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Potomac Electric Power Co
Potomac Electric Power Co served 291,516 residential customers in District of Columbia in 2025 (89.8% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 31 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Potomac Electric Power Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 593 kWh
- At 20.77¢/kWh
- $123
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 20.77¢ sits.
Potomac Electric Power Co averaged 20.77¢ per kWh against a District of Columbia residential average of 21.94¢: 5.3% below the state figure.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Potomac Electric Power Co home used 630 kWh a month at 11.79¢ and paid $74.23. In 2025 it used 593 kWh at 20.77¢ and paid $123: the price per kWh is up 76.2%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 11.79 | 20.77 |
| Use, kWh a month | 630 | 593 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 74.23 | 123.11 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 291,516 | 2,073,701 | 20.77 |
| Commercial | 18,534 | 1,158,160 | 23.62 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 64.2% of the electricity Potomac Electric Power Co sold in District of Columbia in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
21,479 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 21,479installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 141.1 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 73.7installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
1 counties.
District of Columbia
Counties in District of Columbia where Potomac Electric Power Co reported serving customers in 2025 (1 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 15270
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 20.77 | ¢/kWh |
| District of Columbia average price | 21.94 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -5.3 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 76.2 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 593 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 123.11 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 291,516 | accounts |
| Share of DC residential customers | 89.8 | % |
| Size rank in DC | 1 of 31 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
District of Columbia: state average, five-year steps and every provider