Electric companies in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Q: Dauphin County, PA: what do homes pay for electricity?

No single price in Dauphin County, PA: 2 utilities deliver power and homes pick a plan. Pennsylvania average 17.77 cents per kWh, $145 a month at 817 kWh.

Q: Dauphin County, PA: how many homes heat with electricity?

Dauphin County, PA: 44,694 of 119,763 occupied homes, 37.3%, rank 9 of 67.

Q: Dauphin County, PA: median household income?

$74,159 in Dauphin County, PA, rank 20 of 67; 287,484 residents, 119,763 households.

Q: Dauphin County, PA: outage-linked storms since 2015?

Dauphin County, PA: 196 NWS events, peak year 2021.

Q: Dauphin County, PA: flood insurance claims since 2015?

Dauphin County, PA: 217 NFIP flood claims, $3.0M paid, 2.2 per 1,000 homes, 1.2% of homes insured.

Q: How old are the homes in Dauphin County, PA?

Dauphin County, PA: median home built 1970; 63.5% predate 1980, 49.7% detached, 16.9% in 5+ unit buildings.

Q: Dauphin County, PA: share of income for energy?

Dauphin County, PA homes spend $1,660 a year on electricity, $2,627 on all energy: 3.0% of $87,300; 10.5% for lower incomes.

Dauphin County, PA ranks 7th of 67 Pennsylvania counties for hurricane risk, FEMA score 89.2. Dauphin County, PA has 287,484 residents. Dauphin County, PA: 2 utilities listed by EIA.

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Dauphin County, PA on the map

Dauphin County, PA darker: more storm events

Electric utilities in Dauphin County, PA

Utility listed for Dauphin County, PA	Type	Home accounts in Pennsylvania
PPL Electric Utilities Corp in Dauphin County, PA	Investor Owned	1,295,883
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co in Dauphin County, PA	Investor Owned	1,802,612

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 Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 196 in all, 68.2 per 100,000 residents of 287,484, rank 23 of 67 Pennsylvania counties. Property damage in Dauphin County, PA: $1.1M.

Events by year in Dauphin County, PA

events a year, Dauphin County, PA

17'15
8'16
18'17
12'18
23'19
15'20
28'21
5'22
28'23
20'24
22'25

Events by type

events by type, Dauphin County, PA

Thunderstorm and high wind167
Winter storm and heavy snow19
Heat wave6
Tornado4

Dauphin County, PA outage-linked hazards
Dauphin County, PA	FEMA	Score	Rank	Events	Peak	Damage
Dauphin County, PA, thunderstorm and high wind	Relatively High	93.2	10 of 67	167	2023 (27)	$952K
Dauphin County, PA, tornado	Relatively Moderate	79.8	12 of 67	4	2018 (1)	$90K
Dauphin County, PA, hurricane and tropical storm	Relatively Moderate	89.2	7 of 67	0	none	$0
Dauphin County, PA, ice storm	Relatively Low	51.7	24 of 67	0	none	$0
Dauphin County, PA, winter storm and heavy snow	Very High	98.2	9 of 67	19	2018 (3)	$20K
Dauphin County, PA, heat wave	Relatively Moderate	88.4	13 of 67	6	2025 (3)	$0

ZIP codes in Dauphin County, PA

17005
17017
17018
17022
17023
17028
17030
17032
17033
17034
17036
17048
17057
17061
17080
17097
17098
17101
17102
17103
17104
17109
17110
17111
17112
17113
17120
17978
17980

