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PPL Electric Utilities Corp: 12.34 ¢/kWh for homes, 90 minutes of SAIDI

PPL Electric Utilities Corp is an investor owned utility serving 1,487,347 customer accounts in Pennsylvania; 1,295,883 of them are residential. Among the 3 PPL utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +0.06 ¢ from their median.

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear plant near Berwick, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Near Berwick, Pennsylvania. Photo by Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 915 kWh a month a PPL Electric Utilities Corp home pays about $113 in energy: 12.34 ¢/kWh, 30.6% below the Pennsylvania average of 17.77 ¢.

Among the 3 PPL utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +0.06 ¢ from their median.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp against its group: PPL

Home price place, PPL group
3 of 3+0.06 ¢ from the median of 12.28 ¢

Take the 3 PPL utilities listed here, sorted by home price: PPL Electric Utilities Corp is the most expensive at 12.34 ¢, while the group median is 12.28 ¢. The cheapest is Kentucky Utilities Co (KY) at 11.85 ¢, +0.49 ¢ from here; the spread from top to bottom is 0.49 ¢.

On outage minutes it ranks 3 of 3 (1 = fewest), 90 against a group median of 83. It is the largest of them, 1,487,347 accounts, 2.7 times Kentucky Utilities Co.

How it compares

PPL Electric Utilities Corp
PPL Electric Utilities Corp, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
PPL Electric Utilities CorpLowest in this table12.34 ¢/kWh3.28 ¢/kWh$113at 915 kWh90 minSAIDI
Pennsylvania average against this company, which is 1 of 8 on price+5.43 ¢/kWhcompany 30.6% below+7.75 ¢/kWhcompany 70.3% below+$50a month at 915 kWh+0 mincompany 0 below
PECO Energy Co14.74 ¢/kWhcompany 16.3% below6.73 ¢/kWhcompany 51.2% below$13522 more than company60 mincompany 30 above

Compare 18 Pennsylvania companies

PPL Electric Utilities Corp: 2025

PPL Electric Utilities Corp: +11.1% on 2024 for homes, Pennsylvania +8.6%.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp home price, 2025
13.71 ¢/kWh+11.1% on 2024, early release
PPL Electric Utilities Corp SAIDI, 2025
116 min+28% on 2024, early release
PPL Electric Utilities Corp against Pennsylvania, 2025
+2.5 pointsPPL Electric Utilities Corp +11.1%, Pennsylvania +8.6%, price in Pennsylvania 19.30 ¢

PPL Electric Utilities Corp reported 13.71 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +11.1% on its 2024 figure of 12.34, while the Pennsylvania average moved +8.6%. Its SAIDI is 116 minutes against 90 in 2024.

Carbon context

PPL Electric Utilities Corp serves 1,295,883 homes in Pennsylvania. At 915 kWh a month that is about 268 kg of CO₂, or 3,216 kg a year, at the Pennsylvania plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Pennsylvania generation mix.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.34 ¢ in 2024

9.43 ¢ in 2015, 12.34 ¢ in 2024 (+30.8%); Pennsylvania 13.64 to 17.77 ¢.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearPPL Electric Utilities CorpGap to Pennsylvania residentialGap to U.S. residential
20159.43-4.21-3.22
20169.50-4.36-3.05
20179.98-4.25-2.91
20189.89-4.00-2.98
201910.06-3.74-2.95
20209.98-3.60-3.17
202110.46-3.30-3.20
202212.70-3.24-2.34
202313.96-4.14-2.04
202412.34-5.43-4.14

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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PPL Electric Utilities Corp SAIDI, 2015-2024

76 min in 2015, 90 in 2024.

PPL Electric Utilities Corp SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearPPL Electric Utilities, no major events
201576
201671
201770
201881
201974
202069
202184
202289
202392
202490

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 90.3 min

90.3 min, 0.91x the median reporter, rank 302 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events90.3
  • Company, with major events455.1

