{"id":1955,"date":"2021-12-09T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2021-12-09T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:19:46","slug":"pa-electric-rate-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/pa-electric-rate-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Five PA Electric Utilities Hiked Their PTC Rate!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Your PA utility electric rate is going up this winter. Find out how much more you'll pay in five PA utility territories.\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/iStock-610407938.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption><br><center><em>Five major PA utilities have hiked their PTC electric rate this winter. We break down how much more you&#8217;ll likely have to pay in the coming months.<\/em><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>PA Utility PTC Rates Soar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Pennsylvania electricity customer with one of these five major utility companies, you&#8217;ll see a higher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/business\/peco-ppl-electricity-prices-rates-increase-pennsylvania-20211126.html\">price to compare (PTC) rate<\/a> on your next bill. Though it was announced earlier, some customers may still be in the dark about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puc.pa.gov\/press-release\/2021\/puc-urges-consumers-to-prepare-for-rising-winter-energy-costs-and-explore-options-for-conservation-and-savings\">new rate increases<\/a> that went into effect on December 1. In any case, it\u2019s important to know which five major PA electric utilities hiked their PTC rate and how much this increase could affect your winter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/resources\/high-pennsylvania-energy-bill\">electricity bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Did Your Utility Company Increase Its Electric Rate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/companies\">PA electric utility companies<\/a> increases were modest, others were downright chilling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Duquesne Light:<\/strong> increased its rate from 7.41 cents per kWh to 7.98 cents per kWh.<\/li><li><strong>Met-Ed:<\/strong> raised its rate from 7.114 cents per kWh to 7.414 cents per kWh. <\/li><li><strong>PECO:<\/strong> hiked its rate from 6.597 cents per kWh to 7.021 cents per kWh. <\/li><li><strong>PPL:<\/strong> increased its PTC rate from 7.544 cents per kWh to a whopping 9.502 cents per kWh.<\/li><li><strong>West Penn Power:<\/strong> hiked its supply charges from 5.447 cents per kWh to 5.698 cents per kWh.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>How Much More Will Your Electric Rate Cost You?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step is to see how these rate increases affect your monthly bill. To help PA electric utility customers, we&#8217;ve broken down what a PA utility customer using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/sales_revenue_price\/pdf\/table5_a.pdf\">average of 846 kWh per month<\/a> can expect. Check out the following estimates for a few local utilities and see what your monthly bill could possibly be over the next two months with the current PTC rates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Duquesne Light Company<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-striped\">\n<tbody align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge for 846 kWh Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Monthly Customer Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>PTC Supply charge:<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.98 cents per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$67.51<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>$67.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">\n<p><strong>Monthly Distribution Charges (excluding riders)<br>$0.060233 per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$50.96<\/td>\n<td>$12.50<\/td>\n<td>$63.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Total Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$130.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Met-Ed<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-striped\">\n<tbody align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge for 846 kWh Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Monthly Customer Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>PTC Supply charge:<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.41 cents per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$62.69<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>$62.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">\n<p><strong>Monthly Distribution Charges (excluding riders)<br>$0.048 per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$40.61<\/td>\n<td>$11.25<\/td>\n<td>$51.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Total Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$114.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>PECO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-striped\">\n<tbody align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge for 846 kWh Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Monthly Customer Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong><br>PTC Supply charge:<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>7.02 cents per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$59.39<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>$59.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">\n<p><strong>Monthly Distribution Charges (excluding riders)<br>$0.06609 per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$55.91<\/td>\n<td>$9.98<\/td>\n<td>$65.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Total Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$125.28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>PPL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-striped\">\n<tbody align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge for 846 kWh Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Monthly Customer Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>PPL<br>PTC Supply charge:<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.502 cents per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$80.39<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>$80.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>PPL<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monthly Distribution Charges (excluding riders)<br>$0.04332 per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$36.65<\/td>\n<td>$17.94<\/td>\n<td>$54.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Total Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$134.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>West Penn Power<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-striped\">\n<tbody align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge for 846 kWh Used<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Monthly Customer Charge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Charge Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong><br>PTC Supply charge:<\/strong><p><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.698 cents per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$48.21<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>$48.21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\">\n<p><strong>Monthly Distribution Charges (excluding riders)<br>$0.03487 per kWh<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>$29.50<\/td>\n<td>$7.44<\/td>\n<td>$36.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"56\"><strong>Total Bill<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>$85.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<h3>Find a Great Energy Plan with a low Electric Rate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best ways to avoid high PTC rates is to shop for cheapest electricity rates. If you\u2019re ready to pull the plug on high prices from your PA electric utility, check out the current electric plans on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\">https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com<\/a>. In addition to exploring new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/electricity-rates\">electricity plans<\/a>, check out the helpful conservation tips on the blog to help you through the cold winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PA Utility PTC Rates Soar If you&#8217;re a Pennsylvania electricity customer with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false},"categories":[2,3,26,4,54,7,9,47,11,59,62,12,49,13,65,66,48,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paenergyratings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}