Duquesne Light Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 23 utilities reporting residential rates in Pennsylvania, Duquesne Light Co comes in last, the highest reported average price in the state. The state's range runs from Borough of Chambersburg at 11.95¢ to Duquesne Light Co at 21.74¢, so where a household sits inside Pennsylvania depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 7 other investor owned utilities reporting in Pennsylvania, which averaged 17.07¢, Duquesne Light Co is far above its own ownership class within the state (+27.4%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 23 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Duquesne Light Co reported 434.2K residential customers, ranking 4th of 23 utilities in Pennsylvania by customers served and covering 10.4% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 7,260 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,578.

Within Pennsylvania the median reporting utility sells about 10,010 kWh per customer, so Duquesne Light Co customers use -27.5% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.

Every utility reporting in Pennsylvania

All 23 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Pennsylvania, largest first, with Duquesne Light Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Pennsylvania.

Common questions about Duquesne Light Co rates

How much does Duquesne Light Co charge per kWh?

Duquesne Light Co reported an average residential price of 21.74¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Duquesne Light Co expensive compared with the rest of Pennsylvania?

Its average residential price is far above the Pennsylvania customer-weighted average of 17.34¢ per kWh, a difference of +25.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 23 utilities reporting residential service in Pennsylvania.

What is the average electricity bill for Duquesne Light Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 7,260 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,578 a year, or about $132 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Duquesne Light Co?

EIA classifies Duquesne Light Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.