PPL Electric Utilities Electricity Rate per kWh in 2026
How much does PPL Electric Utilities charge per kWh in 2026?
PPL Electric Utilities’s estimated effective residential rate is about 21.55 cents per kWh as of June 2026. A typical home using 1,000 kWh a month pays roughly $231, including the about $15 monthly customer charge. Commercial service runs about 13.56c/kWh. This is a representative average; your exact rate depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges on PPL Electric Utilities’s official rate schedule.
2026 published rate: PPL Electric Utilities is a delivery-only utility in Pennsylvania's deregulated market, so its rate splits into a supply price and a delivery price. For default-service customers who have not chosen a competitive supplier, PPL's residential Price to Compare is 13.147 cents per kWh for the supply portion, effective 1 June through 30 November 2026, up marginally from 12.953 cents, with the increase driven mainly by higher PJM capacity costs. Delivery (distribution and transmission) charges are billed on top. On 4 June 2026 the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved PPL's first base distribution rate increase since 2016: a $275 million settlement that raises a typical 1,000 kWh residential bill about $7.42 a month and lifts the monthly residential customer charge to $15.00 from $14.09, effective 1 July 2026, with a two-year freeze on further base-rate increases and a new tariff for large data-center loads. Combining supply, delivery, and riders, PPL's all-in residential price lands near Pennsylvania's statewide EIA residential average of 21.55 cents per kWh for May 2026 (the 21.55c shown above), which climbed about 11.7 percent year over year as PJM capacity costs flowed through to bills across the state. If you buy supply from a competitive supplier through PAPowerSwitch instead of the Price to Compare, only the supply portion changes; PPL's delivery charges are the same either way. Pennsylvania PUC decision (4 Jun 2026) and PPL residential Price to Compare filing (eff. 1 Jun 2026).
About PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities serves approximately 1.4 million residential customers across PA. The estimated effective residential rate is about 21.55 cents per kWh as of June 2026 - a representative average; see the official tariff schedule for your exact rate.
Service area: Eastern and central Pennsylvania: 29 counties including the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem), Harrisburg, Lancaster, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, and Williamsport, serving about 1.4 million customers
Parent company: PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL)
Recent rate case: On 4 June 2026 the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved PPL Electric's first base distribution rate increase since 2016, a $275 million settlement that raises a typical 1,000 kWh residential bill about $7.42 a month (the monthly residential customer charge rises to $15.00 from $14.09), effective 1 July 2026, and freezes base rates for two years. Separately, PPL's default-service Price to Compare for the supply portion rose to 13.147 cents per kWh for 1 June through 30 November 2026, from 12.953 cents, reflecting higher PJM capacity costs. Consult the tariff schedule linked above for current approved pricing.
PPL Electric Utilities Bill Calculator: Cost by Monthly Usage
Estimated monthly bill at 21.55c/kWh plus the $15 fixed charge. Formula: kWh x rate + fixed charge.
A representative estimate using the effective average rate. Your exact bill depends on the tariff, season, and fuel and rider charges. Calculate with your own usage ->
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Bill Calculator ->PPL Electric Utilities on Form EIA-861: 2024 Reported Sales, Customers and Realised Prices
EIA's 2024 Form 861 census lists 1 operating company behind PPL Electric Utilities (PPL Electric Utilities Corp, utility 14715), together serving 1,295,883 residential accounts (bundled plus delivery-only) in PA across 33 counties. Weighted across those companies, the 2024 average realised residential price for bundled service was 16.99 cents per kWh (total residential revenue divided by total residential sales). These are annual averages of what customers actually paid, including fuel and rider charges, so they will not match the tariff rate on a current bill; the estimated effective rate above is the site's forward-looking figure.
| Operating company | EIA # | State | Ownership | Res. accounts | Residential | Commercial | Industrial | Rank in state | Share of res. MWh | Counties | 2025 early release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp | 14715 | PA | Investor Owned | 1,295,883 | 16.99c | 13.90c | 10.93c | 3 of 19 | 26.2% | 33 | 18.60c |
Data year 2024, EIA-861 final released 3 December 2025. Res. accounts = residential accounts served, bundled plus delivery-only where the company has delivery-only rows; the residential, commercial and industrial prices are the bundled figures (the price basis). Rank is by residential accounts served among the state's utilities with bundled or delivery service; share is the company's share of the state's residential sales in MWh, not of its customers. Delivery-only rows show the wires charge only. The 2025 early-release column is preliminary and unvalidated by EIA.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 Annual, 2024 final data (public domain), retrieved 28 August 2026; prices are average realised revenue per kWh, not tariffs. Final 2024 file f8612024.zip (released 3 December 2025) from the EIA-861 detailed data files. Preliminary 2025 figures come from the early-release file f8612025er.zip (4 August 2026), which EIA has not yet validated; they are labelled as such wherever shown and never mixed into a final figure.