The average electric bill in Maryland
Maryland households paid $184.42 a month for electricity in 2025, at 19.53¢ per kilowatt-hour for 944 kWh a month. That is 25% above the national median, and ranks #3 of 51 states, most expensive first.
- Monthly bill
- $184.42
- US median $147.18
- Price
- 19.53¢
- per kWh · US 15.39¢
- Usage
- 944
- kWh per month
- Households
- 2,471,218
- residential accounts
What each Maryland utility charges, most expensive first
Delmarva Power charges 21.81¢ per kWh and Hagerstown Light Department charges 11.23¢ — 1.9× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.
| # | Utility | Price | Typical bill | vs US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delmarva PowerInvestor Owned · 181,839 homes | 21.81¢per kWh | $214.05981 kWh/mo | 1.58× dearer |
| 2 | Potomac Electric Power CoInvestor Owned · 531,090 homes | 21.74¢per kWh | $181.58835 kWh/mo | 1.57× dearer |
| 3 | Baltimore Gas & Electric CoInvestor Owned · 1,143,710 homes | 20.19¢per kWh | $177.19878 kWh/mo | 1.46× dearer |
| 4 | Choptank Electric Cooperative, IncCooperative · 50,981 homes | 17.11¢per kWh | $199.931,169 kWh/mo | 1.24× dearer |
| 5 | Southern Maryland Elec Coop IncCooperative · 162,860 homes | 16.43¢per kWh | $192.341,171 kWh/mo | 1.19× dearer |
| 6 | The Potomac Edison CompanyInvestor Owned · 252,583 homes | 15.44¢per kWh | $172.041,114 kWh/mo | 1.12× dearer |
| 7 | Easton Utilities CommMunicipal · 8,884 homes | 15.18¢per kWh | $158.761,046 kWh/mo | 1.10× dearer |
| 8 | Hagerstown Light DepartmentMunicipal · 14,878 homes | 11.23¢per kWh | $106.41947 kWh/mo | 1.23× cheaper |
Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.
Price is only half of it
The median Maryland utility also leaves customers without power for 2.9 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Maryland utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.
Other states
- Hawaii$207.89
- Connecticut$206.46
- Alabama$184.31
- Massachusetts$181.08
- Texas$170.95
- Florida$167.86
- Mississippi$166.05
- Rhode Island$165.62
- West Virginia$165.13
- Virginia$163.05
- Pennsylvania$161.90
- South Carolina$161.21
- Georgia$158.70
- Delaware$157.80
- Arizona$157.15
- New Hampshire$156.94
- Tennessee$156.03
- New York$154.75
- California$154.73
- Louisiana$153.32
- New Jersey$150.59
- Indiana$149.72
- Ohio$147.74
- Maine$147.67