RS: Rate Schedule RS Residential Service + Default Service (GSC-1 + TSC)
Plan for solar customers. Effective 2026-10-01. Fixed charge $15.00/month.
| Period | Price |
|---|---|
| All hours | 19.3¢ |
Typical customer: Worth it
PPL Electric Utilities and solar
PPL Electric Utilities is an investor-owned utility serving about 1,311,251 homes in Pennsylvania. Here's what its rates and export rules mean for solar: for a typical customer, solar is worth it.
- Average price (2026 est.)
- 20.3¢2% below Pennsylvania average
- Typical bill
- $191942 kWh a month
- Exports credited
- RetailFull retail net metering
- Typical payback
- 10.2 yrs9 kW, cash
Export rules for PPL Electric Utilities customers
Full retail net metering, annual netting.
Annual surplus at price-to-compare.
Net metering: kWh credited at full retail rate within billing period; excess carried forward to May 31; annual excess paid at Price to Compare
Solar for a typical PPL Electric Utilities home
| System | 9 kW (100% of 942 kWh/month) |
|---|---|
| Cost | $26,000 |
| First-year savings | $2,188 |
| Payback | 10.2 years |
| 25-year net | $51,678 |
Uses the utility's average price; time-of-use plans can change this, so pick your plan in the calculator.
Current residential rate plans
Rates we verified from PPL Electric Utilities's tariff documents. Prices are per kWh including the main riders where noted; check your bill for the plan you're on.
Solar adoption
- Homes with solar (2025)
- 30,053
- Share of customers
- 2.3%
- Residential solar capacity
- 278 MW
- Residential customers
- 1,311,251
EIA-861, 2025.
Questions about PPL Electric Utilities and solar
Does PPL Electric Utilities have net metering?
Annual surplus at price-to-compare.
How much does electricity cost with PPL Electric Utilities?
Residential customers paid an average of 18.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA), about 20.3¢ adjusted to 2026. The typical home uses 942 kWh a month, a bill of about $191.
Is solar worth it with PPL Electric Utilities?
For a typical customer, solar is worth it: a 9 kW system costing about $26,000 pays back in about 10.2 years, with $51,678 net over 25 years.
How many PPL Electric Utilities customers have solar?
About 30,053 homes had net-metered solar at the end of 2025, roughly 2.3% of residential customers (EIA-861).
Legal name: PPL Electric Utilities Corp (EIA ID 14715). Data: EIA-861 2025 and monthly data through 2026, state policy research October 2026, utility tariff sheets.