Electricity rates in Delaware

Average rate: 19.29¢
A year ago: 18.16¢
vs US average: +5%
Rank: 18 / 51

Every figure below is that rate applied to the same appliance models used across this site. The rate is the only thing that changes between states — a refrigerator in Delaware draws exactly what it draws in Nevada, it just costs 1.5× as much to run.

What a typical bill looks like in Delaware

Delaware sits in the South Atlantic census division, where the EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey puts average household electricity at 13,089 kilowatt-hours a year — 24% above the national figure of 10,566 kWh. At 19.29¢ that is $2,525 a year, or $210 a month before fixed charges and taxes.

Typical annual bill in Delaware

$2,525a year

$210 a month · 13,089 kWh, the South Atlantic average

Using the national average instead would put this at $2,038 — 19% lower. Region is the second-biggest variable after the rate itself.

Where the electricity goes in the South Atlantic

The South Atlantic is balanced between heating and cooling — 2,401 kWh against 3,112 kWh. These are conditional averages — each is the mean among households in the division that actually use electricity for that purpose, so they describe a home that has the thing, not a blend across homes that do not.

EIA RECS 2020, table CE4.6, South Atlantic division, priced at Delaware’s 19.29¢/kWh. The parts do not sum to the total because each is conditioned on different households.

End use	South Atlantic	National	Difference	Cost in Delaware
Air conditioning	3,112 kWh	2,318 kWh	+34%	$600
Water heating	2,767 kWh	2,706 kWh	+2%	$534
Space heating	2,401 kWh	2,484 kWh	-3%	$463
Refrigeration	886 kWh	839 kWh	+6%	$171
Everything else	5,617 kWh	5,108 kWh	+10%	$1,084

What Delaware households pay against everyone else

The same grid sells to households, businesses and factories at different prices, because delivery costs are spread over very different volumes. In Delaware a household pays 19.29¢ while industry pays 12.24¢ — 1.6× as much per kilowatt-hour. That ratio is not a scandal; it is the cost of running low-voltage distribution to individual houses rather than a single high-voltage feed to one plant. But it is the reason a household’s cost-saving arithmetic never looks like a business’s.

Average price by end-use sector, Delaware. EIA Electric Power Monthly table 5.6.A. A dash means the EIA published no figure for that sector.

Sector	June 2026	June 2025	Change
Residential — your bill	19.29¢	18.16¢	+6.2%
Commercial	14.4¢	12.46¢	+15.6%
Industrial	12.24¢	9.15¢	+33.8%
All sectors	16.13¢	14.21¢	+13.5%

One month is weather. The year is your bill.

The June 2026 figure above is a single month. Across 2026 so far, Delaware residential customers have averaged 17.74¢ — 8.7% below that single month.

That is a wide gap the other way: this month is dearer than the year has been, which usually means summer peaking. A January bill in Delaware will not look like a July one, even at identical usage.

Delaware, year to date

17.74¢per kWh

Against 19.29¢ in June 2026 alone · 16.8¢ over the same period last year

An annual bill reflects the year-to-date figure far more closely than any single month. Use it in the calculators if you are planning a year ahead.

What each appliance costs in Delaware

Every appliance on this site, priced at Delaware’s 19.29¢. Each figure uses the appliance’s real duty cycle — the share of its running time it actually draws power — so a refrigerator here is 420 kWh a year rather than the 1,314 kWh that nameplate arithmetic produces.

All 120 appliances at Delaware’s average residential rate of 19.29¢/kWh, on this site’s standard usage assumptions. “Real average” is the draw averaged over the hours the appliance is in service.

