Philadelphia’s weather is downright tropical in the summer, but that can be hard to remember in January as residents crank up the heat and dread the monthly heating bills. PECO’s residential heating rate takes out some of the sting for households that heat with electric power.
PECO’s “RH” rate, as they label it, “is designed for customers who heat their homes with electric systems, such as electric baseboards, electric furnaces, or heat pumps,” according to a PECO spokesperson who wrote to Grid. The rate, which applies from October through June, reduces the distribution charge by about 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, so that a customer using 1,000 kWh per month would save about $23 per month.
We serve households up to 200% of the federal poverty level, and PECO’s low-income program caps out at 150% of the federal poverty level.”…