District of Columbia industrial electricity rates

Analyst note

The D.C. industrial price sat above the U.S. average in 9 of 10 years; the gap was +1.87 ¢ in 2015 and +2.67 ¢ in 2024. In the 2024 ranking D.C. sits between Vermont (11.58 ¢) one place above and Maryland (10.01 ¢) one place below; the top of the list is 23.33 ¢ away and the bottom 5.37 ¢. D.C. was 11th in 2015 with 8.78 ¢ and is 11th now; no move in the table. D.C. industrial prices rose in 3 of 9 years. The largest rise was +40.2% in 2023, and the largest fall -6.5% in 2017. The D.C. price peaked at 10.85 ¢ in 2023 and bottomed at 7.74 ¢ in 2022; 2024 is 0.5% below the peak and +39.5% from the low. Compounded, that is +2.33% a year in D.C., +0.50 points against the U.S. D.C. buys 0.02% of all U.S. industrial electricity with 0.00% of the accounts, so the average D.C. account uses 202.22 times the national average.

District of Columbia industrial customers paid 10.80 ¢ in 2024, which puts the state 11th of 51, a middle position, 2.67 ¢ over the U.S. Nine years moved the D.C. industrial price +23.0% (+2.3% a year), ahead of the U.S. by 5.4 points. The sharpest year was 2023 at +40.2%; the peak came in 2023.

The latest D.C. year moved -0.5%, so the price is flat. The D.C. residential price of 17.71 ¢ sits 6.91 ¢ above. A D.C. industrial account uses 15,622,333 kWh a month; priced at 10.80 ¢ that is about $1,687,212, and the sector buys 1.8% of D.C.'s power.

Counting revenue instead of kWh, D.C. industrial accounts bring in 1.2% of District of Columbia sector revenue on 1.9% of the kWh, a discount of 0.7 points that comes from the price level: 10.80 ¢ here against 17.71 ¢ for residential and 17.07 ¢ for commercial accounts. The average D.C. industrial account uses 15,622,333 kWh a month, 1 of 51 among states on that measure; a residential account uses 0.00 times as much and a commercial account 0.00 times. Industrial accounts are 0.00% of the 346,302 accounts in D.C.