PPL Electric Utilities rates, bills and supply choices
PPL Electric Utilities's 836,316 default-service customers in Pennsylvania paid an average of 18.60¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $163.72 a month on 880 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 19.96¢, and 20.96¢ in August 2026.2 Another 474,935 homes on its wires (36.2%) buy their supply elsewhere and pay PPL Electric Utilities delivery charges averaging 6.51¢ 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.
33 of 67 Pennsylvania counties served (EIA-861 2025)
PPL Electric Utilities' default-service homes paid an average of 18.60¢ per kWh in 2025, +9.5% on 2024, and 19.96¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months to August 2026. What sets PPL apart in Pennsylvania is how many of its customers buy power from someone else: 36.2% of the homes on its wires did in 2025, and they paid PPL 6.51¢ per kWh1 for delivery alone, the lowest delivery-only average of the state's four large utilities.
PPL Electric's average price, and who it describes
PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, delivers electricity to 1,311,251 homes in central and eastern Pennsylvania, 24.0% of the state's residential customers in 2025. Not all of them buy their power from PPL. The 836,316 that did, on PPL's default service, paid an average of 18.60¢ per kWh1 in 2025: total residential revenue divided by the kWh those homes used.
That figure is a whole-bill average, not a line of the tariff. It covers the monthly customer charge, distribution and transmission charges, the default-service supply charge and riders; most taxes are left out. A household that uses little pays more per kWh than the average, a large one less.
Three periods give three readings. EIA's final annual figure for 2025 is 18.60¢ per kWh1. EIA's monthly survey, in which 2026 months are preliminary, puts the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 at 19.96¢ per kWh and August 20263 alone at 20.96¢ per kWh2.
In 2025 PPL's average was the 6th highest among the 13 Pennsylvania utilities with 10,000 or more full-service homes, 3.6% below the Pennsylvania average and 4.6% above the national average for investor-owned utilities. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 44th highest of 1771.
January bills, not July
PPL's monthly data peak in winter. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per home ranged from 619 kWh in October 2025 to 1,365 kWh in January 2026, and the average full-service bill from $124.11 to $262.84. Across the year the average home used 895 kWh a month and paid $178.612.
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 | 648 | $129.17 | 19.94¢ |
| October 2025 | 619 | $124.11 | 20.05¢ |
| November 2025 | 869 | $167.98 | 19.34¢ |
| December 2025 | 1,286 | $248.67 | 19.33¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,365 | $262.84 | 19.26¢ |
| February 2026 | 1,176 | $227.42 | 19.34¢ |
| March 2026 | 891 | $177.74 | 19.94¢ |
| April 2026 | 669 | $138.74 | 20.74¢ |
| May 2026 | 667 | $138.54 | 20.77¢ |
| June 2026 | 778 | $157.47 | 20.24¢ |
| July 2026 | 944 | $195.93 | 20.75¢ |
| August 2026 | 852 | $178.66 | 20.96¢ |
The pattern divides Pennsylvania's large utilities. FirstEnergy Pennsylvania also peaked in January 2026, at 1,195 kWh per home. PECO in the Philadelphia area peaked in summer instead, at 1,020 kWh in July 2026, and so did Duquesne Light in Pittsburgh, at 787 kWh in July 20262. For PPL households the bill to budget for is the winter one. Space heating took 16%4 of household electricity statewide in EIA's 2020 household survey; EIA does not publish that share for a single utility.
How much prices and bills rose
From 2024 to 2025, PPL's full-service average went from 16.99¢ per kWh to 18.60¢ per kWh, up 9.5%. The average bill rose faster, from $144.25 to $163.72 (+13.5%), because use per home also grew, from 849 kWh to 880 kWh a month. The delivery-only average, which leaves supply out, rose less: from 6.14¢ per kWh5 to 6.51¢ per kWh (+6.0%1).
