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Maryland electricity rates

Updated October 7, 2026

16.5¢per kWh, customer-weighted average1% higher than the U.S. average

$150average monthly bill

1utilities with a pending rate case

Maryland is a retail-choice state

Your utility delivers the power and its rate cases set the delivery charges. The supply portion comes from the supplier you choose, or the default rate if you never chose. Both move independently.

Utilities in Maryland

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Utility	¢/kWh	Homes	Avg bill	Rate case
BGE Investor Owned	16.12	1,214,100	$140	Pending
Pepco Investor Owned	18.74	553,607	$155
Potomac Edison (FirstEnergy) Investor Owned	13.26	256,568	$143
Delmarva Power Investor Owned	19.28	186,368	$183
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Cooperative	14.73	160,882	$168
Choptank Electric Cooperative Cooperative	16.46	50,697	$183
Hagerstown Light Department Municipal	7.77	15,099	$71

Rate cases in Maryland

BGE Pending
About +$8/month on a typical bill. BGE filed a traditional electric base rate case on July 6, 2026 seeking $156.1 million (10.4% ROE), about $8/month or 4% for a residential customer using 851 kWh (scaled to about $9.40 at 1,000 kWh). Filed right after the PSC ended its multi-year rate plan pilot; money is for distribution system reliability. Public comment hearings Oct 26, Nov 4 and Nov 18, 2026; PSC decision expected January 2027.