City of Milford electricity rates
City of Milford charges an average of 15.17 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $141 a month using 930 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility PJM Delaware
Where City of Milford sits
It is a smaller system, serving 7,169 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. At 15.17¢ per kilowatt-hour it is one of the cheaper places to buy electricity in Delaware, 21.7% under the statewide average of 19.38¢.
Consumption is close to the national norm at 930 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, so the rate translates fairly directly into the bill.
Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.
| Rate | Monthly bill | Monthly kWh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Milford | 15.17¢ | $141 | 930 |
| Delaware average | 19.38¢ | $165 | 941 |
| United States average | 18.44¢ | $155 | 871 |
Utility figures: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024. State and national figures: Electric Power Monthly, May 2026. Methodology
Where City of Milford delivers
Its service territory covers 2 Delaware counties, either wholly or in part. Utility boundaries follow historic franchise agreements rather than county lines, so a county appearing here does not mean every address in it is served by City of Milford.
- Kent
- Sussex
How often the power goes out
In 2024 the average City of Milford customer went 20 minutes without electricity across 0.2 interruptions. The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.
That is markedly better than typical. Short outage durations usually mean an underground or heavily automated network, and they are expensive to achieve, which is part of why reliable systems often carry higher delivery charges.
Rooftop solar on this system
217 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 1.73 megawatts. That works out to 30.3 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.
Adoption is above the national median, which generally tracks the retail rate more closely than it tracks sunshine. What exports are actually worth.
Other Delaware utilities
| Utility | Rate | Bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmarva Power | 17.23¢ | $152 | 275,018 |
| Delaware Electric Cooperative | 14.22¢ | $147 | 104,839 |
| City of Newark | 18.99¢ | $132 | 11,888 |
| Town of Middletown | 17.12¢ | $158 | 9,071 |
| Tesla Inc. | 16.02¢ | $104 | 3,327 |
City of Milford rates: common questions
How much does City of Milford charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 15.17 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is -21.7% against the Delaware average of 19.38¢ and -17.7% against the national average of 18.44¢. It is an all-in average across every residential rate schedule the utility offers, not a specific tariff.
What is the average City of Milford bill?
$141 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 930 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns City of Milford?
It is classified by the EIA as a municipal utility. Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate.
Is City of Milford expensive compared with other Delaware utilities?
It ranks #6 of the 7 Delaware utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #400 of 1369.