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Delmarva Power
Delmarva Power served 278,793 residential customers in Delaware in 2025 (57.9% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 34 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Delmarva Power's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 890 kWh
- At 18.16¢/kWh
- $162
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 18.16¢ sits.
Delmarva Power averaged 18.16¢ per kWh against a Delaware residential average of 17.13¢: 6% above the state figure.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Delmarva Power home used 906 kWh a month at 12.29¢ and paid $111. In 2025 it used 890 kWh at 18.16¢ and paid $162: the price per kWh is up 47.8%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.29 | 18.16 |
| Use, kWh a month | 906 | 890 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 111.31 | 161.72 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 278,793 | 2,979,085 | 18.16 |
| Commercial | 26,520 | 843,511 | 16.14 |
| Industrial | 31 | 15,051 | 7.35 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 77.6% of the electricity Delmarva Power sold in Delaware in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
10,518 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 10,518installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 83.9 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 37.7installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
3 counties.
KentNew CastleSussex
Counties in Delaware where Delmarva Power reported serving customers in 2025 (3 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5027
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 18.16 | ¢/kWh |
| Delaware average price | 17.13 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 6.0 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 47.8 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 890 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 161.72 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 278,793 | accounts |
| Share of DE residential customers | 57.9 | % |
| Size rank in DE | 1 of 34 | by customers |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
6 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 3more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 2price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $13.22US dollars per month
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.