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December 2025 Price To Compare Rates Now Available – 4% to 11% Increases
Category: Pennsylvania
Related Categories: Default Service, Electric, Price To Compare (PTC), Rate Change, Supplier, Utility
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission issued a press release for the Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) Price To Compare (PTC) changes on December 1, 2025.
Price Increases (Effective December 1):
- Duquesne Light: 12.43 to 13.75 ¢/kWh (+10.6%)
- Pike County Light & Power (estimated): 10.1923 to 11.21 ¢/kWh (+9.9%)
- Met-Ed: 11.905 to 12.965 ¢/kWh (+8.9%)
- Penelec: 11.004 to 11.747 ¢/kWh (+6.75%)
- Penn Power: 11.858 to 12.606 ¢/kWh (+6.31%)
- West Penn Power: 10.318 to 10.947 ¢/kWh (+6.1%)
- PECO: 10.4 to 11.024 ¢/kWh (+6%)
- PPL: 12.49 to 12.953 ¢/kWh (+3.7%)
Price Decreases (Effective December 1):
- Wellsboro Electric: 12.809 to 12.04 ¢/kWh (–6%)
- UGI Electric: 11.471 to 11.213 ¢/kWh (–2.25%)
Pending December 1 Prices
- Citizens’ Electric: 11.419 to Pending ¢/kWh
December 1 PTC Adjustments for Small Business Customers
For small business customers, the PUC notes that most EDCs are also adjusting their PTCs on December 1 in their small commercial rate classes. Among the state’s major EDCs, price changes in default service rates for small businesses will vary:
- Duquesne Light small business customers will see a PTC increase of more than 12%.
- PTC increases in the FirstEnergy service territories (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power) range between 6.5% and 13.8%.
- Small business customers in UGI’s service territory will see a PTC drop of approximately 2.24%.
