Rate Information
On Sept. 30, 2025, PPL Electric Utilities filed a request with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) to adjust distribution base rates to continue making necessary investments to build a stronger, smarter and more resilient electric grid to better withstand increasingly severe weather, prevent outages, and improve service to customers.
Important Information
More information about the distribution base rate request:
- Notice of Proposed Rate Change
- Download the complete rate case filing
- Access the case filing on puc.pa.gov - docket no. R-2025-3057164
- News release: PPL Electric Utilities making necessary investments to strengthen and modernize infrastructure and expand services and support for customers Read more
Why are we requesting a rate adjustment?
Lowest among peers
This is PPL Electric’s first request for a distribution base rate adjustment since 2015, and our rates remain some of the lowest among our comparable peers in the state.
Improving your electric service
We’ve focused on operating efficiently and managing our resources, turning those savings into investments to improve your electric service.
Improving service reliability
More storms and essential infrastructure projects require additional investments to ensure we can continue improving service reliability for customers.
What’s included in the request?
Stronger system to better withstand extreme weather
Replacing aging infrastructure, adding stronger poles and wires. These investments help prevent outages especially during storms and extreme weather and keep your home or business running when it matters most.
Reduced tree-related outages
Increasing frequency of tree trimming and removal, including addressing diseased and dying trees on and off our right of way.
Next-generation smart grid technologies
Expanding advanced automation to accelerate restoration and reduce outages, and data analytics to inform smarter business decisions that deliver the greatest value for customers.
Customer technology improvements
Expanding customer service self-service options to offer more convenience and flexibility and reduce call wait times.
No more payment transaction fees
Proposing to remove the separate transaction fee on credit and debit cards as well as electronic payment methods.
Safer, brighter communities
Proposing to convert all streetlights to LED bulbs for safer, brighter communities that use less energy and require less maintenance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a rate review?
Before PPL Electric Utilities can change the cost of electricity delivery, or distribution base rates, we must complete a regulated process called a distribution rate review. The distribution base rate review process is governed by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), the state’s independent regulator, and provides the commission and the public the opportunity to review the request and learn why PPL Electric requested a rate change.
The PUC conducts an independent public review process, including opportunities for customers to engage, to ensure the rate increase is fair and serves the best interests of our customers and communities.
When will new rates go into effect?
Assuming that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission suspends the rate increase by seven months and ultimately approves the increase, new rates will be effective starting July 1, 2026.
What is the increase/bill impact for various rate classes/customer types?
- Residential total bill for 1,000 kWh per month would increase 6.98% (about $13 per month or 43 cents per day – average 30 days per month.
- Commercial customer bill using 1,000 kWh and 3 KW per month would increase 5.31% (about $8.60 per month).
- Industrial customer bill using 150,000 kWh hours per month and 500 KW would increase about 2.58% (about $514 per month).
How do I find out more or participate in the process?
The rate review filing, including detailed supporting materials, is available on this website at pplelectric.com/RateInfo and through the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Customers may contact the company toll-free at 1-800-342-5775.
Your prices went up in June 2025. Why are you asking for another increase?
PPL Electric’s distribution base rate request is different from the twice-annual Price to Compare rate changes, which involve energy supply charges. The energy supply costs included in the Price to Compare are passed through, without markup, to customers who do not shop for a third-party supplier. Our Price to Compare rate is fixed for six months and changes twice per year on June 1 and December 1.
When the Price to Compare changes, it is primarily due to changes in energy supply costs which is outside of our direct control. The approximate $20 increase per month for the average residential customer over the last year [or two auctions] is driven by increases in capacity prices paid to generators in PJM.