Facts about Dauphin County, PA

Residents of Dauphin County, PA, ACS 2023: 287,48414 of 67 Pennsylvania counties
Households in Dauphin County, PA: 119,7632.40 people each
Owner-occupied homes in Dauphin County, PA: 63.3%75,838 owner and 43,925 renter households
Median household income in Dauphin County, PA: $74,15920 of 67 Pennsylvania counties
Housing units in Dauphin County, PA: 127,2597,496 vacant or seasonal, 5.9% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in Dauphin County, PA: 37.3%44,694 homes, 9 of 67 Pennsylvania counties
Utilities listed for Dauphin County, PA: 22 with a home price: PPL Electric Utilities Corp, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co
ZIP areas touching Dauphin County, PA: 2917005 to 17980
Outage-linked storm events in Dauphin County, PA: 196NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in Dauphin County, PA: 63.5%median year built 1970
Flood claims in Dauphin County, PA: 217NFIP 2015 to 2025, $3.0M paid
Home energy burden in Dauphin County, PA: 3.0%$1,660 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA has no price series of its own. Dauphin County, PA: the Pennsylvania average was 13.64 ¢/kWh in 2015. Dauphin County, PA: 17.77 ¢ in 2024, 30% up. Dauphin County, PA: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Dauphin County, PA: a 817 kWh month at the Pennsylvania price. Dauphin County, PA: $111 in 2015, $145 in 2024. Dauphin County, PA: $1,743 a year, 2.3% of the $74,159 median income.

Dauphin: 10 yearly prices

Year	Pennsylvania average	Dauphin: Gap to U.S. average
2015, Dauphin	13.64	+0.99
2016, Dauphin	13.86	+1.31
2017, Dauphin	14.23	+1.34
2018, Dauphin	13.89	+1.02
2019, Dauphin	13.80	+0.79
2020, Dauphin	13.58	+0.43
2021, Dauphin	13.76	+0.10
2022, Dauphin	15.94	+0.90
2023, Dauphin	18.10	+2.10
2024, Dauphin	17.77	+1.29

Dauphin County, PA: EIA-861 home prices, 2015 to 2024, not a Dauphin County, PA price.

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Cost of living with electricity in Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA: electricity $1,660 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $2,627, 3.0% of $87,300 income. 117,907 households in Dauphin County, PA spend about $195.7 million a year on electricity and $309.7 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Dauphin County, PA ($20,674 a year) spend 10.5% of income, 3.5 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in Dauphin County, PA

% of income on energy, Dauphin County, PA

All households3.0
Lower income10.5
Owners3.0
Renters3.3
Pennsylvania counties2.8

Dauphin County, PA home energy cost by household group
Dauphin County, PA	Homes	Income	Power	Gas	Other	Burden
Dauphin County, PA, all households	117,907	$87,300	$1,660	$406	$561	3.0%
Dauphin County, PA, lower income	32,883	$20,674	$1,356	$330	$487	10.5%
Dauphin County, PA, owners	74,682	$112,213	$1,986	$509	$818	3.0%
Dauphin County, PA, renters	43,225	$44,255	$1,097	$229	$115	3.3%

Housing and heating in Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA: 80,824 of 127,259 homes were built before 1980 and 19,848 in 2000 or later. Dauphin County, PA has 63,287 detached houses, 21,536 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 3,415 mobile homes, and 43,925 of 119,763 households rent.

Age of homes in Dauphin County, PA

% of homes by decade built, Dauphin County, PA

20pre-40
640s
1450s
1060s
1470s
1080s
1190s
900s
610s
120+

Heating fuel in Dauphin County, PA

% of homes by main fuel, Dauphin County

Utility gas38.5
Electricity37.3
Fuel oil16.7
Propane4.2
Other fuel1.5
Wood1.1

Dauphin County, PA housing against Pennsylvania counties
Dauphin County, PA	Value	State median	Gap	Rank (1 = highest)
Dauphin County, PA, median year built	1970	1969	+1 years	28 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, built before 1980	63.5%	66.5%	-3.0 points	39 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, built 2000 or later	15.6%	12.3%	+3.3 points	20 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, detached houses	49.7%	72.3%	-22.5 points	64 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, apartments in 5+ unit buildings	16.9%	6.8%	+10.1 points	5 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, mobile homes	2.7%	6.8%	-4.1 points	58 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, renter households	36.7%	25.5%	+11.2 points	3 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, median home value	$222,300	$193,100	+$29,200	23 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, median gross rent a month	$1,153	$868	+$285	13 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, people per household	2.35	2.36	-0.01	39 of 67

Flood claims and flood insurance in Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA: 217 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $3.0M paid, median paid claim $9,615.

1,130 of 96,874 residential structures in Dauphin County, PA carry an NFIP contract. 1,466 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Dauphin County, PA on 8 Sep 2026. Dauphin County, PA lists 774 repetitive-loss properties, 51 of them severe repetitive loss.