Appliance	Rated	Real average	Electricity	A month	A year
Crypto mining rig	3,000 W	3,000 W	26,280 kWh	$422	$5,069
Electric furnace	15,000 W	3,755 W	9,012 kWh	$145	$1,738
EV charging (Level 1 wall socket)	1,400 W	1,403 W	3,747 kWh	$60	$723
EV charging (Level 2 home)	7,200 W	7,241 W	3,541 kWh	$57	$683
Hot tub	1,500 W	375 W	3,285 kWh	$53	$634
Pool heat pump	5,000 W	3,270 W	3,139 kWh	$50	$606
Electric water heater	4,500 W	311 W	2,720 kWh	$44	$525
Heat pump (heating)	1,800 W	999 W	2,307 kWh	$37	$445
Central air conditioner	3,500 W	2,125 W	2,295 kWh	$37	$443
Pool pump	1,500 W	1,500 W	2,160 kWh	$35	$417
Oxygen concentrator	350 W	350 W	2,044 kWh	$33	$394
Grow light	300 W	301 W	1,755 kWh	$28	$339
Standalone ice maker	350 W	158 W	1,380 kWh	$22	$266
Koi pond pump	150 W	150 W	1,314 kWh	$21	$253
Wine cellar cooling unit	450 W	149 W	1,301 kWh	$21	$251
Dehumidifier	480 W	288 W	1,244 kWh	$20	$240
Electric baseboard heater	1,000 W	400 W	1,188 kWh	$19	$229
Heated towel rail	120 W	120 W	1,051 kWh	$17	$203
Pottery kiln	8,000 W	4,800 W	1,037 kWh	$17	$200
Furnace blower / air handler	500 W	516 W	1,032 kWh	$17	$199
Space heater	1,500 W	827 W	992 kWh	$16	$191
Heat pump water heater	550 W	110 W	964 kWh	$15	$186
Waterbed heater	300 W	105 W	920 kWh	$15	$177
Oil-filled radiator	1,500 W	675 W	810 kWh	$13	$156
Portable air conditioner	1,100 W	771 W	771 kWh	$12	$149
Infrared heater	1,500 W	903 W	759 kWh	$12	$146
Golf cart charger	950 W	969 W	727 kWh	$12	$140
Garage refrigerator	180 W	81 W	710 kWh	$11	$137
Electric clothes dryer	3,000 W	2,273 W	682 kWh	$11	$132
Electric underfloor heating	1,200 W	423 W	676 kWh	$11	$130
Septic aerator pump	70 W	70 W	613 kWh	$9.86	$118
Gaming PC	400 W	415 W	606 kWh	$9.74	$117
Engine block heater	600 W	600 W	600 kWh	$9.65	$116
Window air conditioner	900 W	541 W	596 kWh	$9.57	$115
Mini split (cooling)	900 W	461 W	553 kWh	$8.90	$107
Electric fireplace	1,500 W	758 W	530 kWh	$8.52	$102
Home server or NAS	60 W	60 W	526 kWh	$8.45	$101
Radon mitigation fan	60 W	60 W	526 kWh	$8.45	$101
Electric sauna heater	6,000 W	3,330 W	500 kWh	$8.03	$96
Aquarium	150 W	53 W	460 kWh	$7.39	$89
Evaporative cooler	500 W	500 W	450 kWh	$7.23	$87
Well pump	1,000 W	1,000 W	438 kWh	$7.04	$84
Refrigerator	150 W	48 W	420 kWh	$6.76	$81
Heat pump clothes dryer	900 W	824 W	396 kWh	$6.36	$76
Hot water recirculation pump	45 W	45 W	394 kWh	$6.34	$76
Air purifier	45 W	45 W	394 kWh	$6.34	$76
Kegerator	95 W	40 W	350 kWh	$5.62	$67
Chest freezer	130 W	39 W	342 kWh	$5.49	$66
Electric oven	3,000 W	1,119 W	336 kWh	$5.40	$65
Water cooler / dispenser	100 W	35 W	307 kWh	$4.93	$59
Wine fridge	85 W	34 W	298 kWh	$4.79	$57
Reptile heat lamp	100 W	65 W	285 kWh	$4.58	$55
Mini fridge	75 W	30 W	263 kWh	$4.22	$51
Dishwasher	1,200 W	407 W	244 kWh	$3.93	$47
Pool salt chlorinator	160 W	166 W	239 kWh	$3.84	$46
Electric cooktop	2,000 W	931 W	230 kWh	$3.70	$44
UPS battery backup	25 W	25 W	219 kWh	$3.52	$42
Espresso machine	1,300 W	293 W	214 kWh	$3.44	$41
Games console	180 W	194 W	212 kWh	$3.41	$41
Desktop computer	100 W	104 W	208 kWh	$3.34	$40
OLED television	110 W	114 W	208 kWh	$3.34	$40
LED television	90 W	94 W	171 kWh	$2.75	$33
AV receiver	130 W	151 W	165 kWh	$2.66	$32
Whole house fan	400 W	400 W	160 kWh	$2.57	$31
Projector	280 W	289 W	144 kWh	$2.32	$28
Toaster oven	1,400 W	957 W	144 kWh	$2.31	$28
Microwave oven	1,200 W	1,485 W	136 kWh	$2.18	$26
Treadmill	700 W	855 W	128 kWh	$2.06	$25
CPAP machine	45 W	50 W	127 kWh	$2.05	$25
Laptop	50 W	52 W	125 kWh	$2.01	$24
Garden fountain pump	45 W	45 W	113 kWh	$1.82	$22
Incandescent bulb	60 W	60 W	110 kWh	$1.76	$21
Wi-Fi router and modem	12 W	12 W	105 kWh	$1.69	$20
Coffee maker	1,000 W	958 W	105 kWh	$1.69	$20
