Central Electric Cooperative, PA Rates and Average Bill

Central Electric Cooperative reported 23,675 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 791 kWh a month on average at 16.90 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 13 Pennsylvania utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Central Electric Cooperative ranks 6 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Central Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 7 counties in Pennsylvania. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Central Electric Cooperative does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 123 residential net-metered systems on the Central Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 1.3 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

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Central Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Pennsylvania.

Central Electric Cooperative operates in the PJM power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

Of the 18 utilities listed for Pennsylvania, Central Electric Cooperative is the 7th largest by homes, at roughly 0.43% of the state total. Its price of 16.90 cents per kWh is 0.79 cents above the median of 8 other cooperatives in Pennsylvania (16.11 cents). Over a year, the typical Central Electric Cooperative bill runs about $338 below the state average, with monthly use 48 kWh lower. Central Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 7 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 123 of its residential customers use net metering, or 5.2 per 1,000 homes, against 17.4 for Pennsylvania as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Pennsylvania with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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