Town of Middletown electricity rates
Town of Middletown charges an average of 17.12 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $158 a month using 924 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility PJM Delaware
Where Town of Middletown sits
It is a smaller system, serving 9,071 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. Its 17.12¢ per kilowatt-hour sits 11.7% below the Delaware average of 19.38¢.
Consumption is close to the national norm at 924 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Middletown | 17.12¢ | $158 | 924 |
| 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 Town of Middletown delivers
Its service territory covers one county in Delaware.
- New Castle
Rooftop solar on this system
342 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 2.9 megawatts. That works out to 37.7 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.
Adoption here is exceptionally high. That usually means some combination of a high retail rate worth displacing, strong sunshine and favourable export rules, and it tends to bring its own regulatory argument about who covers the fixed cost of the network. 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 |
| City of Milford | 15.17¢ | $141 | 7,169 |
| Tesla Inc. | 16.02¢ | $104 | 3,327 |
Town of Middletown rates: common questions
How much does Town of Middletown charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 17.12 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is -11.7% against the Delaware average of 19.38¢ and -7.2% 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 Town of Middletown bill?
$158 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 924 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns Town of Middletown?
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 Town of Middletown expensive compared with other Delaware utilities?
It ranks #3 of the 7 Delaware utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #187 of 1369.