Maryland Electricity Rates and Average Electric Bill Guide

Two things push the Maryland bill up. Prices run 13% above the national price, and households use 8% more electricity than the typical US household. Fixing only one of them would still leave the bill above average.

Over a year, the average Maryland household pays about $2,213 for electricity. The state ranks 3rd highest for the monthly bill, 14th highest for price per kWh and 20th highest for use, out of 51 places (50 states and DC).

Source: EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data, residential sector. Bills are revenue divided by customers, divided by 12.

Want to see where your own bill falls? Use the bill checker or read the average bill guide for apartments, houses and different household sizes.

Maryland is dominated by investor-owned utilities, which serve 88% of residential customers. The rest are served by electric cooperatives (9%) and municipal utilities (1%). EIA lists 9 utilities and electricity suppliers with customers in Maryland.

See every utility that reports customers here on the electric companies in Maryland page.

If you do not know who serves your address, the find my electric company tool matches your county to a utility.

Households can choose a licensed supplier while their utility keeps delivering the power. Households that do not choose stay on the utility standard offer service. EIA data shows retail suppliers served about 6% of Maryland residential customers in 2025.

The official comparison site is MD Electric Choice. Start there, because it is run for consumers and lists real offers.

Read our Maryland electricity providers guide for how switching works, who delivers your power and what to check before you sign.

Utilities in Maryland reported an average of 1 hour and 20 minutes without power per customer in 2025, with 0.74 interruptions per customer, when major storm days are left out. That outage time is shorter than the median state (127 minutes).

Customers in Maryland had 121,117 net-metered residential solar systems with a combined 1,295.5 megawatts of capacity in 2025. That works out to 49.0 systems for every 1,000 households, which ranks 12 of 51 places. Net metering lets a home with solar offset what it uses from the grid, so it changes the bill math for those households. Our net metering guide explains how the credit works.

Outage figures are reported by utilities and follow different standards, so compare states with care. The median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer in 2025.

• Start with cooling and water heating. Maryland households use 8% more electricity than the typical US home, so the biggest savings usually sit in air conditioning, space heating and water heating. Our guide to lowering your bill covers the fixes.
• Compare supplier offers. Because Maryland allows retail choice, the supply price on your bill can be higher or lower than the default. Compare at least three fixed-rate offers and check the contract length and the cancellation fee.
• Ask about time-of-use pricing. 2 of the 7 largest providers report residential time-of-use programs in EIA data. If you can shift laundry, charging and cooling to cheaper hours, the savings can be real. Our time-of-use guide explains how to test it.
• Ask about budget billing. Many utilities spread costs across the year. Read how budget billing works before you sign up.
• Price your appliances. The electricity cost calculator shows what a space heater, dryer or pool pump costs to run at your rate.

Electric rates and consumer complaints in Maryland are handled by the Maryland Public Service Commission. If you have a billing dispute you could not settle with your utility, the regulator is the next step.