Pennsylvania electricity rates and the average electric bill

Pennsylvania homes paid 21.72¢ for each kWh in July 2026. The EIA posts this number every month, and this is the newest one.

A kWh, or kilowatt-hour, is how your meter counts power. The PUC gives this example: one 100-watt bulb left on 8 hours a day for 30 days uses 24 kWh.

What is in that number? All of it. The EIA adds up what homes were billed for the power, the delivery and the fixed monthly charges. Then it divides by the kWh sold. So it is an all-in price.

The gap was smaller a year ago. In July 2025, Pennsylvania homes paid 19.51¢ and the U.S. paid 17.45¢. By July 2026, Pennsylvania had climbed 11% and the U.S. had climbed 5%.

Do not set this number next to an offer. A supplier's price covers only the supply half of your bill. Compare it with your utility's price to compare instead. Our price to compare guide shows how.

Next: what a fair bill looks like for your home →

Pick your utility and type the kWh from your last bill. You will see a fair bill if you buy power from your utility. You will also see the cost at the state average price, and at the cheapest no-fee 12-month offer today.

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   Find your utility.

   Its name is at the top of your bill. Not sure? The town table further down shows who serves where.

2. 2
   Find your kWh.

   Look for "kWh used" on your bill. A winter month and a summer month can differ a lot.

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   Add your total (optional).

   Type what you paid. The tool shows how far it sits from a fair bill.

An estimate, not a bill. It uses your utility's standard home rate and its price to compare. Nothing you type is sent or saved.

The average Pennsylvania home paid $161.90 a month in 2025. It used 839 kWh and paid 19.29¢ for each one. The average U.S. home paid $150.68 for 874 kWh.

That is the EIA's whole-year number for about 5.6 million Pennsylvania homes. Your own bill swings with the seasons and with how much you use.

Why websites show different "averages"

Some sites use one month. Some guess your kWh. Some count only the supply half of the bill. Here is what each number really means.

How much each utility's homes used and paid in 2025

Use matters as much as price. The PUC asks every utility for its average, and the answers are far apart.

Look at Duquesne Light. Its homes used the least power, so the average bill looks low. But each kWh cost 26.0¢, the most on the list. West Penn homes used 946 kWh and paid 18.2¢ for each one, the least.

What about winter with electric heat? The PUC prices a heating home at 2,000 kWh a month. At January 2026 prices, that bill was $354.56 with West Penn Power and $451.50 with Duquesne Light. A small home at 500 kWh cost $95.40 to $132.17. Some utilities have a lower electric-heat rate, so ask yours. If a bill is more than you can pay, start with help paying your bill.

Next: what is inside a bill →

Your bill has three big parts. Only one of them is yours to shop.

On your bill, supply and transmission share one price per kWh. That is your price to compare. Delivery is a fixed monthly charge plus a price per kWh. The price to compare already includes the state's gross receipts tax.

How big is each part? The state's Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) says supply and transmission are about 57% of an average home's price for June to November 2026. Delivery, fixed charges and fees are the other 43%.

Both parts have grown since 2022. In the IFO's example home (1,200 kWh a month), the bill went from $191 in 2022 to $257 in 2026. Supply and transmission added $35 of that. Delivery added $26.

Next: the same 1,000 kWh on every big utility →

Delivery and supply both change from one utility to the next. So the same 1,000 kWh costs from $192.17 to $257.23 a month if you buy power from your utility. We built each bill from the utility's own tariff and its price to compare, checked October 20, 2026.

PECO has the lowest price to compare of the seven, 11.759¢. Yet its bill is not the lowest, because its delivery is one of the priciest. At 1,000 kWh in October 2026, delivery came to about $114 a month at PECO and about $71 at West Penn Power (our math from each tariff). a low supply price does not mean a low bill.

UGI Electric serves a small part of the state. It is in the statewide offer counts below, but not in these tables. Three tiny utilities (Citizens' Electric, Pike County Light & Power and Wellsboro Electric) are not covered here. A few towns get power from a borough system or a co-op. The prices on this page do not apply to them.

Next: why supply cost so much more →

Mostly because supply got more expensive. The IFO says the average price to compare is 12.61¢ for June to November 2026. That is up 11.9% from a year before, and the third double-digit jump in a row.

The cause is the wholesale price of power. Utilities and suppliers buy power on the PJM grid, the regional grid that includes Pennsylvania. The IFO tracked what it cost.

Most of the jump is the energy itself. The rest is "capacity," which the PUC describes as payments made to ensure power is available during peak demand. Delivery rose too, but slower. In the IFO's 1,200 kWh example, delivery added $26 a month from 2022 to 2026.

If your own bill jumped by more than the state trend, something else may be going on. Find out what, step by step.

Next: what a supplier can and cannot change →

Sometimes. You can only shop the supply half of your bill. Your utility still delivers the power and still charges for delivery. So a cheaper supplier saves you the gap in supply price, times your kWh.

Here is what PA Power Switch listed on October 20, 2026 for home customers of the eight utilities we track (the seven above and UGI Electric). We leave out our partner's plans.

That is about 34% of offers. After monthly fees, 206 are still under the price. The PUC explained why in June 2026: "current wholesale market trends have resulted in fewer supplier offers below the utility rate than in prior years." It also warned that a cheap offer "may be a short-term contract — typically lasting three to six months."

A listing is not a pick. Some of the lowest prices are for new customers only, or depend on how your home uses power. Our offer checker prices any listing for you, and the suppliers ranking scores companies on complaints, fines and contracts, not price alone (how we score).

About 1 in 5 homes buys from a supplier. On Sept. 30, 2026, it was 1,111,411 homes (21.0%). A year earlier it was 1,218,904 (23.1%). If you get help from a utility Customer Assistance Program (CAP), you cannot shop for a supplier.

Next: what changes your rate next →

Two things move your bill: the supply price and the delivery rate. Supply usually changes twice a year, on June 1 and Dec. 1. Delivery usually changes only when the PUC approves a rate case, though small add-on charges can move every three months.

1. Late November 2026Final Dec. 1 prices post. The PUC sent its Dec. 1 alerts between Nov. 24 and Nov. 29 in each of the last three years.
2. Dec. 1, 2026New supply prices start at most utilities. If you buy power from your utility, your price changes even if you do nothing. A fixed supplier price does not change.
3. Jan. 1, 2027FirstEnergy's promise not to seek higher delivery rates ends "at the earliest." Its July 2026 filing with the SEC mentions no pending case.
4. June 1, 2027The next regular supply price change.

What will Dec. 1 look like? Utilities can post their own estimates early. On Oct. 20, 2026, Duquesne Light's estimate was 14.56¢. FirstEnergy's illustrative figures were 14.422¢ for Met-Ed, 13.564¢ for Penelec, 13.893¢ for Penn Power and 12.386¢ for West Penn. All five are up 2.6% to 3.4%. PPL and PECO had not posted. These are estimates, not final prices. Every utility, side by side.

What is that in dollars? Every 1¢ per kWh is about $10 a month at 1,000 kWh. So a rise of 0.4¢ adds about $4 a month.

Delivery moves slower. Here is where each big utility stands.