Atlantic City Electric rates, bills and delivery charges
Atlantic City Electric's 473,195 default-service customers in New Jersey paid an average of 25.84¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $164.27 a month on 636 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 27.75¢, and 27.61¢ in August 2026.2 Another 35,820 homes on its wires (7.0%) buy their supply elsewhere and pay Atlantic City Electric delivery charges averaging 10.58¢ per kWh, plus their supplier's price.
EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
8 of 21 New Jersey counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Atlantic City Electric's default-service homes paid 25.84¢ per kWh in 2025, the highest average among New Jersey's large utilities, and 27.75¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026. Its homes use less electricity than the state average, yet their bill was the largest of the three big utilities. Homes that buy supply elsewhere paid the utility 10.58¢ per kWh for delivery alone, against 6.02¢ per kWh at PSE&G and 4.90¢ per kWh1 at JCP&L.
Price per kWh: 2025, the last 12 months and the latest month
Atlantic City Electric Company delivers electricity to 509,015 homes in southern New Jersey, 13.7% of the state's residential customers. In 2025, 473,195 of those homes also bought their supply from the utility on default service. They paid an average of 25.84¢ per kWh, the highest of the 5 New Jersey utilities with 10,000 or more default-service homes and 14.9% above the New Jersey average1.
That number is average revenue per kWh: what default-service homes were billed in total, delivery and supply together, divided by the kWh they used. The customer charge and riders are inside it; most taxes are not. It is not a rate from the tariff, and a home using less than average pays more than this per kWh.
EIA's monthly survey gives two newer readings. For the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026, the average was 27.75¢ per kWh. For August 20263 alone it was 27.61¢ per kWh2. Months from January 2026 on are preliminary.
Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Atlantic City Electric's 2025 average ranked 16th highest of 177; the median was 15.07¢ per kWh. Measured against every investor-owned utility in the country, it was 45.3% above the national average for investor-owned utilities1.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average residential price (bundled customers) |
|---|---|
| PECO (PA) | 18.02¢ |
| Delmarva Power (DE) | 18.16¢ |
| JCP&L (NJ) | 18.39¢ |
| PSE&G (NJ) | 25.03¢ |
| Atlantic City Electric (NJ) | 25.84¢ |
Neighboring utilities across state lines averaged less in the same year. In 2025, default-service homes of PECO, on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, paid 18.02¢ per kWh, and those of Delmarva Power in Delaware 18.16¢ per kWh1.
Below-average use, the highest bill of the three
Atlantic City Electric's default-service homes used 636 kWh a month in 2025, less than New Jersey's average of 670 kWh4. Their bill still averaged $164.27, against $144.81 at JCP&L, whose homes used 788 kWh, and $140.45 at PSE&G, whose homes used 561 kWh1. The price per kWh, not consumption, puts the bill on top.
The 12-month bill is higher again: $178.51 for 643 kWh over September 2025 to August 2026, against $156.68 at JCP&L and $149.072 at PSE&G over the same months.
Summer peak, spring low
Use per home in Atlantic City Electric's territory moves a long way over the year. In the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 it fell to 376 kWh in April 2026 and climbed to 1,025 kWh in July 2026. The average bill followed, from $107.51 to $282.66. JCP&L's homes used more at their peak (1,215 kWh in July 2026), but their peak bill, $253.492, was lower than Atlantic City Electric's.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.
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| Month | kWh per customer | Bill per customer | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 568 | $155.02 | 27.28¢ |
| October 2025 | 424 | $114.79 | 27.09¢ |
| November 2025 | 493 | $135.91 | 27.55¢ |
| December 2025 | 729 | $201.48 | 27.63¢ |
| January 2026 | 708 | $198.45 | 28.02¢ |
| February 2026 | 629 | $174.44 | 27.74¢ |
| March 2026 | 462 | $130.14 | 28.17¢ |
| April 2026 | 376 | $107.51 | 28.56¢ |
| May 2026 | 449 | $127.81 | 28.47¢ |
| June 2026 | 850 | $236.39 | 27.80¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,025 | $282.66 | 27.57¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,004 | $277.26 | 27.61¢ |
For budgeting, the annual figure hides the summer: the peak-month bill in Atlantic City Electric's territory ran well above the 12-month average of $178.512.
