Electricity and gas prices in Maryland

Households in Maryland paid an average of 21.84¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $22.57 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 14th 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$22.91
Heat pump at COP 3.0$21.34
Heat pump at COP 2.0$32.00
Electric resistance$64.01

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Maryland

Five years of prices

July 202112.95¢
October 202114.50¢
January 202213.38¢
April 202214.11¢
July 202214.22¢
October 202215.84¢
January 202315.98¢
April 202315.92¢
July 202316.02¢
October 202318.38¢
January 202417.45¢
April 202417.85¢
July 202417.24¢
October 202419.21¢
January 202518.24¢
April 202519.05¢
July 202518.83¢
October 202522.30¢
January 202620.61¢
April 202622.07¢

Who sells electricity in Maryland

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
Baltimore Gas & Electric Co	Investor Owned	1,025,745	17.91¢
Potomac Electric Power Co	Investor Owned	485,483	20.08¢
The Potomac Edison Company	Investor Owned	240,570	13.83¢
Delmarva Power	Investor Owned	172,008	20.22¢
Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc.	Cooperative	158,375	14.84¢
Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Cooperative	50,697	16.46¢
Tesla Inc.	Behind the Meter	26,988	15.84¢
Sunrun Inc.	Behind the Meter	25,231	14.18¢
Hagerstown Light Department	Municipal	15,099	7.77¢
Easton Utilities Comm	Municipal	8,590	13.06¢
Sunnova	Behind the Meter	4,578	18.67¢

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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.