Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 23 utilities reporting residential rates in Pennsylvania, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co comes 17th of 23. 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, whose customer-weighted average is 17.45¢, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (-0.5%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co reported 1.5M residential customers, ranking 1st of 23 utilities in Pennsylvania by customers served and covering 35.1% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,284 kWh per customer per year - +2.7% against the Pennsylvania median of 10,010 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,787.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Pennsylvania

All 23 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Pennsylvania, largest first, with FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric 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.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Pennsylvania, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co rates

How much does FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co charge per kWh?

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co reported an average residential price of 17.37¢ 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 FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Pennsylvania?

Its average residential price is close to the Pennsylvania customer-weighted average of 17.34¢ per kWh, a difference of +0.2%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 23 utilities reporting residential service in Pennsylvania.

What is the average electricity bill for FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,284 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,787 a year, or about $149 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co?

EIA classifies FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

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 and comparing utility costs across states .

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