Electric companies in Howard County, Maryland

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Electric utilities in Howard 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.

Cost of living with electricity in Howard County, MD

Howard County, MD: electricity $1,533 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,285, 1.4% of $169,087 income. 119,230 households in Howard County, MD spend about $182.8 million a year on electricity and $272.4 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Howard County, MD ($26,307 a year) spend 5.5% of income, 4.1 times the all-home figure.

Facts about Howard County, MD

Residents of Howard County, MD, ACS 2023

333,9165 of 23 Maryland counties

Households in Howard County, MD

120,0662.78 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Howard County, MD

71.7%86,100 owner and 33,966 renter households

Median household income in Howard County, MD

$146,9821 of 23 Maryland counties

Housing units in Howard County, MD

124,4894,423 vacant or seasonal, 3.6% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Howard County, MD

49.1%58,941 homes, 16 of 23 Maryland counties

Utilities listed for Howard County, MD

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

ZIP areas touching Howard County, MD

2120701 to 21797

Outage-linked storm events in Howard County, MD

249NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Howard County, MD

29.6%median year built 1989

Flood claims in Howard County, MD

232NFIP 2015 to 2025, $14.6M paid

Home energy burden in Howard County, MD

1.4%$1,533 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Howard County, MD

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

Howard County, MD: a 929 kWh month at the Maryland price. Howard County, MD: $128 in 2015, $166 in 2024. Howard County, MD: $1,991 a year, 1.4% of the $146,982 median income.

Housing and heating in Howard County, MD

Howard County, MD: 36,847 of 124,489 homes were built before 1980 and 34,955 in 2000 or later. Howard County, MD has 62,895 detached houses, 30,511 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 1,190 mobile homes, and 33,966 of 120,066 households rent.

Outage risk in Howard County, MD

Howard County, MD, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 249 in all, 74.6 per 100,000 residents of 333,916, rank 8 of 23 Maryland counties. Property damage in Howard County, MD: $4.8M, with 1 direct injuries or deaths.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Howard County, MD

Howard County, MD: 232 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $14.6M paid, median paid claim $47,683.

816 of 99,025 residential structures in Howard County, MD carry an NFIP contract. 991 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Howard County, MD on 8 Sep 2026. Howard County, MD lists 46 repetitive-loss properties, 5 of them severe repetitive loss.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Howard County, MD

Howard County, MD totals 4,735 heating degree days and 1,029 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Howard County, MD is the 8th coldest of 23 counties in Maryland: 4,735 against a median of 4,349. For cooling, Howard County, MD is the 18th hottest: 1,029 against a median of 1,230.

Howard County, MD runs furnace and air conditioner, 3,706 degree days apart.

Howard County, MD: 4,390 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 4,735 on the normal, 7% under.

Howard County, MD: 49.1% of 120,066 homes heat with electricity; 50.9% use gas, oil, wood or something else.

Howard County, MD: ACS B25040, 120,066 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Howard County, MD

Compare Howard County, MD with its neighbours

• Baltimore County sits 18 miles northeast of Howard County, MD, with 849,586 residents against 333,916 there, 438 storm events against 249, median home built 1973 against 1989, energy burden 2.0% against 1.4%, income $90,904 against $146,982.
• Carroll County sits 22 miles north of Howard County, MD, with 174,318 residents against 333,916 there, 228 storm events against 249, median home built 1983 against 1989, energy burden 1.9% against 1.4%, income $115,876 against $146,982.
• Montgomery County sits 20 miles southwest of Howard County, MD, with 1,057,586 residents against 333,916 there, 558 storm events against 249, median home built 1980 against 1989, energy burden 1.4% against 1.4%, income $128,733 against $146,982.
• Prince George's County sits 26 miles south of Howard County, MD, with 955,584 residents against 333,916 there, 295 storm events against 249, median home built 1977 against 1989, energy burden 2.0% against 1.4%, income $100,708 against $146,982.
• Anne Arundel County sits 24 miles southeast of Howard County, MD, with 590,936 residents against 333,916 there, 321 storm events against 249, median home built 1983 against 1989, energy burden 1.6% against 1.4%, income $120,324 against $146,982.

Cities in Howard County, MD

• Columbia electricity rates105,871 residents
• Ellicott City electricity rates73,737 residents

ZIP codes in Howard County, MD

• 20701
• 20723
• 20759
• 20763
• 20777
• 20794
• 21029
• 21036
• 21042
• 21043
• 21044
• 21045
• 21046
• 21075
• 21104
• 21163
• 21723
• 21737
• 21738
• 21794
• 21797