Delaware · electric utility
Delmarva Power (Delaware) Standard Offer Service & rate increases
Delmarva Power (Delaware) is a Exelon (Pepco Holdings) utility serving most of Delaware (about 312,000 customers). Delmarva Power is the primary electric utility for most of Delaware and also provides natural gas service to northern Delaware. (source)
Standard Offer Service (current rate)
13.69¢/kWh
Effective (current) · verified
What it means: a Delmarva Power (Delaware) customer on a 17¢/kWh third-party supplier rate pays about $340 more per year than the Standard Offer Service (13.69¢), based on ~860 kWh/month. The audit below checks your actual rate.
Delmarva Power (Delaware) customer service & quick facts
The official ways to reach Delmarva Power (Delaware) for outages, billing, and account help. RateWatchdog is independent and not affiliated with Delmarva Power (Delaware) — these are the utility's own channels.
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Where is this on my bill?
On your bill, find the supply rate in ¢/kWh. Your utility's standard rate is the “Standard Offer Service.” If your supplier charges more than that, you're overpaying.
Is Delmarva Power (Delaware) a monopoly? Can you switch?
For delivery, yes — it's a monopoly. Delmarva Power (Delaware) is the only company that runs the poles and wires to homes in its territory, so you can't pick a different company to deliver your power. That part is a regulated monopoly: Delmarva Power (Delaware), owned by Exelon (Pepco Holdings), can only charge what the DE PSC approves in a rate case.
The electricity itself, though, is open to competition. You can buy your supply from a third-party supplier, or do nothing and stay on Delmarva Power (Delaware)'s default rate — the Standard Offer Service the DE PSC oversees. Switching suppliers doesn't change who delivers your power or who you call during an outage; it only changes the supply line on your bill. And if a supplier is charging more than the Standard Offer Service, you can drop it and return to that regulated rate, usually within one or two billing cycles — no fee to the utility.
Rate cases & increases
No active Delmarva Power (Delaware) rate cases in our tracker right now. We monitor the DE PSC dockets — get an alert when one is filed. See why Delaware bills are rising →
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