Electricity rates — Delaware

What households in Delaware pay, by EIA's count

Over the 12 months to June 2026, residential electricity in Delaware averaged 17.6¢ per kWh, the 19th-highest of the 50 states and DC and about the same as the US average of 17.9¢. It sits between Indiana (16.9¢) and Ohio (18.0¢).

EIA lists 6 utilities serving homes in Delaware. By homes served, the largest 5 are Delmarva Power (301,950), Delaware Electric Cooperative (104,839), City of Dover - (DE) (21,601), City of Newark - (DE) (11,888), and Town of Middletown - (DE) (9,071). Member-owned cooperatives supply about 22% and municipal utilities supply about 11% of its households.

Delaware homes used the most electricity in July and the least in October (2021–2025): a summer peak, 1.8 times the lightest month. November was the dearest month per kWh, 21% above January.

None of the plans WattClear holds for Delaware is a current price it can rank, so EIA's figures are this page's only statement of what the state pays.

Who provides these plans

Every plan here comes from Delaware Electric Cooperative — a limit of what has been indexed, not a claim that it is the only provider in Delaware. How each of its plans is built, and what changing between them saves, is set out on Delaware Electric Cooperative's own page.

What this does not cover

Only one utility in Delaware has been indexed so far, so the ranges above are not statewide. A household served by another provider will not find its plans here yet.

2 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.