The 2025 increase and 2026 so far
From 2024 to 2025, the default-service average rose from 23.41¢ per kWh to 25.84¢ per kWh (+10.4%). Use per home hardly changed (633 kWh and 636 kWh a month), and the bill went from $148.305 to $164.27 (+10.8%1).
In percentage terms that was the smallest rise of New Jersey's three large utilities: PSE&G's average went up 22.6% and JCP&L's 17.5%1 over the same year, and the state's residential average 16.2%6. Atlantic City Electric started from the highest level and stayed there.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). Bundled (default-service) customers only.
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| Month | Atlantic City Electric (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 22.42¢ | 653 | $146.33 |
| February 2025 | 22.66¢ | 586 | $132.86 |
| March 2025 | 22.89¢ | 458 | $104.90 |
| April 2025 | 23.21¢ | 405 | $93.91 |
| May 2025 | 23.13¢ | 445 | $102.91 |
| June 2025 | 25.81¢ | 895 | $231.00 |
| July 2025 | 28.26¢ | 1,184 | $334.75 |
| August 2025 | 27.54¢ | 788 | $217.03 |
| September 2025 | 27.28¢ | 568 | $155.02 |
| October 2025 | 27.09¢ | 424 | $114.79 |
| November 2025 | 27.55¢ | 493 | $135.91 |
| December 2025 | 27.63¢ | 729 | $201.48 |
| January 2026 | 28.02¢ | 708 | $198.45 |
| February 2026 | 27.74¢ | 629 | $174.44 |
| March 2026 | 28.17¢ | 462 | $130.14 |
| April 2026 | 28.56¢ | 376 | $107.51 |
| May 2026 | 28.47¢ | 449 | $127.81 |
| June 2026 | 27.80¢ | 850 | $236.39 |
| July 2026 | 27.57¢ | 1,025 | $282.66 |
| August 2026 | 27.61¢ | 1,004 | $277.26 |
Default service in New Jersey is Basic Generation Service, and the official BGS auction overview describes how the residential supply price each utility charges is built from a statewide auction held every year. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2026 retail price review puts New Jersey's average retail price increase from 2024 to 2025 at 2.0¢ per kWh and reports that capacity payments added 0.9¢ per kWh to average PJM wholesale costs that year, with wholesale energy costs up 1.7¢ per kWh7. PJM is the regional grid that serves New Jersey.
The newest monthly readings show no second jump yet. The 12-month average for September 2025 to August 2026, 27.75¢ per kWh, sits above the 2025 level because the first months of 2025, before the mid-year increase, have dropped out of it. The August 20263 average was +0.3% against the same month a year earlier, while PSE&G's was −6.1%2; both are preliminary. LBNL's review expects capacity to add a further 0.6¢ per kWh7 to PJM wholesale costs in 2026, a projection for the region, not an Atlantic City Electric rate.
What shoppers pay Atlantic City Electric for delivery
35,820 homes, 7.0% of the utility's residential customers, bought supply from a third-party supplier in 2025. Atlantic City Electric billed them for delivery only, and EIA reports that revenue separately: 10.58¢ per kWh on average, or $66.82 a month for 631 kWh1. These are different customers and a different part of the bill from the default-service average above, so the two are shown side by side and not compared as if one contained the other.
Within New Jersey this is where Atlantic City Electric stands furthest from the other two: in 2025 PSE&G's delivery-only average was 6.02¢ per kWh and JCP&L's 4.90¢ per kWh. Across the Delaware River, PECO's was close to Atlantic City Electric's at 10.49¢ per kWh; Delmarva Power's in Delaware was 7.61¢ per kWh. The statewide figure for New Jersey, across all utilities, was 6.19¢ per kWh1.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Delivery charges only: what the utility billed customers who buy supply elsewhere, divided by their kWh. Not comparable with bundled prices.
