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Delaware Electric Cooperative
Delaware Electric Cooperative served 108,801 residential customers in Delaware in 2025 (22.6% of the state's residential customers), the 2nd largest of 34 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Delaware Electric Cooperative's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,054 kWh
- At 13.89¢/kWh
- $146
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.89¢ sits.
Delaware Electric Cooperative averaged 13.89¢ per kWh against a Delaware residential average of 17.13¢: 18.9% below the state figure.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Delaware Electric Cooperative home used 1,049 kWh a month at 12.15¢ and paid $128. In 2025 it used 1,054 kWh at 13.89¢ and paid $146: the price per kWh is up 14.2%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.15 | 13.89 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,049 | 1,054 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 127.56 | 146.37 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 108,801 | 1,376,315 | 13.89 |
| Commercial | 13,167 | 307,169 | 13.7 |
| Industrial | 333 | 3,359 | 20.27 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 81.6% of the electricity Delaware Electric Cooperative sold in Delaware in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
3,328 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 3,328installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 27.9 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 30.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
2 counties.
KentSussex
Counties in Delaware where Delaware Electric Cooperative reported serving customers in 2025 (2 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5070
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.89 | ¢/kWh |
| Delaware average price | 17.13 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -18.9 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 14.2 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,054 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 146.37 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 108,801 | accounts |
| Share of DE residential customers | 22.6 | % |
| Size rank in DE | 2 of 34 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
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