Pennsylvania Electricity Rates and Average Electric Bill

Price is the main reason the Pennsylvania bill is high. Prices run 12% above the national price, while households use 4% less electricity than the typical US household.

Over a year, the average Pennsylvania household pays about $1,943 for electricity. The state ranks 12th highest for the monthly bill, 15th highest for price per kWh and 21st lowest 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.

Pennsylvania is dominated by investor-owned utilities, which serve 97% of residential customers. The rest are served by electric cooperatives (3%). EIA lists 18 utilities and electricity suppliers with customers in Pennsylvania.

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

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

The state commission runs PAPowerSwitch, which lists supplier offers by distribution company. The utility keeps delivering the power and maintains the lines. EIA data shows retail suppliers served about 22% of Pennsylvania residential customers in 2025.

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

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

Utilities in Pennsylvania reported an average of 2 hours and 16 minutes without power per customer in 2025, with 1.04 interruptions per customer, when major storm days are left out. That outage time is close to the median state (127 minutes).

Customers in Pennsylvania had 97,060 net-metered residential solar systems with a combined 1,203.7 megawatts of capacity in 2025. That works out to 17.4 systems for every 1,000 households, which ranks 26 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.

• Check your rate before your habits. Usage here is close to or below the national figure, so the plan and the price per kWh on your bill often matter more than conservation. Our bill reading guide shows where to look.
• Compare supplier offers. Because Pennsylvania 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. 4 of the 8 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 Pennsylvania are handled by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. If you have a billing dispute you could not settle with your utility, the regulator is the next step.