Potomac Electric Power Co
Potomac Electric Power Co is investor owned serving 285,878 residential customers in District of Columbia, at an average residential price of 16.58¢ per kilowatt-hour.
That price is derived, and it is annual. It is total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate. For what a kilowatt-hour costs in District of Columbia right now, see the state page, currently 24.39¢.
What it reported, by service
| Service | Residential customers | Residential | Commercial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundled | 285,878 | 16.58¢ | 19.98¢ |
| Delivery | 32,902 | 5.66¢ | 7.06¢ |
A utility can file bundled service and delivery-only service separately. A delivery-only price excludes the energy itself, so the two are not comparable and are not ranked against each other.
How often the power goes out
| Minutes without power per customer, 2024 | 32.6 minutes (SAIDI, including major event days) |
|---|---|
| Interruptions per customer | 0.27 (SAIFI) |
| Excluding major event days | 26.4 minutes the figure utilities are benchmarked on |
| Reported under | IEEE standard |
The headline figure includes major event days, because a customer who lost power for three days in a storm lost power for three days. See how this compares nationally.
Counties served
District of Columbia.
From EIA’s 2024 service-territory report. More than one utility can serve a county.
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Source: EIA-861 annual electric utility survey, data year 2024. Public domain. This page is a record of what Potomac Electric Power Co reported to EIA; it is not an endorsement, and nothing here is a quote. Corrections and removal requests.