PPL Electric Utilities Corp, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 9.43 ¢ in 2015 to 12.34 ¢ in 2024, a move of +30.8%: PPL Electric Utilities Corp tracked its state (+30.3%) within 0.5 points, and +0.6 points against the U.S. Full-service customers alone pay 16.99 ¢ per EIA, against 12.34 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay PPL Electric Utilities Corp for delivery only. PPL Electric Utilities Corp's sharpest move came in 2022, +21.3%. The high is 13.96 ¢ (2023) and the low 9.43 ¢ (2015). 2024: -11.6% here, -1.8% for the Pennsylvania average. SAIDI at PPL Electric Utilities Corp (major events excluded) rose from 76 minutes in 2015 to 90 in 2024, +19%; worst year 2023 at 92. At 90 minutes in 2024, PPL Electric Utilities Corp sat -9 from the national SAIDI median, with 10 of 10 years below it. 2024: 455 minutes with major events, 90 without, the widest gap of any year. PPL Electric Utilities Corp has 0 cheaper and 7 higher-priced Pennsylvania peers among 8 with 20,000+ homes. Next higher-priced, Adams Electric Cooperative Inc, bills 14.42 ¢ (+2.08).

A 30.6% discount to Pennsylvania comes with ordinary reliability, 90 minutes or 0.91x the national median.

Home accounts at PPL Electric Utilities Corp went from 1,237,897 in 2015 to 1,295,883 in 2024, +4.7%. Business customers paid 0.27 times the home price in 2024 (3.28 against 12.34 ¢); the ratio was 0.29 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.67 in 2015 to 0.66 in 2024, between 0.60 and 0.74.

Facts

Customer accounts
1,487,34723.7% of Pennsylvania total
Residential accounts
1,295,88323.4% of Pennsylvania homes
Commercial accounts
188,51512.7% of the base
Residential rate
12.34 ¢/kWhplace 1 of 8, -30.6% against the state
Commercial rate
3.28 ¢/kWhplace 1 of 17, -70.3% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
90.3 minbetter than 55% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
0.660.65x the median
SAIDI with major events
455.1 min80.2% from event days
Net-metered capacity
471.7 MW28,983 installations
Counties served
33all in Pennsylvania
Average residential use
10,978 kWh/yr915 a month
Implied monthly bill
$113-$38 on the U.S. rate, 915 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+30.8%9.43 to 12.34 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
+19%76 min in 2015, 90 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, PPL Electric Utilities Corp

PPL Electric Utilities Corp sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Pennsylvania ¢/kWh
Residential1,295,88312.34-5.43
Commercial188,5153.28-7.75

Year by year, PPL Electric Utilities Corp

YearHome accounts, PPL Electric UtilitiesHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
20151,237,8979.432.760.29760.67
20161,244,3829.502.500.26710.70
20171,246,6369.982.610.26700.60
20181,257,0829.892.630.27810.73
20191,265,28110.062.750.27740.66
20201,271,3979.982.680.27690.69
20211,278,61110.463.040.29840.64
20221,283,65912.703.960.31890.74
20231,289,65913.963.690.26920.64
20241,295,88312.343.280.27900.66

Peers of PPL Electric Utilities Corp in Pennsylvania, place 1 of 8 on home price

Utility near PPL Electric Utilities Corp on priceSAIDI min, gap to PPL Electric Utilities CorpHome ¢, gap to PPL Electric Utilities CorpGap % to PPL Electric Utilities CorpAccounts, PPL Electric Utilities Corp = 1
1. PPL Electric Utilities Corp (this utility)9012.34-1.00
2. Adams Electric Cooperative IncNo data+2.08+16.9%0.02
3. REA Energy Coop IncNo data+2.19+17.7%0.02
4. PECO Energy Co-30+2.40+19.5%1.15

Who buys PPL Electric Utilities Corp's electricity

Class at PPL Electric Utilities CorpAccountsOf PPL Electric Utilities Corp accountsOf PPL Electric Utilities Corp MWh soldkWh a year per PPL Electric Utilities Corp account
Residential1,295,88387.1%38.8%10,978
Commercial188,51512.7%37.9%73,719
Industrial and other2,9490.20%23.2%2,882,365

PPL Electric Utilities Corp among PPL group

PPL Electric Utilities Corp and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to PPL Electric Utilities CorpHome ¢, gap to PPL Electric Utilities CorpAccounts, PPL Electric Utilities Corp = 1
1. Kentucky Utilities Co (KY)-7-0.490.37
2. Louisville Gas & Electric Co (KY)-7-0.060.29
3. PPL Electric Utilities Corp (PA, this utility)9012.341.00

