Electricity and gas prices in District of Columbia

Households in District of Columbia paid an average of 24.39¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $27.28 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 11th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$27.69
Heat pump at COP 3.0$23.83
Heat pump at COP 2.0$35.74
Electric resistance$71.48

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in District of Columbia

Five years of prices

July 202112.87¢
October 202113.80¢
January 202213.22¢
April 202213.72¢
July 202213.86¢
October 202215.44¢
January 202314.96¢
April 202315.30¢
July 202316.61¢
October 202318.03¢
January 202416.88¢
April 202417.93¢
July 202417.07¢
October 202418.59¢
January 202518.83¢
April 202521.32¢
July 202523.04¢
October 202523.92¢
January 202623.72¢
April 202625.41¢

Who sells electricity in District of Columbia

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Potomac Electric Power Co	Investor Owned	285,878	16.58¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.