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The average electric bill in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania households paid $161.90 a month for electricity in 2025, at 19.29¢ per kilowatt-hour for 839 kWh a month. That is 10% above the national median, and ranks #12 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$161.90
US median $147.18
Price
19.29¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
839
kWh per month
Households
5,565,993
residential accounts

What each Pennsylvania utility charges, most expensive first

Duquesne Light Co charges 23.47¢ per kWh and Borough of Chambersburg - (PA) charges 12.25¢ — 1.9× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Duquesne Light CoInvestor Owned · 437,551 homes23.47¢per kWh$143.33611 kWh/mo1.70× dearer
2Tri-County Rural Elec Coop Inc (PA)Cooperative · 18,214 homes22.38¢per kWh$127.55570 kWh/mo1.62× dearer
3Pike County Light & Power CoInvestor Owned · 3,709 homes22.20¢per kWh$151.98685 kWh/mo1.60× dearer
4UGI Utilities, IncInvestor Owned · 54,721 homes19.77¢per kWh$169.01855 kWh/mo1.43× dearer
5Wellsborough Electric CoInvestor Owned · 5,174 homes19.01¢per kWh$133.79704 kWh/mo1.37× dearer
6FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric CoInvestor Owned · 1,471,463 homes18.77¢per kWh$165.99884 kWh/mo1.36× dearer
7Claverack Rural Elec Coop IncCooperative · 16,765 homes18.73¢per kWh$161.34861 kWh/mo1.35× dearer
8PPL Electric Utilities CorpInvestor Owned · 836,316 homes18.60¢per kWh$163.72880 kWh/mo1.34× dearer
9PECO Energy CoInvestor Owned · 1,225,334 homes18.02¢per kWh$136.07755 kWh/mo1.30× dearer
10Central Electric Coop, Inc - (PA)Cooperative · 23,675 homes16.90¢per kWh$133.77791 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
11Bedford Rural Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 8,849 homes16.76¢per kWh$163.41975 kWh/mo1.21× dearer
12REA Energy Coop IncCooperative · 20,951 homes16.14¢per kWh$155.96966 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
13Northwestern Rural E C A, Inc - (PA)Cooperative · 18,200 homes16.08¢per kWh$151.18940 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
14Adams Electric Cooperative IncCooperative · 32,580 homes15.41¢per kWh$182.281,183 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
15Valley Rural Electric Coop IncCooperative · 18,057 homes15.13¢per kWh$147.87977 kWh/mo1.09× dearer
16Citizens Electric Co - (PA)Investor Owned · 6,001 homes14.53¢per kWh$176.391,214 kWh/mo1.05× dearer
17Somerset Rural Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 12,354 homes14.37¢per kWh$128.24892 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
18Borough of Chambersburg - (PA)Municipal · 9,952 homes12.25¢per kWh$103.26843 kWh/mo1.13× 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 Pennsylvania utility also leaves customers without power for 3.3 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Pennsylvania utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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