[ Delaware Electric Cooperative / DE ]
Delaware Electric Cooperative electricity rates in Delaware
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Delaware Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate (13.89¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.90¢ | — | 80,259 |
| 2016 | 12.08¢ | +1.5% | 82,210 |
| 2017 | 11.67¢ | −3.4% | 85,425 |
| 2018 | 11.42¢ | −2.1% | 87,984 |
| 2019 | 12.02¢ | +5.3% | 90,750 |
| 2020 | 12.15¢ | +1.1% | 93,712 |
| 2021 | 11.52¢ | −5.2% | 96,726 |
| 2022 | 12.96¢ | +12.5% | 100,127 |
| 2023 | 14.96¢ | +15.4% | 103,287 |
| 2024 | 14.22¢ | −5.0% | 104,839 |
| 2025 | 13.89¢ | −2.3% | 108,801 |
How this compares
Serves 2 counties in Delaware: Kent, Sussex. 36 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Delaware Electric Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Delaware Electric Cooperative is on file with the Delaware Public Service Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −2.3% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Delaware Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
Delaware Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 13.89¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Delaware's 2025 average was 17.15¢.
How much have Delaware Electric Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+14.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +56.1% for Delaware as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Delaware Electric Cooperative have in Delaware?
108,801 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Kent, Sussex, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Delaware Public Service Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
