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Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc member rates

Cooperative residential average from EIA Form 861, 2024 - compared with other Maryland utilities that serve the same state.

14.84¢
Co-op avg ¢/kWh
158.4K
Member-customers
3
Cooperative utilities in MD
-16.2%
vs Maryland average

Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc ranks #97 by average cents per kWh and #140 by residential customers. Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc (cooperative) averaged 14.84¢/kWh for members in 2024 - below the Maryland customer-weighted average.

San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc is cooperative - a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Its reported average residential price is below the Maryland customer-weighted average (-16.2%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 13,753 kWh a year each.

  • San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
  • Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122

Highest average rate is not the most customers

Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers

residential customers
  • FL size
    5,236,277
  • CA rate
    307,982

What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.

Source EIA Form 861 residential survey, latest release. Average cents per kWh and customer counts from the same rows; no tariff or bill is implied. As of 2024

EIA Form 861 utility filing desk

Release MD-2024 · Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc WELL BELOW STATE

Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc · Form 861 2024 · WELL BELOW STATE

  • RATE 14.84¢/kWh
  • RANK #8/15
  • VS-ST -16.2%
  • VS-US -13.3%
  • CUST 158k
  • BILL $2,041
  • OWN COOP
  • PHOTO OH 0.03¢
  • BOOK 140/194

Nearest Form 861 price peer: South Central Power Company (OH) (+0.03¢ gap)

EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Maryland rates

Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc in the Form 861 price neighbourhood

Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers

¢/kWh
  • this util
    15
  • OH
    15
  • SC
    15
  • VA
    15
  • SC
    15

What this shows Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc reports 14.84¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 140 of 194.

Source EIA Form 861 residential survey As of 2024
F40/100

RateWatt cost context

How Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc compares on reported cost context

A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Maryland; the state generation context is shown separately.

Price against state peers
50/100

14.84¢/kWh · median 14.84¢/kWh

Implied annual bill against state peers
21/100

$2,041/yr · median $1,802/yr

State renewable generation context
42/100

14.0% · median 22.8%

Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.

State peers

Other Maryland utilities members might otherwise face

All 15 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Maryland, largest first, with Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Maryland, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co Investor Owned 1.0M 17.91¢
Potomac Electric Power Co Investor Owned 485.5K 20.08¢
The Potomac Edison Company Investor Owned 240.6K 13.83¢
Delmarva Power Investor Owned 172.0K 20.22¢
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc (this page) Cooperative 158.4K 14.84¢
Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc Cooperative 50.7K 16.46¢
Tesla Inc. Behind the Meter 27.0K 15.84¢
Sunrun Inc. Behind the Meter 25.2K 14.18¢
Hagerstown Light Department Municipal 15.1K 7.77¢
Easton Utilities Comm Municipal 8.6K 13.06¢
Sunnova Behind the Meter 4.6K 18.67¢
Spruce Finance Behind the Meter 579 12.03¢
EverBright, LLC Behind the Meter 350 12.74¢
A & N Electric Coop Cooperative 253 13.69¢
Palmetto Solar, LLC Behind the Meter 5 25.69¢

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

Rate comparison

Member price against the state

Ranked by price against the 15 utilities reporting residential rates in Maryland, Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc comes 8th of 15. The state's range runs from Hagerstown Light Department at 7.77¢ to Palmetto Solar, LLC at 25.69¢, so where a household sits inside Maryland depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other cooperative utilities reporting in Maryland, whose customer-weighted average is 16.44¢, Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc is below its own ownership class within the state (-9.7%).

Where this co-op sits on price

Where Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc sits among Maryland utilities

2024 average residential price across the 15 utilities reporting a rate in Maryland

14.84¢/kWh Top 54% most affordable More affordable than 50% of 14 other utilities

Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc

average residential price, equal-width bands

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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc 14.84¢ -
Maryland (customer-weighted, 15 utilities) 17.71¢ -16.2%
US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) 17.11¢ -13.3%
Cooperative customer-weighted US avg (622 utilities) 13.78¢ +7.7%

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc reported 158.4K residential customers, ranking 5th of 15 utilities in Maryland by customers served and covering 7.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 13,753 kWh per customer per year - +31.9% against the Maryland median of 10,426 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $2,041.

Rate against consumption: Maryland utilities

Each dot is one of the 15 Maryland utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc is highlighted. In Maryland the cheapest rate belongs to Hagerstown Light Department (7.77¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to EverBright, LLC ($760) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use 050100150 050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 15 Maryland utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc is highlighted. In Maryland the cheapest rate belongs to Hagerstown Light Department (7.77¢) while the smallest implied annual bill belongs to EverBright, LLC ($760) - a household's bill is price multiplied by consumption, so the two rankings are different lists.

Ownership class peers

Cooperative utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Maryland, these indexable cooperative utilities report the closest residential averages to Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

Same-ownership utilities outside Maryland nearest in residential price
Utility State Customers Avg ¢/kWh
South Central Power Company Ohio 117.5K 14.87¢
Rappahannock Electric Coop Virginia 169.5K 14.89¢
Berkeley Electric Coop Inc South Carolina 115.1K 14.93¢
CORE Electric Cooperative Colorado 165.1K 15.04¢
Delaware Electric Cooperative Delaware 104.8K 14.22¢

FAQ

Common questions about Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc member rates

How much does Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc charge per kWh?
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc reported an average residential price of 14.84¢ 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 Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc expensive compared with the rest of Maryland?
Its average residential price is below the Maryland customer-weighted average of 17.71¢ per kWh, a difference of -16.2%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 15 utilities reporting residential service in Maryland.
What is the average electricity bill for Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 13,753 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $2,041 a year, or about $170 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc?
EIA classifies Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc as Cooperative, a not-for-profit utility owned by the members it serves, typically in rural territory. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Cooperative utilities was 13.78¢ 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 why energy prices vary .

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

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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average, the Form 861 US customer-weighted average, the ownership-class customer-weighted average, and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns, never the separate EIA retail-sales statewide series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.