Pennsylvania Electricity Prices

Pennsylvania sits mid-pack — 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour in July 2026, 14th-highest of 51 and 12.8% above the national benchmark.

At Pennsylvania's July 2026 average of 21.72¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $2,281 a year — around $190 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the July 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,023 — a $258 gap between the two published averages, more for Pennsylvania, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Pennsylvania jurisdiction average has risen 149% since January 2001, from 8.74¢ to 21.72¢ in July 2026 — a compound 3.6% per year. The path has been unusually smooth — Pennsylvania is among the steadiest third of jurisdictions month to month.

June 2026, at 21.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. The July 2026 reading of 21.72¢ sits 0.0% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 8.74¢ in January 2001.

June. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Pennsylvania, 2001 through 2025, June runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 9.4 percentage points.

Among Pennsylvania and its land-border neighbours in July 2026, Ohio posts the lowest average at 19.45¢ and New York the highest at 29.90¢. Pennsylvania ranks 3rd of 5 in the group, at 21.72¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Pennsylvania for July 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 19.93¢ in August 2025 and 21.73¢ in June 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.