Commercial electricity rates in Maryland

What businesses in Maryland actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 12.41¢ to 18.19¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Maryland by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Maryland.

Commercial customers in Maryland pay 21% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Maryland used 10,376 kWh in August 2026. At 17.00¢ per kWh that is about $1,764 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Maryland's commercial price rose 37.0%, from 12.41¢ in September 2023 to 17.00¢. The high point was 18.19¢ in January 2026 and the low 12.41¢ in September 2023 — a spread of 47% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was July (15.22¢) and the cheapest September (13.57¢), a seasonal swing of 12%.

Maryland against its region

Maryland is in EIA's South Atlantic division, where the commercial average was 12.31¢ in August 2026. Maryland is 38% above that, and 8 of 9 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, District of Columbia.

States priced near Maryland

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states