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PECO Energy · Philadelphia metro + Bucks/Chester/Delaware/Montgomery/York county portions · ~1.6M customers · Exelon subsidiary
1:1 retail rate net metering at ~$0.21/kWh; monthly excess carries forward at retail, annual true-up May 31 settled at Price-to-Compare (~$0.11/kWh in 2026), not full retail. Residential cap 50 kW. No proposed changes to net metering policy as of Q2 2026. The most stable solar-economics market in PA.
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PPL Electric Utilities · central & eastern PA · Lehigh Valley (Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton), Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Harrisburg metro, Williamsport, Pottsville · ~1.5M customers across 29 counties · PPL Corporation subsidiary
Full retail 1:1 net metering (52 Pa. Code §75.13) — unchanged for residential. PPL's approved GSC-2 hourly repricing (rate case R-2025-3057164, settlement approved June 4, 2026, final order June 11) reaches ONLY the Large C&I class (Rate GS-3 / LP-4, ≥ 100 kW) per the Joint Petition for Settlement (¶¶104–105, 332); residential Rate RS (≤ 50 kW) is not in the repriced class. PPL distribution rate rose ~$7.48/mo (eff. July 1, 2026). Rate-hedge + resilience market.
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Duquesne Light Company · Pittsburgh + most of Allegheny County + parts of Beaver County · ~600K customers · independent (not FirstEnergy/PPL)
1:1 retail rate net metering at ~$0.18-0.20/kWh; monthly excess carries forward, annual true-up in June settled at Price-to-Compare (~$0.08-0.10/kWh), same convention as PECO and the rest of PA. Residential cap 50 kW. No proposed changes to net metering policy as of Q2 2026. Western PA solar production runs ~16% below eastern PA (~1,050 kWh/kW/yr vs ~1,250 in PECO/eastern PPL territory).
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Metropolitan Edison (FirstEnergy PA) · south-central PA · Reading, York fringe, Harrisburg metro fringe (areas not served by PPL) · ~590K customers
Full retail 1:1 net metering (52 Pa. Code §75.13) — unchanged for residential. FirstEnergy's DSP-VII filing (PA PUC Docket P-2026-3060298, Feb 4, 2026) reprices ONLY customers with demand or MRPL ≥ 100 kW (utility-scale generators) onto hourly pricing; residential Rate RS (≤ 50 kW) is structurally outside the repriced class per FE's own testimony (Young, FE PA Statement No. 1, Section V). Met-Ed/PENELEC/West Penn/Penn Power legally consolidated into FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company (FE PA) on Jan 1, 2024; operating brands retained. Rate-hedge + resilience market.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company (FirstEnergy PA) · northern & central PA · Erie, Johnstown, Altoona + north-central PA · ~590K customers
Full retail 1:1 net metering (52 Pa. Code §75.13) — unchanged for residential. Same DSP-VII filing as the other FE PA utilities (Docket P-2026-3060298): it reprices ONLY ≥ 100 kW demand/MRPL generators onto hourly pricing; residential Rate RS (≤ 50 kW) is outside the repriced class. Erie-region lake-effect winter is the standout resilience anchor. Consolidated into FE PA Jan 1, 2024, operating brand retained.
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West Penn Power (FirstEnergy PA) · western & southwestern PA outside Allegheny County · Greensburg, Washington, Uniontown, Ligonier · 24 counties · ~740K customers (largest FE PA brand)
Full retail 1:1 net metering (52 Pa. Code §75.13) — unchanged for residential. Same DSP-VII filing as the other FE PA utilities (Docket P-2026-3060298): it reprices ONLY ≥ 100 kW demand/MRPL generators; residential Rate RS (≤ 50 kW) is outside the repriced class. Western PA solar production runs ~16% below eastern PA (~1,050 kWh/kW/yr), so absolute bill savings are smaller — resilience + rate hedge carry the pitch. Consolidated into FE PA Jan 1, 2024, operating brand retained.
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Penn Power (FirstEnergy PA) · northwestern PA · New Castle, Sharon, Beaver County areas · 1,100 sq mi · ~170K customers · smallest of the four FE PA brands
Full retail 1:1 net metering (52 Pa. Code §75.13) — unchanged for residential. Same DSP-VII filing as the other FE PA utilities (Docket P-2026-3060298): it reprices ONLY ≥ 100 kW demand/MRPL generators; residential Rate RS (≤ 50 kW) is outside the repriced class. Lower-irradiance western PA (~1,050 kWh/kW/yr). Consolidated into FE PA Jan 1, 2024, operating brand retained.
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