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41 energy suppliers serve Pennsylvania
38 sell electricity and 21 sell natural gas. Tap any logo for plans, rates and reviews.
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Walk-in offices
12 published Pennsylvania utility offices on a filterable card finder (PPL, Penn Power, West Penn, REA Energy, Tri-County), plus 24/7 outage and gas-emergency lines.
Find an officeUtility directory
PPL, PECO, Duquesne, the 4 FirstEnergy companies (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn) plus the 14 rural co-ops and 35 municipals with service areas.
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Compare PUC-licensed Electric Generation Suppliers (EGSs) against your utility's Price to Compare on PA Power Switch.
Compare offersWho serves your address
Seven big IOUs cover roughly 95% of PA meters. Co-ops and munis fill the rural and borough gaps.
Investor-owned · IOU
PPL Electric Utilities
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL)
29 central + eastern PA counties (Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre)
Investor-owned · IOU
PECO Energy
Exelon Corporation
5 SE PA counties + Philadelphia
Investor-owned · IOU
Duquesne Light Co
DQE Holdings
Allegheny + Beaver counties (Pittsburgh metro)
Investor-owned · IOU
Met-Ed
Metropolitan Edison · FirstEnergy
Berks, Lebanon, Schuylkill + parts of Lancaster, Adams, York, Cumberland, Dauphin
Investor-owned · IOU
Penelec
Pennsylvania Electric · FirstEnergy
~38 counties in north + west-central PA (Erie, State College, Johnstown, Williamsport)
Investor-owned · IOU
Penn Power
Pennsylvania Power · FirstEnergy
Lawrence, Mercer, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong counties (New Castle area)
Investor-owned · IOU
West Penn Power
FirstEnergy
24 SW PA counties (Greensburg, Washington, Uniontown, Indiana, Somerset)
See the full PA utility directory with all 14 rural co-ops and 35 municipal systems.
What 1996 changed
PTC, EGS or stay default — three ways to buy electricity in PA
The 1996 Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act split your bill into supply and delivery. You can shop the supply line. The utility still owns the wires.
Price to Compare (PTC)
The utility's default supply rate, set by a procurement auction under PUC rules. Resets every 1 June and 1 December for residential.
- ✓No contract, no termination fee.
- !Tracks PJM capacity + energy auctions, can spike.
Competitive supplier (EGS)
A PUC-licensed EGS replaces the supply line of your bill. Delivery stays with your IOU — same wires, same meter reader.
- ✓Fixed-rate, variable-rate and renewable offers.
- !Read every contract for variable-after-intro pricing.
Co-op or municipal
If you live on co-op or muni lines, you have no retail-choice option. Your utility is also your supplier, charged at a single bundled rate.
- ✓Muni rates often 10 to 25% below nearby IOUs.
- !Smaller storm-response crews + weekdays-only service.
Note: compare an EGS all-in rate against the current PTC, not against your last bill. The PTC is printed on every monthly statement.
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PA emergency phone lines
For outages and gas leaks, always call your delivery utility, never your supplier. Wire on the ground? 911 first.
Quick answers
The questions PA households ask before calling.
Call your utility at least three business days before move-in. PPL Electric: 1-800-342-5775. PECO: 1-800-494-4000. Duquesne Light: 412-393-7100. FirstEnergy (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn): uses the operating-company line on your bill. You start on the utility's Price to Compare by default — shop an EGS later if you want.
Yes, if you live on one of the 7 PA IOUs' lines. Pennsylvania opened retail choice in 1996. Compare offers via our supplier directory or PAPowerSwitch.com (PUC's official portal). Co-op and municipal customers cannot switch — their utility owns both delivery and supply.
Every 1 June and 1 December for residential customers. PA IOUs run procurement auctions under PUC rules, and the resulting PTC is locked in for six months. Wholesale spikes from the PJM capacity auctions (notably the 2025-2026 PJM auction clearing at record levels) flow through to PA PTCs roughly six months later.
PJM Interconnection is the regional grid operator that dispatches generators and runs the wholesale electricity market across 13 states plus DC, including all of Pennsylvania. PJM matters to your bill because the wholesale prices set in PJM's day-ahead and real-time markets are what your utility (or EGS) pays to buy the power you consume. PJM also runs the capacity auction that locks in resource adequacy for future delivery years.
Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn are four separately incorporated EDCs, each with its own PUC-approved rate base, tariff and Price to Compare auction. They share back-office systems, branding and the central outage line (1-888-544-4877) because they all belong to FirstEnergy Corp (NYSE: FE). But the rate you pay depends on which of the four serves your specific address.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), a five-member appointed body, regulates IOU delivery rates, licenses EGS suppliers and runs PAPowerSwitch.com. The PUC's Bureau of Consumer Services (BCS) handles complaints. The PA Office of Consumer Advocate is the state-recognised residential ratepayer advocate. FERC regulates PJM's market rules and interstate transmission rates.