PPL Rate Increase Dec. 1, 2026: Price to Compare Up 10%

PPL Electric Utilities’ supply price for customers on default service rises 10.3% on Dec. 1, 2026, from 13.079 to 14.428 cents per kWh. For a home using 1,000 kWh a month, that adds about $13.49 a month to the supply part of the bill. The new Price to Compare runs through May 31, 2027, according to PPL. Customers who buy electricity from a competitive supplier are not affected by this change; they pay their contract price.

The increase follows a distribution rate increase that took effect July 1, which PPL described as its first since 2016. For how Pennsylvania’s default supply prices moved across every utility at the last reset, see our Pennsylvania electricity price and solar guide.

What Changes on Dec. 1

PPL’s rates and shopping page lists the residential Price to Compare as “13.079 ¢/kWh Valid 7/1/2026 to 11/30/2026” and “14.428 ¢/kWh Valid 12/1/2026 to 5/31/2027.” PPL describes it as “the rate you’ll pay if you don’t shop or you’re on our OnTrack program” and says it “changes every June 1 and December 1.”

The Price to Compare is the per-kWh price for electricity supply. It is not your whole bill: PPL also charges a monthly customer charge and per-kWh distribution charges for delivering power, plus taxes. Those are not part of this change.

A note on the summer figure: the PUC’s May 2026 release listed PPL’s June 1, 2026 price as 13.147 cents. PPL’s page now shows 13.079 cents as valid from July 1. We compare against PPL’s posted figure.

How Much More You Will Pay

Assumptions: PPL default service; supply price change of 1.349 cents per kWh; usage held constant. Delivery charges and taxes are not included.

Many homes use more electricity in winter, especially with electric heat, so the dollar change is larger in the months you use the most. Your bill shows your monthly kWh.

Compared with a year ago. Two changes stack up for a default-service customer at 1,000 kWh: the supply price is 1.475 cents higher than last winter (about $14.75 a month), and the July 1 distribution increase PPL puts at about $6.48 a month at 1,000 kWh. Together that is about $21.23 a month more than in December 2025, by our math. Other riders and charges can move too, so treat that as an estimate, not a bill.

The July Distribution Increase

The PUC approved a settlement of PPL’s base rate case (docket R-2025-3057164) in June 2026, reducing the annual revenue increase to “approximately $275 million” from about $356.3 million requested. The PUC said a residential bill at 918 kWh a month was projected to rise from $177.01 to “approximately $184.49,” with new rates for service “on and after July 1, 2026.” PPL’s own rate page puts the change at “approximately $6.48 per month” for a residential customer using 1,000 kWh.

That case set delivery rates. The Dec. 1 change is to the separate supply price for default-service customers.

If You Shop for a Supplier

The PUC says default-price changes “only affect customers receiving ‘default service’” and that customers “already shopping with a supplier will continue paying the generation price set by their contract.” If you shop:

• Check your contract’s end date and what price it renews at.
• Compare any offer’s cents per kWh with 14.428 cents, and read the contract length, cancellation fee and renewal terms.
• The PUC’s shopping site, PAPowerSwitch.com, lists offers by utility. Our guide to comparing electricity supplier offers explains what to check.

A lower price today is not always lower over a year. A fixed-price offer below 14.428 cents beats default service only while it lasts, and the Price to Compare resets again on June 1, 2027.

What It Means for Solar Owners

For a PPL solar customer on default service, a higher supply price raises the value of solar in two ways:

• Power you use at home as it is produced avoids the Price to Compare plus the per-kWh distribution charge for those kWh.
• Banked excess kWh. PPL nets usage and solar output each month and banks the excess. Its net-metering page says excess kWh accumulate “until the end of the PJM planning period ending May 31 of each year” and are paid “at the Company’s Price To Compare (PTC).” PPL’s billing page says it compensates net-metering customers “once per year, in May,” and adds: “This payment is based on the price to compare at the time of the payout.” The Price to Compare in effect in May 2027 is 14.428 cents, so a payout made then would use the new, higher price. On PPL’s cash-out page, the residential compensation rate for July 1 to Nov. 30, 2026 is $0.13079 per kWh, the same as the summer Price to Compare.

Solar customers who buy from a supplier are treated differently. PPL says their compensation depends on the supplier, and if the supplier does not compensate, PPL credits only the distribution portion of excess kWh each month. If you have panels and a supplier contract, ask the supplier how it handles net metering before you sign or renew.

Other Pennsylvania Utilities

Every Pennsylvania utility resets default service prices on Dec. 1. Last year the PUC listed all of the Dec. 1 changes in one release on Nov. 24, 2025. Trade publication EnergyChoiceMatters reported Oct. 16 that PECO filed a residential generation supply charge of $0.11970 per kWh for December through May, up 11% from $0.10785, though that charge is only part of PECO’s Price to Compare. We will add the PUC’s statewide figures to our Pennsylvania guide when they are published.

Sources and verification

Limitations

PPL’s page does not give a monthly bill estimate for the Dec. 1 change; the dollar figures above are our arithmetic on the supply price only, at constant usage. We did not review PPL’s default service filing with the PUC. PPL’s posted summer price (13.079 cents from July 1) differs from the 13.147 cents the PUC listed for June 1, and PPL’s page does not explain the difference. Delivery charges, riders and taxes also affect your bill.