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Duquesne Light Co
Duquesne Light Co served 437,551 residential customers in Pennsylvania in 2025 (7.9% of the state's residential customers), the 4th largest of 100 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Duquesne Light Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 611 kWh
- At 23.47¢/kWh
- $143
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 23.47¢ sits.
Duquesne Light Co averaged 23.47¢ per kWh against a Pennsylvania residential average of 19.3¢: 21.6% above the state figure. Among the 8 investor owned utilities in Pennsylvania with bundled residential sales, it ranks 8th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Duquesne Light Co home used 627 kWh a month at 16.03¢ and paid $101. In 2025 it used 611 kWh at 23.47¢ and paid $143: the price per kWh is up 46.4%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 16.03 | 23.47 |
| Use, kWh a month | 627 | 611 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 100.53 | 143.33 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 437,551 | 3,206,431 | 23.47 |
| Commercial | 38,516 | 965,251 | 16.93 |
| Industrial | 297 | 65,731 | 13.76 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 75.7% of the electricity Duquesne Light Co sold in Pennsylvania in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
11,185 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 11,185installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 77.3 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 25.6installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
3 counties.
AlleghenyBeaverWestmoreland
Counties in Pennsylvania where Duquesne Light Co reported serving customers in 2025 (3 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5487
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 23.47 | ¢/kWh |
| Pennsylvania average price | 19.3 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 21.6 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 46.4 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 611 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 143.33 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 437,551 | accounts |
| Share of PA residential customers | 7.9 | % |
| Size rank in PA | 4 of 100 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 8 of 8 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
3 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 0more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 2price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $13US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 8.25¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier
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.
Pennsylvania: state average, five-year steps and every provider