Pennsylvania home energy: programs, prices and installers

Pennsylvania's electric grid is run by PJM Interconnection; this site covers three of the state's electric utilities.

What electricity costs: 20.31 cents per kWhAverage residential price in Pennsylvania, 2025-06 to 2026-05. The price is up 51.6% over five years.Source: EIA Form 861M, trailing 12 months to 2026-05
Energy cost against income: 7.41% of incomeAverage household energy spending in Pennsylvania, as a share of median household income, 2024.Source: BEA Regional accounts; Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA State Energy Data System, 2024
Rooftop solar: 122.4 watts per householdResidential small-scale solar capacity in Pennsylvania, divided by its households, 2024.Source: Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates; EIA Form 861M small-scale solar, 2024

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One option we recommend is Hungry Machines. Its idea is to shift what you already own first.

The program list for Pennsylvania is being verified, and nothing appears here until it has been checked against its source.

Each utility's page lists that utility's own programs.

Duquesne Light
Duquesne Light Company delivers electricity in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, and part of Beaver County.
PECO
PECO delivers electricity in Philadelphia and the counties around it in southeastern Pennsylvania.
PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Electric Utilities delivers electricity across central and eastern Pennsylvania, including the Allentown and Harrisburg areas.

A grid operator runs the high-voltage grid and the wholesale electricity market for its region.

In PJM the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Eastern time. Wholesale, not your bill. See the chart on the PJM page.

No installer is listed for Pennsylvania yet. Building Energy Group does not rate installers and publishes no reviews.