Electric companies in Carroll County, Maryland

Carroll County, MD on the map

Electric utilities in Carroll County, MD

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Outage risk in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 228 in all, 130.8 per 100,000 residents of 174,318, rank 10 of 23 Maryland counties. Property damage in Carroll County, MD: $49.8M, with 4 direct injuries or deaths.

Facts about Carroll County, MD

Residents of Carroll County, MD, ACS 2023

174,3188 of 23 Maryland counties

Households in Carroll County, MD

63,4872.75 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Carroll County, MD

83.9%53,237 owner and 10,250 renter households

Median household income in Carroll County, MD

$115,8767 of 23 Maryland counties

Housing units in Carroll County, MD

66,1672,680 vacant or seasonal, 4.1% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Carroll County, MD

50.0%31,729 homes, 14 of 23 Maryland counties

Utilities listed for Carroll County, MD

22 with a home price: The Potomac Edison Company, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co

ZIP areas touching Carroll County, MD

1321048 to 21797

Outage-linked storm events in Carroll County, MD

228NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Carroll County, MD

43.9%median year built 1983

Flood claims in Carroll County, MD

30NFIP 2015 to 2025, $339K paid

Home energy burden in Carroll County, MD

1.9%$1,542 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD has no price series of its own. Carroll County, MD: the Maryland average was 13.82 ¢/kWh in 2015. Carroll County, MD: 17.86 ¢ in 2024, 29% up. Carroll County, MD: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Carroll County, MD: a 929 kWh month at the Maryland price. Carroll County, MD: $128 in 2015, $166 in 2024. Carroll County, MD: $1,991 a year, 1.7% of the $115,876 median income.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Carroll County, MD

Compare Carroll County, MD with its neighbours

• Howard County sits 22 miles south of Carroll County, MD, with 333,916 residents against 174,318 there, 249 storm events against 228, median home built 1989 against 1983, energy burden 1.4% against 1.9%, income $146,982 against $115,876.
• Frederick County sits 22 miles west of Carroll County, MD, with 280,341 residents against 174,318 there, 352 storm events against 228, median home built 1990 against 1983, energy burden 1.6% against 1.9%, income $120,458 against $115,876.
• Baltimore County sits 27 miles southeast of Carroll County, MD, with 849,586 residents against 174,318 there, 438 storm events against 228, median home built 1973 against 1983, energy burden 2.0% against 1.9%, income $90,904 against $115,876.
• Montgomery County sits 34 miles south of Carroll County, MD, with 1,057,586 residents against 174,318 there, 558 storm events against 228, median home built 1980 against 1983, energy burden 1.4% against 1.9%, income $128,733 against $115,876.
• Prince George's County sits 48 miles south of Carroll County, MD, with 955,584 residents against 174,318 there, 295 storm events against 228, median home built 1977 against 1983, energy burden 2.0% against 1.9%, income $100,708 against $115,876.

Cost of living with electricity in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD: electricity $1,542 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,549, 1.9% of $130,568 income. 63,318 households in Carroll County, MD spend about $97.6 million a year on electricity and $161.4 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Carroll County, MD ($28,705 a year) spend 6.4% of income, 3.3 times the all-home figure.

Housing and heating in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD: 29,016 of 66,167 homes were built before 1980 and 13,025 in 2000 or later. Carroll County, MD has 51,140 detached houses, 4,737 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 535 mobile homes, and 10,250 of 63,487 households rent.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD: 30 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $339K paid, median paid claim $10,727.

177 of 59,125 residential structures in Carroll County, MD carry an NFIP contract. 196 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Carroll County, MD on 8 Sep 2026. Carroll County, MD lists 10 repetitive-loss properties.

Carroll County, MD: claims history, not an outage count.

Carroll County, MD: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Carroll County, MD: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Carroll County, MD

Carroll County, MD totals 5,095 heating degree days and 890 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Carroll County, MD is the 3rd coldest of 23 counties in Maryland: 5,095 against a median of 4,349. For cooling, Carroll County, MD is the 21st hottest: 890 against a median of 1,230.

Carroll County, MD is a cold-winter county, with 4,205 more heating than cooling degree days.

Carroll County, MD: 4,749 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,095 on the normal, 7% under.

Carroll County, MD: 50.0% of 63,487 homes heat with electricity; 50.0% use gas, oil, wood or something else.

Carroll County, MD: ACS B25040, 63,487 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Cities in Carroll County, MD

• Eldersburg electricity rates30,626 residents

ZIP codes in Carroll County, MD

• 21048
• 21074
• 21102
• 21104
• 21157
• 21158
• 21757
• 21771
• 21776
• 21784
• 21787
• 21791
• 21797