Secure Choice 12
Residential
- Rate 11.09¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 0%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Electricity Rates in District of Columbia
Electricity Rates, Plans & Statistics
- The average electricity bill in District of Columbia is $123.06
- The average electricity rate in District of Columbia is 18.71¢
Electric Bills and Electric Rates in District of Columbia
The average residential electric bill in District of Columbia is $123.06 per month. District of Columbia is the 16th most expensive state in the country for electricity.
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Electricity Companies & Statistics in District of Columbia
- Population see rank671,803
- Total Production see rank208,388 MWh / 0.31 MWh per capita
- Total Consumption see rank10,274,443 MWh / 15.29 MWh per capita
- Total Production from Renewable see rank104,655 MWh / 0.16 MWh per capita
- CO2 Emissions from Consumption see rank3,634,357,367 kg / 5,409.86 kg per capita
- Total Production from Non-Renewable see rank103,733 MWh / 0.15 MWh per capita
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in District of Columbia
District of Columbia residential electric rates are highest in April and the highest average bill is in January.
Historical Electricity Rates:
39th18.71¢Average residential price per kWh in the state of District of Columbia
16th$123.06Average residential monthly electricity bill for District of Columbia Residents
District of Columbia Production, Consumption, and Emissions by Fuel Types
District of Columbia's Electricity Prices and Usage
Consumers in District of Columbia are faced with a higher residential electricity rate than many people around the United States, with an average state electric rate of 18.71 cents per kilowatt hour compared to the United States average rate of 16.73 cents. Consumers in the state don't have much choice in their electricity provider due to the fact that District of Columbia has a regulated electricity market based on the consumer's location. As the 19th highest polluting state based on pollution per person from electricity use, District of Columbia citizens account for emissions of 5,409.86 kilograms of CO2 gases each. Potomac Electric Power Company is the largest provider in the state based on residential customer count. Consumers in District of Columbia deal with 0.32 power outages per year with outages lasting an average of 33.25 minutes. Solar power usage for electricity generation in the state has increased by 84.99% during the course of the last 12 months.
District of Columbia Electricity Plans
There are 25617 plans. Plans are subject to change at any time and these may not be the plans currently offered.
Most Popular District of Columbia Plans
Secure Green Choice 12
Residential
- Rate 11.19¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 100%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
12 Month Home Power Plan
Residential
- Rate 11.19¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 0%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Fixed All-In
Residential
- Rate 11.35¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 5%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
All District of Columbia Plans
Secure Green Choice 12
Residential
- Rate 11.19¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 100%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
12 Month Home Power Plan
Residential
- Rate 11.19¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 0%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Fixed All-In
Residential
- Rate 11.35¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 5%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Fixed All-In
Residential
- Rate 11.80¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 12 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 100%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Fixed All-In
Residential
- Rate 11.95¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 24 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 5%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Fixed All-In
Residential
- Rate 12.40¢ / kWh
- Contract Length 24 mo.
- Effective Date Aug 2023
- Green Energy 100%
- Plan seen in Washington D.C.
- Terms and Conditions
Residential Electricity Providers in District of Columbia
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| Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Rate State Rank | Residential Average Bill ($) | Residential Average Bill State Rank | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Sales State Rank | Residential Revenues ($) | Residential Revenues State Rank | State Production (MWh) | State Production Rank |
