annually." PECO's published tables match the second one.

From March 2025 to June 2026 the price rose 27%. To see why prices move, read why your electric bill can be so high. PECO's page lists December 1, 2026 as the next change date. It had not posted that price when we checked on October 19, 2026.

Enter your use for each month, or only the year. The estimator prices each month the way PECO's tariff does, then averages the 12 bills into one level payment.

This is an estimate, not a bill or a PECO quote. PECO sets your real payment from your own account and re-checks it during the year.

The biggest month shows the peak that a level payment hides. The supplier price box shows what a different supply price would change.

Budget Billing evens out the seasons. You pay the same amount each month, and your bill still shows what you really used. It is not a discount. PECO says it "doesn't reduce overall charges."

1. 1
   PECO averages 12 months.

   It uses your past 12 months of use at your address. A home with less history gets an estimate from past use at that address.

2. 2
   You pay one level amount.

   The gap between what you pay and what you use builds up as a credit or a balance.

3. 3
   PECO re-checks the amount.

   If your use or the supply price changes, the payment can move up or down. Pennsylvania rules call for at least three reviews in a budget year.

4. 4
   The year ends with a reset.

   After 12 months PECO sets a new amount, using any balance due or credit. Under its tariff you pick: spread the gap over the next 12 months (the default) or pay it in the 12th bill.

5. 5
   You can leave at any time.

   You go back to paying your real charges. If you used less than you paid, you get the credit. If you used more, you pay the balance.

If the gap at the end is large, you can ask for more time. Under 52 Pa. Code § 56.12, a gap over $100 and under $300 can be spread over 6 months. A gap over $300 can be spread over at least 12 months. A shorter spread is fine too if you ask.

You can enroll at any time, and the plan starts with your next bill. CAP and other help are covered in our guide to help with electric bills.

A PECO bill has two halves. Supply is the power itself, and you can shop it. Delivery is PECO's poles, wires and service, and everyone pays it. The table shows a Rate R home that uses 1,000 kWh in a month, on the prices that run through November 30, 2026. It follows the steps in PECO's own bill guide.

• Customer charge. A flat $11.29 a month, even if you use no power.
• Generation and transmission. Together they are the price to compare. A supplier's charge replaces both lines if you switch.
• Distribution. PECO's price per kWh for poles, wires and service. PECO lowered it to 10.236¢ on July 1, 2026.
• DSIC. The Distribution System Improvement Charge pays to install and replace delivery equipment. It is a percent, and it resets every three months. It rose from 0.42% to 1.05% on October 1, 2026.
• State tax adjustment. A small credit on the delivery lines.

To figure the DSIC, PECO takes $0.00262 per kWh out of distribution first. For 1,000 kWh that leaves $99.74, and $11.29 plus $99.74 is $111.03.

The flat fee makes a small bill cost more per kWh. PECO's own example for a 700 kWh home is the same $166.08. Rate RH homes (electric heat) pay a lower distribution price in winter: 7.855¢ per kWh from October through May, and 10.208¢ from June through September.

If you buy from a supplier, its charge replaces PECO's generation and transmission lines, which total $117.59 in the table. The other lines stay.

On PA Power Switch's PECO list, 53 of 146 offers (36%) are priced below PECO's price today. The lowest fixed price with a term of 12 months or more and no monthly or cancellation fee is 10.49¢ per kWh from Better Buy Energy. The middle price for fixed offers of 12 months or more is 12.24¢ per kWh. These counts leave out our partner's plans, and the list was read on October 20, 2026.

A low price is only one check. Switch when an offer passes all four.

Test an offer in the estimator above. Type its price and monthly fee in the supplier price box, and it shows your level payment and the change over the year.

Remember December 1. A fixed price holds for its term, while PECO's price can move on December 1. PECO has not posted that price, so no one knows if it will go up or down. If it goes up, a fixed price below today's will look better. If it goes down, a fixed price may cost more than PECO's for the rest of the term. A variable price can change in any month.

You can keep Budget Billing if you switch. When PECO bills for your supplier, the supplier's charges join your level payment, under Rule 17.6 of PECO's tariff. A new price can show up at your next review. To see every offer for your ZIP code, use the state's free site, and read our guide to PA Power Switch. Our list of suppliers in the PECO area sorts offers by real monthly cost.

Three parts of your PECO bill change on three different clocks.

1. March 30, 2026PECO asks the PUC to raise delivery prices. For a 700 kWh home the bill would go from $160.37 to $180.45.
2. April 16 and 30, 2026PECO withdraws the request. The PUC closes the case on April 30, so base delivery prices stay as they are. PECO can file again.
3. June 1, 2026The price to compare rises from 11.024¢ to 11.759¢.
4. July 1, 2026PECO lowers the Rate R delivery price to 10.236¢ per kWh after small program charges inside it are adjusted. The customer charge stays $11.29.
5. October 1, 2026The DSIC rises from 0.42% to 1.05%. PECO says that adds $0.51 to a 700 kWh bill.
6. December 1, 2026The next price to compare starts. PECO has not posted it.

Base delivery prices change only when the PUC approves a rate case. Small program charges inside the delivery price reset on set dates, so the per-kWh price can move a little in between. The DSIC changes every three months, on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Supply changes on June 1 and December 1. If you are on Budget Billing, each of these can move your payment at the next review. On any occassion your payment changes, ask PECO why, and have your last bill in hand.