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| Utility | delivery-only revenue per kWh (residential) |
|---|---|
| JCP&L (NJ) | 4.90¢ |
| PSE&G (NJ) | 6.02¢ |
| Delmarva Power (DE) | 7.61¢ |
| PECO (PA) | 10.49¢ |
| Atlantic City Electric (NJ) | 10.58¢ |
The delivery-only average moved the other way from the default price in 2025: it went from 10.86¢ per kWh5 to 10.58¢ per kWh (−2.6%). What New Jersey shoppers paid their suppliers for the electricity itself averaged 17.85¢ per kWh1 statewide in 2025, across all suppliers and plans; it is a past average, not an offer, and it is not added to the delivery figure here. The New Jersey retail choice guide explains how switching and returning to default service work.
Rooftop solar and smart meters
Rooftop solar is more common on Atlantic City Electric's system than elsewhere in the state. Its homes had 57,732 net-metered solar installations in 2025, with 470.7 megawatts of capacity: 113.4 per 1,000 residential customers, against 58.0 for New Jersey as a whole, 56.6 at JCP&L and 47.98 at PSE&G.
Advanced meters made up 99.7%8 of its residential meters in EIA's 2025 count. Any time-of-use option, with its hours and prices, is set out in Atlantic City Electric's tariff filed with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Outage minutes below the state average
Atlantic City Electric customers averaged 80 minutes without power in 2025 counting major events, fewer than the New Jersey average of 155 minutes, and 55 minutes with major event days excluded. They had 0.73 interruptions on average, against 1.12 statewide (IEEE 1366). JCP&L's customers averaged 391 minutes and PSE&G's 66 minutes9 on the all-events basis.
Counties served, businesses and help with bills
Atlantic City Electric reported customers in 8 counties in 2025: Atlantic County, Burlington County, Camden County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Ocean County and Salem County. In 2 of them it was the only distribution utility reporting service; in the other 610, at least one more utility did. The utility's own service map, checked by street address, decides who delivers to a home.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 8 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Atlantic County | none |
| Burlington County | PSE&G, JCP&L, Borough of Pemberton |
| Camden County | PSE&G |
| Cape May County | none |
| Cumberland County | City of Vineland |
| Gloucester County | PSE&G |
| Ocean County | JCP&L, Seaside Heights Municipal Utility, Borough of Lavallette |
| Salem County | PSE&G |
Commercial customers paid 20.54¢ per kWh on average in 2025 and industrial customers 15.53¢ per kWh; across every customer class the average was 24.25¢ per kWh1.
New Jersey received $134.6 million12 in federal LIHEAP funds for fiscal 2026. The guide to help paying an electric bill lists the programs open to households in South Jersey and elsewhere.
Atlantic City Electric rates: what readers ask
What is Atlantic City Electric's rate per kWh?
Homes on Atlantic City Electric's default supply paid an average of 25.84¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 27.75¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). Both are averages: everything billed for delivery and supply, including the monthly customer charge and riders, divided by kWh. No single tariff line shows these numbers.
How much is the average Atlantic City Electric bill?
$164.27 a month in 2025 for 636 kWh1, up from $148.305 in 2024. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) it averaged $178.51, with $282.66 in July 2026 and $107.51 in April 20262.
Did Atlantic City Electric rates go up in 2026?
The 12-month average to August 2026, 27.75¢ per kWh, is above the 2025 average of 25.84¢ per kWh1. The single month of August 20263 was nearly level with a year earlier: 27.61¢ per kWh, +0.3%2 (preliminary).
Can I buy electricity from a supplier instead of Atlantic City Electric?
Yes. Atlantic City Electric delivers to every home on its wires, but the supply can come from a third-party supplier. In 2025, 7.0%1 of its residential customers bought supply that way; they still pay Atlantic City Electric for delivery.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers; table July 2026 update; 2025 data. eta-publications.lbl.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
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