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| Potomac Electric Power Company | BUNDLED | 17.21 | 18 | 105.39 | 1 | 2,114,649.09 | 1 | 363,936,014 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clean Choice Energy | ENERGY | 18.31 | 20 | 182.47 | 18 | 103,045.21 | 2 | 18,869,511.61 | 2 | 1 | |
| WGL Energy | ENERGY | 11.80 | 6 | 135.9 | 7 | 53,250.25 | 3 | 6,285,382.99 | 4 | 1 | |
| SmartEnergy Holdings | ENERGY | 16.12 | 17 | 154.38 | 13 | 48,409.32 | 4 | 7,802,948.3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Constellation Energy | ENERGY | 10.03 | 2 | 126.69 | 4 | 24,711.75 | 5 | 2,477,364.74 | 8 | 1 | |
| IDT Energy | ENERGY | 13.69 | 12 | 189.69 | 19 | 18,893.98 | 6 | 2,585,915.44 | 6 | 1 | |
| SunSea Energy | ENERGY | 23.20 | 23 | 174.04 | 16 | 18,335.79 | 7 | 4,254,593.9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Inspire Energy | ENERGY | 12.22 | 7 | 147.55 | 11 | 17,441.5 | 8 | 2,131,421.21 | 9 | 1 | |
| Direct Energy | ENERGY | 10.83 | 5 | 232.15 | 22 | 15,354.18 | 9 | 1,663,564.36 | 10 | 1 | |
| Atlantic Energy | ENERGY | 18.33 | 21 | 218.82 | 21 | 13,654.06 | 10 | 2,502,605.25 | 7 | 1 | |
| Major Energy Electric Services | ENERGY | 13.98 | 13 | 139.84 | 10 | 6,102.76 | 11 | 852,898.43 | 12 | 1 | |
| CleanSky Energy | ENERGY | 13.57 | 11 | 210.85 | 20 | 5,149.51 | 12 | 698,980.78 | 13 | 1 | |
| Clearview Electric | ENERGY | 22.04 | 22 | 257.6 | 23 | 4,990.31 | 13 | 1,099,694.57 | 11 | 1 | |
| Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 10.58 | 4 | 133.01 | 6 | 4,807.52 | 14 | 508,769.58 | 16 | 1 | |
| Median Energy | ENERGY | 12.54 | 8 | 127.3 | 5 | 4,695.49 | 15 | 588,780.36 | 15 | 1 | |
| Park Power | ENERGY | 14.44 | 15 | 171.58 | 15 | 4,121.57 | 16 | 595,214.22 | 14 | 1 | |
| Horizon Power and Light | ENERGY | 14.27 | 14 | 178.04 | 17 | 2,519.72 | 17 | 359,636.09 | 17 | 1 | |
| Energy Services Providers | ENERGY | 14.99 | 16 | 137.15 | 8 | 2,289.76 | 18 | 343,139.02 | 18 | 1 | |
| Renaissance Power and Gas | ENERGY | 13.57 | 10 | 120.67 | 3 | 2,191.49 | 19 | 297,442.14 | 19 | 1 | |
| NextEra Energy | ENERGY | 7.86 | 1 | 137.86 | 9 | 1,739.43 | 20 | 136,760.7 | 21 | 1 |
Commercial Electricity Providers in District of Columbia
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| Provider | Service Type | Commercial Rate (¢) | Commercial Rate Rank | Commercial Average Bill ($) | Commercial Average Bill State Rank | Commercial Sales (MWh) | Commercial Sales State Rank | Commercial Revenues ($) | Commercial Revenues State Rank | State Production (MWh) | State Production Rank |
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| Constellation Energy | ENERGY | 9.38 | 7 | 6,973.94 | 18 | 1,964,772.55 | 1 | 184,384,015.84 | 2 | 1 | |
| ENGIE Resources | ENERGY | 7.87 | 2 | 110,001.3 | 25 | 1,183,756.02 | 2 | 93,171,096.96 | 4 | 1 | |
| WGL Energy | ENERGY | 12.34 | 14 | 7,549.35 | 19 | 1,158,335.21 | 3 | 142,901,634.26 | 3 | 1 | |
| Potomac Electric Power Company | BUNDLED | 20.02 | 23 | 1,040.67 | 9 | 1,154,533.91 | 4 | 231,153,578 | 1 | 1 | |
| Strategic Energy LLC | ENERGY | 8.38 | 3 | 1,499.36 | 12 | 735,460.42 | 5 | 61,610,014.47 | 5 | 1 | |
| MP2 Energy | ENERGY | 8.90 | 4 | 9,429.73 | 21 | 275,732.06 | 6 | 24,526,740.22 | 6 | 1 | |
| Freepoint Energy Solutions | ENERGY | 11.01 | 12 | 16,776.18 | 22 | 135,202.36 | 7 | 14,880,470.6 | 7 | 1 | |
| NextEra Energy | ENERGY | 10.84 | 11 | 7,844.99 | 20 | 46,524.14 | 8 | 5,044,329.46 | 8 | 1 | |
| Champion Energy Services | ENERGY | 10.33 | 8 | 39,224.96 | 23 | 27,350.41 | 9 | 2,824,196.9 | 9 | 1 | |
| AEP Energy | ENERGY | 10.71 | 10 | 1,851.86 | 13 | 18,260.44 | 10 | 1,955,563.07 | 10 | 1 | |
| Horizon Power and Light | ENERGY | 11.06 | 13 | 1,903.8 | 14 | 13,959.07 | 11 | 1,543,985.26 | 11 | 1 | |
| Devonshire Energy | ENERGY | 5.69 | 1 | 45,326.62 | 24 | 9,562.18 | 12 | 543,919.4 | 13 | 1 | |
| Major Energy Electric Services | ENERGY | 9.04 | 5 | 4,861.16 | 17 | 6,827.68 | 13 | 617,366.71 | 12 | 1 | |
| IDT Energy | ENERGY | 13.42 | 17 | 1,001.76 | 8 | 3,276.47 | 14 | 439,774.3 | 15 | 1 | |
| Clean Choice Energy | ENERGY | 18.42 | 22 | 512.01 | 4 | 2,887.97 | 15 | 531,981.37 | 14 | 1 | |
| Ambit Energy | ENERGY | 15.95 | 20 | 941.84 | 7 | 2,308.45 | 16 | 368,259.81 | 17 | 1 | |
| Atlantic Energy | ENERGY | 22.58 | 24 | 1,394.91 | 11 | 1,884.53 | 17 | 425,448.66 | 16 | 1 | |
| Energy Services Providers | ENERGY | 10.47 | 9 | 819.28 | 5 | 1,595.84 | 18 | 167,132.43 | 19 | 1 | |
| CleanSky Energy | ENERGY | 12.78 | 15 | 2,179.16 | 16 | 1,227.74 | 19 | 156,899.83 | 21 | 1 | |
