18.60¢
per kWh, 2025
[ PPL Electric Utilities / PA · R-2025-3057164 ]
PPL Electric Utilities: 3.2% approved for 1,311,251 Pennsylvania homes
EFFECTIVE · ON BILLS JUL 2026
rate increase approved
19.20¢
per kWh with the increase
1,311,251
residential customers
+41.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
After the increase
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at PPL Electric Utilities's average effective residential rate (18.60¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate case R-2025-3057164
In effect Docket R-2025-3057164 ↗
- Sep 2025Filed with the commission as docket R-2025-3057164
- Jun 2026Commission approved 3.23% (asked: 6.98%)
- Jul 2026New rates on bills
PPL Electric Utilities asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on September 30, 2025 for its first distribution base-rate increase since 2016, about $356.3 million a year, or roughly 8.6% of total company revenue. Its customer notice said a residential customer using 1,000 kWh would see the total monthly bill rise from $191.49 to $204.86, or 6.98%; the company pointed to the upkeep of nearly 47,000 miles of distribution lines, 1 million poles and hundreds of substations. On June 4, 2026 the commission approved a modified settlement worth about $275 million a year with a two-year stay-out on new base-rate increases. PPL says the decision raises residential bills 3.23%, or $6.48 a month at 1,000 kWh, and the new rates took effect July 1, 2026.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.01¢ | — | 1,237,897 |
| 2016 | 12.94¢ | −7.6% | 1,244,382 |
| 2017 | 13.47¢ | +4.1% | 1,246,636 |
| 2018 | 13.50¢ | +0.2% | 1,257,082 |
| 2019 | 13.36¢ | −1.0% | 1,265,281 |
| 2020 | 13.18¢ | −1.4% | 1,271,397 |
| 2021 | 13.59¢ | +3.1% | 1,278,611 |
| 2022 | 16.86¢ | +24.1% | 1,283,659 |
| 2023 | 19.55¢ | +15.9% | 1,289,659 |
| 2024 | 16.99¢ | −13.1% | 1,295,883 |
| 2025 | 18.60¢ | +9.5% | 1,311,251 |
How this compares
19.29¢
Pennsylvania average, 2025
−3.6%
PPL Electric Utilities vs PA 2025 average
+8.0%
vs US 2025 average
#8
priciest in PA
Serves 33 counties in Pennsylvania: Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York. 611 ZIP codes.
Questions
Did PPL Electric Utilities get a rate increase?
Yes. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved 3.23% in docket R-2025-3057164 in Jun 2026, with new rates on bills from Jul 2026. The company had asked for 6.98%.
What does PPL Electric Utilities charge per kWh?
PPL Electric Utilities's average effective residential rate was 18.60¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Pennsylvania's 2025 average was 19.29¢.
How much have PPL Electric Utilities rates gone up in five years?
+41.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +58.5% for Pennsylvania as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does PPL Electric Utilities have in Pennsylvania?
1,311,251 residential customers in 2025, across 33 counties including Berks, Bradford, Bucks, 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
Last verified 2026-10-16
- PPL Electric Utilities: Notice of Proposed Rate Change to customers (filed Sept 30, 2025) checked 2026-10-16
- PPL Corp SEC 8-K Exhibit 99.1: PPL Electric files first distribution base rate request in a decade (Sept 30, 2025) checked 2026-10-16
- Pennsylvania PUC press release: PUC issues decision in PPL Electric rate proceeding (June 4, 2026; Wayback copy, puc.pa.gov refused connections) checked 2026-10-16
- PPL Electric Utilities news release: PUC approves new distribution rates (June 4, 2026) checked 2026-10-16
- PPL Electric Utilities: Rate information page (new rates effective July 1, 2026) checked 2026-10-16
- 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)