Dauphin County, PA: claims history, not an outage count.

Flood claims by year in Dauphin County, PA

flood claims a year, Dauphin County, PA

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<5'16
43'17
116'18
5'19
<5'20
37'21
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<5'25

Dauphin County, PA flood claims and flood insurance
Dauphin County, PA	Value	Median county	Rank (1 = highest)
Dauphin County, PA, claims 2015-2025	217	—	10 of 62
Dauphin County, PA, paid 2015-2025	$3.0M	—	20 of 62
Dauphin County, PA, median paid claim	$9,615	—	—
Dauphin County, PA, claims per 1,000 homes	2.2	1.6	23 of 62
Dauphin County, PA, homes with flood insurance	1.2%	0.7%	14 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, policies in force	1,466	—	—
Dauphin County, PA, repetitive-loss properties	774	—	—

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

Dauphin County, PA: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA totals 5,546 heating degree days and 784 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Dauphin County, PA is the 51st coldest of 67 counties in Pennsylvania: 5,546 against a median of 6,046. For cooling, Dauphin County, PA is the 12th hottest: 784 against a median of 571.

Dauphin County, PA is a cold-winter county, with 4,762 more heating than cooling degree days.

Dauphin County, PA: 5,173 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,546 on the normal, 7% under.

Dauphin County, PA: 37.3% of 119,763 homes heat with electricity; 62.7% use gas, oil, wood or something else.

Dauphin County, PA

Heating degree days, 5,546 vs 6,04692
Cooling degree days, 784 vs 571137
Electric heat, 37.3% vs 23.7%157
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Dauphin County, PA: degree days, electric heat
Dauphin County, PA	Value	PA median county	Dauphin County, PA, rank (1 = highest)
Dauphin County, PA, heating degree days, 1991-2020 normal	5,546	6,046	51 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, heating degree days, 2016-2025 mean	5,173	5,800	55 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, cooling degree days, 1991-2020 normal	784	571	12 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, cooling degree days, 2016-2025 mean	925	648	11 of 67
Dauphin County, PA, electric heating, ACS 2019-2023	37.3%	23.7%	9 of 67

Dauphin County, PA: ACS B25040, 119,763 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Analyst note on Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA touches 29 ZIP areas, 17005 to 17980, about 9,913 residents each. Dauphin County, PA counts 287,484 residents in 119,763 households. 44,694 of the 119,763 homes in Dauphin County, PA heat with electricity.

Household income in Dauphin County, PA is $74,159; 75,838 of its 119,763 households own. Dauphin County, PA has 127,259 housing units, 7,496 (5.9%) vacant or seasonal, and 43,925 rented homes. Dauphin County, PA logged 196 storm events for its 287,484 residents.

The median home in Dauphin County, PA dates from 1970. Homes in Dauphin County, PA pay $1,660 a year for electricity.

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Compare Dauphin County, PA with its neighbours

Lebanon County sits 18 miles east of Dauphin County, PA, with 143,592 residents against 287,484 there, 133 storm events against 196, median home built 1971 against 1970, energy burden 3.0% against 3.0%, income $76,350 against $74,159.
York County sits 28 miles south of Dauphin County, PA, with 459,312 residents against 287,484 there, 260 storm events against 196, median home built 1976 against 1970, energy burden 3.1% against 3.0%, income $82,238 against $74,159.
Cumberland County sits 24 miles southwest of Dauphin County, PA, with 264,422 residents against 287,484 there, 120 storm events against 196, median home built 1977 against 1970, energy burden 2.6% against 3.0%, income $85,634 against $74,159.
Perry County sits 25 miles west of Dauphin County, PA, with 45,988 residents against 287,484 there, 110 storm events against 196, median home built 1977 against 1970, energy burden 3.9% against 3.0%, income $78,824 against $74,159.
Snyder County sits 31 miles northwest of Dauphin County, PA, with 39,711 residents against 287,484 there, 86 storm events against 196, median home built 1973 against 1970, energy burden 4.3% against 3.0%, income $68,435 against $74,159.

Cities in Dauphin County, PA

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Questions on Dauphin County, PA

Dauphin County, PA: what do homes pay for electricity?