Rate Plan Comparator
Utilities publish several plans and rarely tell you which one suits your usage. This prices every plan they offer against the same consumption, and ranks the ones a household can actually move onto today, so the ranking reflects your household rather than a headline rate.
Not every utility. 1210 tariffs from 217 utilities, retrieved up to October 8, 2026. A utility missing here is one that has not been indexed yet.
Cheapest of 2 plans open to every household at Baltimore Gas & Electric Co is Residential Optional Time of Use (Schedule RL) at $2,566.32 a year.
Cheapest of 2 plans open to every household
$2,566.32a year
Residential Optional Time of Use (Schedule RL)
in effect since March 2026
The dearest of them costs $32.64 more a year at this usage — about $2.72 a month for the same electricity.
Plans open to every household, cheapest first
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Optional Time of Use (Schedule RL)✓ cheapesttime-of-use · in effect since March 2026 | $2,566.32 | — | 23.8¢ | Medium confidence |
| Residential Service (Schedule R)flat rate · in effect since January 2026 | $2,598.96 | +$32.64 | 24.1¢ | High confidence |
Restricted plans — priced, not ranked (7)
Means-tested, closed to new customers, needing particular equipment, or only part of a bill. Each is priced so a household that qualifies can compare it.
| Plan | Per year | Effective | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL RESIDENTIAL OPTIONAL TIME-OF-USE (Unbundled)flat rate · in effect since February 2013 · delivery charges only | $647.40 | 6.0¢ | High confidence |
| Residential Service (Schedule R)flat rate · in effect since January 2026 · delivery charges only | $797.76 | 7.4¢ | High confidence |
| Residential Electric Vehicle Time-of-Use (Schedule EV)flat rate · in effect since March 2026 · delivery charges only | $797.76 | 7.4¢ | High confidence |
| Residential Delivery and Energy Time of Use (Schedule RD)time-of-use · in effect since March 2026 · delivery charges only | $811.45 | 7.5¢ | Medium confidence |
| Residential Optional Time of Use (Schedule RL)flat rate · in effect since March 2026 · delivery charges only | $818.76 | 7.6¢ | High confidence |
| Residential Electric Vehicle Time-of-Use (Schedule EV)time-of-use · in effect since March 2026 · needs an electric vehicle | $2,570.21 | 23.8¢ | Medium confidence |
| Residential Delivery and Energy Time of Use (Schedule RD)time-of-use · in effect since March 2026 · a pilot with limited places | $2,582.58 | 23.9¢ | Medium confidence |
How this was worked out5 assumptions, 3 that could move the total
- Priced against the 2026 calendar. Weekday and weekend day counts differ between years, which moves the total on a time-of-use tariff.No effect on the total
- Weekend rates are applied on Saturday and Sunday. URDB publishes no holiday calendar, so utilities that bill public holidays at weekend rates are not reflected.Effect unknown
- Hours are local clock hours with no daylight-saving shift, matching how time-of-use periods are written in the tariff.No effect on the total
- Monthly totals were spread over each day's hours in the typical pattern of homes in Maryland, by month and weekday or weekend (NREL/NLR ResStock 2025 Release 1 (AMY2018), timeseries aggregates by state, baseline). A household that uses more in this tariff's peak hours than that pattern pays more than this estimate, and one that uses less pays less.Effect unknown
- No sales or utility tax was applied. Most US jurisdictions add one, so a real bill will be higher.Real bill likely higher
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff data: NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved October 8, 2026.
Tariff data: NREL/NLR ResStock 2025 Release 1 (AMY2018), timeseries aggregates by state, baseline (CC BY 4.0), retrieved October 1, 2026.
Indexed so far: 1210 tariffs from 217 utilities. Not every utility. Utilities are reached two ways: by probing population-centre coordinates in 18 states, and by fetching, by EIA number, the utilities that serve most of each state's homes according to EIA-861. A smaller utility outside both — many rural cooperatives and municipal utilities — will not appear here yet.