PPL Electric Utilities Corp: meters, rate options and solar

MeasurePPL Electric Utilities CorpPennsylvania contextPPL Electric Utilities Corp detail
PPL Electric Utilities Corp home meters on AMI100.0%Pennsylvania 97.6%1,306,592 of 1,306,592 meters
Homes with daily digital access1,295,883Pennsylvania figure not published100% of the 1,295,883 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for PPL Electric Utilities Corp homesOffered4 of 14 Pennsylvania utilities offer one902 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.07% of 1,295,883
Net-metered installations28,98395% residential21.3 homes per 1,000 accounts, 16.3 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, PPL Electric Utilities Corp

kWhShare of a 915 kWh monthCost a month at 12.34 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25027%$30.85-$10.35$370
50055%$61.71-$20.69$740
75082%$92.56-$31.04$1,111
1,000109%$123.41-$41.39$1,481
1,500164%$185.12-$62.08$2,221
2,000219%$246.82-$82.78$2,962

Outage record, PPL Electric Utilities Corp

Measure, PPL Electric UtilitiNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes90.3455.11.50 h
SAIFI interruptions0.6611.2481.51 yr apart
CAIDI minutes136.6364.72.28 h

Territory of PPL Electric Utilities Corp

33 Pennsylvania counties, region RFC:

Counties served by PPL Electric Utilities CorpColumbiaNorthumberlandWyomingBradfordLackawannaCentreLycomingBucksSchuylkillChesterUnionMifflinCumberlandBerksPerryLancasterSnyderLehighNorthamptonDauphinWayneMonroeCarbonLuzerneSusquehannaJuniataMontourLebanonYorkClintonMontgomerySullivanPike

Pennsylvania other states: 33 of 33 counties of PPL Electric Utilities Corp drawn

PPL Electric Utilities Corp: 33 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • 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

Questions on PPL Electric Utilities Corp

How many customers does PPL Electric Utilities Corp serve in Pennsylvania?

1,487,347 accounts in 2024: residential 1,295,883, commercial 188,515, industrial 2,949.

What is the average residential rate of PPL Electric Utilities Corp?

In 2024 homes paid 12.34 cents; against the Pennsylvania average that is -30.6%.

How reliable is PPL Electric Utilities Corp by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 90.3 min and SAIFI 0.66 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.91, CAIDI 137 min.

How much solar net metering is on the PPL Electric Utilities Corp grid?

28,983 installations with 471.7 MW, of which residential installations number 27,604.

What is the monthly bill at PPL Electric Utilities Corp for average use?

915 kWh at 12.34 cents comes to about $113, energy only.

How does PPL Electric Utilities Corp rank on price within Pennsylvania?

Rank 1 of 8 in Pennsylvania on price, -30.6% against the state average; 0 charge less than 12.34 ¢.

How much of the PPL Electric Utilities Corp load is business?

Homes take 38.8% of 36,623,946 MWh, commercial accounts 37.9%, industrial and other 23.2%; the 188,515 commercial accounts use 73,719 kWh each, 6.7 times a home.

Does PPL Electric Utilities Corp have smart meters or TOU rates?

1,306,592 of 1,306,592 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. PPL Electric Utilities Corp offers a home time-of-use rate; 902 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.07% of its homes.

Since 2015, has PPL Electric Utilities Corp become cheaper than other Pennsylvania utilities?

1st cheapest of 8 in 2015, 1st of 8 in 2024; its price rose 30.8% while Pennsylvania rose 30.3%.

Where does PPL Electric Utilities Corp stand among 2 peers?

Place 3 of 3 on home price at 12.34 ¢ (PPL group); median 12.28 ¢, cheapest member 11.85 ¢.

What did PPL Electric Utilities Corp charge homes in 2025?

13.71 cents per kWh, +11.1% on the 12.34 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to PPL Electric Utilities Corp at 12.34 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on PPL Electric Utilities Corp

Rate plans on file

2 home plan records, energy charges: 5.0 to 18.0 ¢/kWh.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for PPL Electric Utilities Corp: 12.34 ¢/kWh for homes, 90 minutes of SAIDI

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At 915 kWh a month a PPL Electric Utilities Corp home pays about $113 in energy: 12.34 ¢/kWh, 30.6% below the Pennsylvania average of 17.77 ¢.