Tanning bed	4,500 W	5,095 W	102 kWh	$1.64	$20
Hair dryer	1,600 W	1,600 W	99 kWh	$1.60	$19
Food dehydrator	550 W	330 W	99 kWh	$1.59	$19
Washing machine	500 W	323 W	97 kWh	$1.56	$19
Air fryer	1,500 W	959 W	96 kWh	$1.54	$18
Welder	5,000 W	1,165 W	93 kWh	$1.50	$18
Sump pump	800 W	894 W	89 kWh	$1.44	$17
Air compressor	1,900 W	475 W	86 kWh	$1.37	$16
Electric kettle	1,500 W	1,500 W	82 kWh	$1.32	$16
E-scooter charger	90 W	93 W	74 kWh	$1.19	$14
E-bike charger	110 W	113 W	68 kWh	$1.09	$13
Box or pedestal fan	55 W	55 W	66 kWh	$1.06	$13
Central vacuum system	1,500 W	1,618 W	65 kWh	$1.04	$12
3D printer	120 W	69 W	62 kWh	$1.00	$12
Computer monitor	30 W	31 W	62 kWh	$1.00	$12
Slow cooker	200 W	120 W	58 kWh	$0.93	$11
Range hood	150 W	173 W	57 kWh	$0.92	$11
Rice cooker	650 W	283 W	57 kWh	$0.91	$11
Electric smoker	800 W	402 W	56 kWh	$0.91	$11
Humidifier	40 W	24 W	55 kWh	$0.88	$11
Robotic pool cleaner	180 W	197 W	54 kWh	$0.87	$10
Laser printer	600 W	1,794 W	54 kWh	$0.87	$10
Ceiling fan	35 W	37 W	53 kWh	$0.86	$10
Bread maker	550 W	171 W	48 kWh	$0.77	$9.23
Table saw	1,800 W	450 W	45 kWh	$0.72	$8.68
Security camera	5 W	5 W	44 kWh	$0.70	$8.45
Electric pressure cooker	1,000 W	381 W	43 kWh	$0.69	$8.27
Electric blanket	100 W	35 W	42 kWh	$0.68	$8.10
Egg incubator	60 W	27 W	41 kWh	$0.66	$7.87
Garage door opener	550 W	5,346 W	39 kWh	$0.63	$7.53
Massage chair	200 W	388 W	39 kWh	$0.62	$7.48
Battery trickle charger	25 W	9 W	38 kWh	$0.61	$7.29
Irrigation controller	4 W	4 W	35 kWh	$0.56	$6.76
Robot vacuum	40 W	97 W	35 kWh	$0.56	$6.74
Water softener	40 W	157 W	34 kWh	$0.55	$6.63
Sous vide circulator	900 W	140 W	34 kWh	$0.54	$6.48
Vacuum cleaner	900 W	900 W	27 kWh	$0.43	$5.21
Electric lawn mower	1,400 W	1,190 W	25 kWh	$0.40	$4.82
Clothes iron	1,300 W	520 W	21 kWh	$0.33	$4.01
Electric snow blower	1,800 W	1,620 W	19 kWh	$0.31	$3.75
Bathroom exhaust fan	35 W	35 W	19 kWh	$0.31	$3.70
Pressure washer	1,700 W	1,190 W	18 kWh	$0.29	$3.44
LED light bulb	9 W	9 W	16 kWh	$0.26	$3.17
Electric leaf blower	1,100 W	1,100 W	14 kWh	$0.22	$2.65
Garbage disposal	600 W	600 W	11 kWh	$0.18	$2.11
Hair straightener	150 W	75 W	5.6 kWh	$0.09	$1.09

How that compares

Delaware against the national average and the extremes of the range.

Hawaii — most expensive52.72¢

Delaware19.29¢

US average18.34¢

Nevada — cheapest13.11¢

Questions

What is the average electricity rate in Delaware?

19.29 cents per kilowatt-hour for residential customers in June 2026, according to the EIA’s Electric Power Monthly. That is 5% above the national average of 18.34¢, and ranks 18 out of 51 for price.

What is a typical electricity bill in Delaware?

A household using the US average of 13,089 kWh a year would pay about $2,525 a year, or $210 a month, at Delaware’s average rate. Actual usage varies far more than rates do — an all-electric home with electric heat can use two to three times that.

Have electricity rates in Delaware gone up?

Delaware residential rates are up 6.2% against the same month a year earlier, from 18.16¢ to 19.29¢. The national average moved up 5.0% over the same period.

Why is my rate different from this number?

This is a statewide average across every residential customer and every utility, including fixed monthly charges spread over the kilowatt-hours sold. Your own effective rate depends on your utility, your tariff and whether you are on time-of-use pricing. Divide the total amount on your bill by the kilowatt-hours it lists to get the figure that actually applies to you — that is the number to type into the calculators here.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, June 2026. U.S. Government work, public domain.

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