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 | PPL Electric Utilities (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 16.79¢ | 1,346 | $225.98 |
| February 2025 | 16.97¢ | 1,098 | $186.29 |
| March 2025 | 17.72¢ | 856 | $151.69 |
| April 2025 | 18.02¢ | 692 | $124.74 |
| May 2025 | 18.32¢ | 620 | $113.62 |
| June 2025 | 19.45¢ | 808 | $157.06 |
| July 2025 | 19.16¢ | 984 | $188.58 |
| August 2025 | 19.54¢ | 771 | $150.78 |
| September 2025 | 19.94¢ | 648 | $129.17 |
| October 2025 | 20.05¢ | 619 | $124.11 |
| November 2025 | 19.34¢ | 869 | $167.98 |
| December 2025 | 19.33¢ | 1,286 | $248.67 |
| January 2026 | 19.26¢ | 1,365 | $262.84 |
| February 2026 | 19.34¢ | 1,176 | $227.42 |
| March 2026 | 19.94¢ | 891 | $177.74 |
| April 2026 | 20.74¢ | 669 | $138.74 |
| May 2026 | 20.77¢ | 667 | $138.54 |
| June 2026 | 20.24¢ | 778 | $157.47 |
| July 2026 | 20.75¢ | 944 | $195.93 |
| August 2026 | 20.96¢ | 852 | $178.66 |
The full-service average, which includes supply, rose faster than delivery alone. PPL buys default-service power in the PJM1 wholesale market, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2026 update on retail price trends attributes 0.9¢ per kWh of the rise in average PJM wholesale costs in 2025 to capacity prices, with 0.6¢ per kWh more expected in 2026. The laboratory puts Pennsylvania's statewide average retail price 1.2¢ per kWh6 higher in 2025 than in 2024.
Delivery is the part the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission sets in base rate cases. On June 4, 2026, the commission approved a modified settlement of PPL's base rate case, with new distribution rates for service from July 1, 2026, and a two-year stay-out before the next base rate case; the filings are on the case docket. In August 20263, the second full month after those rates took effect, PPL's residential average was 20.96¢ per kWh, +7.3%2 on August 2025, a preliminary figure that also reflects supply prices. The guide to rate increases explains how such decisions reach a bill.
One home in three buys supply elsewhere
PPL's territory has the most shopping in Pennsylvania. In EIA's 2025 count, 474,935 PPL homes, 36.2%1 of those on its wires, bought their electricity from a licensed supplier and paid PPL only for delivery. The PUC's own count on June 30, 2026 was 419,788 residential customers, 32.0%, against 19.0% at PECO, 19.7% at Duquesne Light and 21.7%7 statewide. The two counts differ in date and definition, so they are shown separately.
For those homes, PPL's delivery-only average was 6.51¢ per kWh in 2025, a delivery bill of $68.38 a month on 1,051 kWh. Shopping homes used more electricity than PPL's full-service homes (880 kWh1). The supplier's charge comes on top of the delivery bill at whatever price the contract set, and EIA's figures do not let the two parts be added into a single price.
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) |
|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities (PA) | 6.51¢ |
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (PA) | 7.75¢ |
| PECO (PA) | 10.49¢ |
| Duquesne Light (PA) | 11.94¢ |
PPL's delivery-only average was the lowest of the four: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania's was 7.75¢ per kWh, PECO's 10.49¢ per kWh and Duquesne Light's 11.94¢ per kWh1. A supplier contract replaces only the supply part of a PPL bill; the default-service supply price it is measured against, the Price to Compare, and the suppliers' current offers are published on the PUC's PAPowerSwitch. The Pennsylvania retail choice guide explains how the market works.
PPL beside PECO, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania and Duquesne
For full-service homes, PPL sits in the middle on price and near the top on bills. Its 2025 average of 18.60¢ per kWh compares with 18.02¢ per kWh at PECO, 18.77¢ per kWh at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania and 23.47¢ per kWh at Duquesne Light. Monthly use separates the bills more than price does: 880 kWh per PPL home and 884 kWh at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, against 755 kWh at PECO and 611 kWh1 at Duquesne.
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 monthly residential bill |
|---|---|
| PECO (PA) | $136.07 |
| Duquesne Light (PA) | $143.33 |
| PPL Electric Utilities (PA) | $163.72 |
| FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (PA) | $165.99 |
The result in 2025 was an average PPL bill of $163.72, close to FirstEnergy Pennsylvania's $165.99 and above PECO's $136.07 and Duquesne's $143.331, even though Duquesne's price per kWh was the highest.
Fewer outage minutes than the other large utilities
PPL customers averaged 198 minutes without power in 2025, counting major storms, fewer than the Pennsylvania average of 458 minutes. PECO's customers averaged 328 minutes, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania's 647 minutes and Duquesne Light's 856 minutes. On days without major events PPL's figure was 116 minutes, more than PECO's 59 minutes, so PPL's lead comes from storm days. The average PPL customer had 0.978 interruptions in the year. PPL's figures follow the IEEE 1366 standard.
Smart meters, time-of-use and rooftop solar
Advanced meters covered 100.0% of PPL's residential meters in 2025, yet few homes used a time-based price: 979 residential customers were enrolled in time-of-use pricing, 0.1%9 of those on its wires. The time-of-use guide explains how such prices change a bill.