| Nordic Energy Services | ENERGY | 13.55 | 18 | 888.09 | 6 | 1,179.44 | 20 | 159,855.91 | 20 | 1 |
Power Plants in District of Columbia
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| Plant | City/County | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (KG) | Emissions/MWh (KG/MWh) | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
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Walt Bailey Bioenergy FacilityDC Water (100.00%) | Washington | Other Biomass Gas | 52,949 | 27,688,386.89 | 522.93 | ||
US GSA Heating and TransmissionUS GSA Heating and Transmission (100.00%) | Washington | Natural Gas | 41,941.06 | 25,641,987.84 | 611.38 |
Quick Facts
In District of Columbia, 103,732.78 megawatt hours of electricity are produced from non-renewable fuels. District of Columbia is 51st worst in the country for total electricity generation from non-renewable fuel types.
Residents of District of Columbia use 15.29 megawatt hours per year each, which ranks the state at 15th in the country for electricity use per person.
District of Columbia is the 46th worst polluting state in the nation based on electricity related pollution, emitting 3,634,357,366.61 kilograms of CO2 emissions.
District of Columbia uses roughly 4930.44% of the amount of the electricity that is produced there.
As the 49th highest generator of solar energy in the US, District of Columbia generates 52,562.49 megawatt hours.
Sadly, over the past year, CO2 pollution from electricity use in District of Columbia has risen by 4.88%.
District of Columbia Counties Comparison
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| County | Population | Providers | Plants | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Rate State Rank | Residential Rate National Rank | Residential Avg. Electric Bill | Residential Bill State Rank | Residential Bill National Rank |
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| District of Columbia | 671,803 | 78 | 2 | 19.00 | 1 | 2,580 | $245.69/mo | 1 | 3,184 |
District of Columbia Production Fuel Makeup
NATURAL GAS
49.73%
SOLAR
25.22%
OTHER BIOMASS GAS
25.00%
DISTILLATE FUEL OIL
0.05%
District of Columbia has 2 power producing plants, which is the 51st most plants within a state and the 51st highest number of plants per capita in a state. The state is the 46th highest ranked state when it comes to total CO2 pollution, with the state using enough electricity to account for 3,634,357,366.61 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Averaging 5,409.86 kilograms of CO2 emissions per resident, the state ranks 19th highest for pollution per capita from electricity use. For electricity production purposes, District of Columbia's primary fuel type is Natural Gas, accounting for 49.73%, or 103,621.82 megawatt hours of production in the state. Solar (25.22%) is also used for electricity generation, as well as Other Biomass Gas (25.00%).
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Deregulated Cities in District of Columbia
FAQ: Common Questions About Electricity in District of Columbia
What is the average electric bill in District of Columbia?
The average electric bill in District of Columbia in 2025 is $123 while the US average is $147.
Where does District of Columbia get its electricity?
The primary fuels used for electricity production in District of Columbia are Natural Gas, Solar and Other Biomass Gas, accounting for 49.73%, 25.22% and 25.00% respectively.
What electricity company is the largest supplier in District of Columbia?
By total megawatt hours sold, Potomac Electric Power Company is the largest electricity provider in District of Columbia.
How many electric companies offer service in District of Columbia?
District of Columbia has 23 electricity companies serving customers in the area.
Does District of Columbia have a deregulated electricity market?
No, the state has a regulated market, where residents' electricity company options are often determined by their location or state legislation.
What power companies offer service in District of Columbia?
| State Customers Rank | Provider | State Customers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Potomac Electric Power Company | 306,928 |
How much does electricity cost in District of Columbia?
The average rate per kilowatt hour of electricity in District of Columbia in 2025 is 18.71 cents.
What is the cheapest electricity company in District of Columbia?
| Residential Rate Rank | Provider | Residential Rate (¢) | State Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Potomac Electric Power Company | 17.41 | 306,928 |
How many power plants are within District of Columbia?
There are 2 electricity plants in District of Columbia.
Published: 2025-07-31