[ PECO / PA ]
PECO electricity rates in Pennsylvania
2026 REQUEST WITHDRAWN APR 2026 · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at PECO's average effective residential rate (18.02¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Earlier cases
- R-2026-3060859 · Withdrawn · filed Mar 2026 · 12.5% asked
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.60¢ | — | 1,439,684 |
| 2016 | 14.02¢ | +3.1% | 1,450,780 |
| 2017 | 14.00¢ | −0.1% | 1,463,018 |
| 2018 | 12.83¢ | −8.4% | 1,475,949 |
| 2019 | 12.76¢ | −0.6% | 1,488,143 |
| 2020 | 12.63¢ | −1.0% | 1,502,383 |
| 2021 | 12.60¢ | −0.2% | 1,513,919 |
| 2022 | 14.38¢ | +14.1% | 1,522,331 |
| 2023 | 16.18¢ | +12.5% | 1,530,762 |
| 2024 | 16.16¢ | −0.1% | 1,535,818 |
| 2025 | 18.02¢ | +11.5% | 1,538,993 |
How this compares
PECO files with the EIA as PECO Energy Co (utility ID 14940).
Serves 6 counties in Pennsylvania: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia, York. 342 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is PECO raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for PECO is pending with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission in our tracker. A 2026 request for 12.5% was withdrawn in Apr 2026. Its average residential rate moved +11.5% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does PECO charge per kWh?
PECO's average effective residential rate was 18.02¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Pennsylvania's 2025 average was 19.29¢.
How much have PECO rates gone up in five years?
+42.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +58.5% for Pennsylvania as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does PECO have in Pennsylvania?
1,538,993 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, 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 Pennsylvania Public Utility 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)