Rooftop solar is more common on PPL's system than at the other three large utilities: 30,053 net-metered residential installations with 277.8 megawatts, or 22.9 per 1,000 residential customers, against 20.2 at Duquesne Light, 16.0 at PECO and 14.69 at FirstEnergy Pennsylvania.
The counties PPL serves
EIA's 2025 service-territory records place PPL Electric in 33 counties: Berks County, Bradford County, Bucks County, Carbon County, Centre County, Chester County, Clinton County, Columbia County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Juniata County, Lackawanna County and 21 others. In 2 of them no other distribution utility reports customers; in the other 3110, at least one other utility also reports customers. EIA publishes no price for a city or ZIP code, and county lines do not settle which utility serves a street: PPL's own service map does.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Berks County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Borough of Kutztown |
| Bradford County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, Sullivan County R E C |
| Bucks County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, PECO, Borough of Quakertown, Borough of Perkasie |
| Carbon County | Borough of Lehighton, Borough of Weatherly |
| Centre County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, United Electric Cooperative, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Chester County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, PECO |
| Clinton County | United Electric Cooperative, Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Columbia County | Borough of Catawissa |
| Cumberland County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Adams Electric Cooperative |
| Dauphin County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Borough of Middletown, Borough of Royalton |
| Juniata County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Lackawanna County | Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, Borough of Blakely, Borough of Olyphant |
| Lancaster County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Borough of Ephrata |
| Lebanon County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania |
| Lehigh County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania |
| Luzerne County | UGI Utilities, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Lycoming County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, Sullivan County R E C |
| Mifflin County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Valley Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Monroe County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania |
| Montgomery County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, PECO, Borough of Lansdale, Borough of Hatfield |
| Montour County | none |
| Northampton County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania |
| Northumberland County | Citizens Electric Co, Borough of Watsontown |
| Perry County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Borough of Duncannon |
| Pike County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Pike County Light & Power Co |
| Schuylkill County | Borough of Schuylkill Haven, Borough of St Clair |
| Snyder County | none |
| Sullivan County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, Sullivan County R E C |
| Susquehanna County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Union County | Citizens Electric Co, Borough of Mifflinburg |
| Wayne County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania |
| Wyoming County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, UGI Utilities, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative |
| York County | FirstEnergy Pennsylvania, PECO, Adams Electric Cooperative, Borough of Goldsboro, Borough of Lewisberry |
Business customers and help with bills
PPL's full-service commercial customers paid an average of 15.57¢ per kWh in 2025 and its 856 full-service industrial accounts 13.70¢ per kWh; across all customers the average was 17.98¢ per kWh. Businesses that buy supply from a supplier paid PPL a delivery-only average of 1.66¢ per kWh (commercial) and 0.52¢ per kWh1 (industrial).
Households struggling with winter bills can apply for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which allotted Pennsylvania $232.5 million12 for fiscal year 2026. The Pennsylvania page puts PPL in the state picture.
PPL Electric rate questions
What are PPL Electric's residential rates per kWh?
On average, 18.60¢ per kWh1 in 2025 for residential customers who bought both supply and delivery from PPL, and 19.96¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (2026 months preliminary). These are averages of everything billed divided by kWh, not tariff lines: the customer charge, distribution charges, transmission, the default-service supply charge and riders are all inside them.
What is the average PPL electric bill?
$163.72 a month in 2025 for 880 kWh1, up from $144.255 in 2024. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, EIA's monthly data put the average at $178.61, with a high of $262.84 in January 20262.
What do PPL customers with a supplier pay?
PPL still bills them for delivery: 6.51¢ per kWh on average in 2025, or $68.381 a month. The supplier's charge is separate and depends on the contract, so the delivery figure cannot be compared with the full-service average on its own. PPL's current Price to Compare and the suppliers' offers are listed on the PUC's PAPowerSwitch site.
Did PPL Electric raise its rates in 2026?
The Pennsylvania PUC decided PPL's base rate case in June 2026, with new distribution rates for service from July 1, 2026. In EIA's monthly data the residential average for August 20263 was 20.96¢ per kWh, +7.3%2 on August 2025 (preliminary).
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, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, state data; table CE4.1.EL.ST, CE5 state tables, state highlights; released June 28, 2023. 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
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers; table July 2026 update; 2025 data. eta-publications.lbl.gov
- Pennsylvania PUC, PAPowerSwitch, customers who have switched; table paps_numbers063026.pdf; 2026-06-30. www.papowerswitch.com
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.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, 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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