Commercial electricity rates in District of Columbia

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

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 16.43¢ to 24.80¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

District of Columbia by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for District of Columbia.

Commercial customers in District of Columbia pay 10% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is narrower than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in District of Columbia used 23,603 kWh in August 2026. At 23.31¢ per kWh that is about $5,502 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, District of Columbia's commercial price rose 38.7%, from 16.81¢ in September 2023 to 23.31¢. The high point was 24.80¢ in January 2026 and the low 16.43¢ in November 2023 — a spread of 51% 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 February (20.81¢) and the cheapest September (17.60¢), a seasonal swing of 18%.

District of Columbia against its region

District of Columbia is in EIA's South Atlantic division, where the commercial average was 12.31¢ in August 2026. District of Columbia is 89% above that, and 9 of 9 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, West Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Maryland.

States priced near District of Columbia

Source

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