From Doylestown Borough to Warrington and Buckingham, Central Bucks County homeowners on PECO now pay about 22¢ per kWh — and PECO's own CEO is pointing to growing AI data centers as the reason for the next rate hike request. Solar on your roof fixes your price first.
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Each PECO increase looks modest on its own. Supply resets come twice a year, and delivery adjustments add to the cost of replacing aging equipment. Together they are what shows up on a Doylestown household's bill. Power from your own panels is billed under a fixed PPA rate, so those steps don't apply to it.
PECO supplies electricity to about 1.6 million customers in Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester Counties. Its all-in rate has climbed to roughly 22¢ per kWh, up 19.4% in 18 months.
The grid underneath is aging, too. Federal energy data shows most U.S. transmission and distribution equipment was built in the 1960s and '70s and is nearing the end of its life. PECO is spending billions to replace and harden it, and delivery increases like the ones above are how customers pay for it.
PECO's CEO has also cited "growing AI data centers" as a reason for the next rate hike request, alongside a nearly $10 billion, five-year infrastructure plan. Supply and delivery combined put PECO's rates up nearly 94% in five years.
A Doylestown solar system gives you a fixed price for the power your roof makes, whatever the next PECO rate case brings.
Lock My Rate Now →Your PECO rate is pre-loaded. Tell us your monthly bill. We calculate your Year One savings and 25-year projection on the spot.
A Solar Energy Consultant assesses your roof, its sun exposure, and your annual usage. They custom design a system for your home or tell you honestly if your home doesn't qualify for solar.
We handle the PECO interconnection application, net metering enrollment, and all permit paperwork. From signing to installation typically takes two to three months.
Once installation and final inspections are complete, your utility gives the official Permission to Operate (PTO). At that point, your system is activated and starts producing power.
Doylestown is the Bucks County seat, and PECO also serves Warrington, Buckingham, Warwick, Plumstead and New Britain. Housing runs from historic stone and brick homes in and around the borough, to newer developments in Warrington, to larger rural properties in Buckingham and Plumstead. Parts of Doylestown Borough fall under historic-district review, which can affect panels visible from the street, so we check that before design. Systems are permitted through your township or borough and connected through PECO's interconnection process, with a 25-year equipment warranty at no cost to you.
Start with a Pennsylvania-licensed crew that already knows how your borough or township handles solar permits and what PECO requires for interconnection. Bucks County municipalities don't all run things the same way, so local experience saves you delays. The installer should stay answerable to you after the panels go up and back the equipment with a 25-year warranty at no cost to you.
Yes. Doylestown, along with neighboring Warrington, Buckingham, Warwick, Plumstead and New Britain, is served by PECO. If you want to be sure, the utility's name is printed at the top of your monthly electric bill.
They are. PECO's all-in rate sits near 22¢ per kWh, which is 19.4% higher than 18 months ago and nearly 94% higher than five years ago. Its CEO has cited growing AI data centers as a driver of the next rate-hike request, which would come on top of a nearly $10 billion, five-year infrastructure plan. A solar PPA locks in your price below PECO's current combined rate before that next reset arrives.
It might. Some parts of Doylestown Borough fall under historic-district review, which can cover exterior changes visible from the street. Whether it touches your project depends on your address and which roof slope faces the street. We check this at the start and design around it, so there are no surprises once you've signed.
Yes, and it is often an ideal spot. Larger lots in places like Buckingham and Plumstead frequently have a detached garage with a clear, sunny roof, and it can carry panels alongside the house roof or in place of it. We look at each property on its own and recommend the layout that produces the most.
The wholesale market that every Pennsylvania utility buys from, PJM Interconnection, saw capacity auction prices jump more than 800% in 2024. Data center growth, power plant retirements and transmission bottlenecks all fed that spike. PECO and the other utilities pass those costs straight to customers through supply-rate increases twice a year. This is not a one-time event, because the forces behind it are structural and still in motion.
Nobody escaped increases. PECO's all-in rate rose 19.4% over the last 18 months. Elsewhere, PPL raised supply rates 20% in 2025 and Met-Ed raised supply 24.6% in the past year. Duquesne Light carries the highest all-in rate in the state at roughly 22.4¢/kWh and took the biggest single-reset jump of any utility in December 2025. Penelec, West Penn Power, Penn Power and Citizens Electric customers saw comparable hikes. Whichever utility you have, a PPA offers a fixed rate below its current price.
Ahead of your utility's next rate reset. PECO and every other Pennsylvania utility reset supply rates twice a year, and each increase that lands before your system is running hits you at full retail price. From signing to installation typically takes two to three months, with activation following. Starting sooner means fewer rate resets land before your system is generating.
Under a Power Purchase Agreement, a solar company installs, owns and maintains the system on your roof, and you pay per kilowatt-hour for the power it generates, at a rate below PECO's. You pay nothing up front, buy no equipment and pay for no maintenance, since you don't own anything.
Buying outright typically runs $15,000–$25,000 up front (less or more depending on system size). In return you own the system, collect the tax benefits and may add resale value, but you also carry maintenance and repair risk for 25+ years. A lease is another model: you pay a flat monthly amount no matter how much the system produces. A PPA bills only for actual production, so your payment follows your real usage. For homeowners without cash to buy, it delivers the savings without the upfront outlay or the ownership risk.
Nothing up front — you just pay less for your electricity. With a no-cost PPA you only pay for the electricity the system produces, and that rate sits below PECO's. There are no installation fees, equipment charges or maintenance bills. The free estimate above works out what solar would save at your address.
A purchased system typically costs $15,000–$25,000, which is exactly why no-cost PPA programs exist. With a PPA you pay nothing for equipment, installation or maintenance. You pay per kWh for what the panels produce, at a rate under your utility's current price, and the solar company owns the equipment and takes on the risk. For most homeowners in PECO territory wondering about the sticker price, the answer is that a PPA takes it off the table. The pros and cons of solar look very different once the upfront cost is gone.
Buying a system outright generally lands between $15,000 and $25,000, depending on size. Under a no-cost PPA, nothing is due at the start — you just pay less for your electricity. The effective price of solar is simply the per-kWh rate you already pay for electricity, only lower. Nothing is due at signing or install — you just have cheaper electric bills.
Under a PPA, nothing is due up front — you just pay less for your electricity. As for lifespan, most panels carry a 25-year warranty and keep producing well past it, typically at 90–93% of original output after 25 years.
Yes, but a much smaller one. Under a no-cost PPA you pay the solar company for what your panels produce at a rate below PECO's, and you pay PECO only for whatever you still pull from the grid. If your system is sized to cover 100% or more of your annual usage, your utility bill can shrink to the monthly customer charge, typically $10–15. It will not vanish entirely, but it will be a fraction of what you pay now.
It is one of the stronger solar states. Peak sun hours average 4.5–5 per day, net metering is legally protected at 1:1 across the state's electric utilities, and every major utility charges more than the national average. PPL is at 19.2¢, Met-Ed at 21.1¢, PECO at 22¢ and Duquesne Light at 22.4¢ per kWh. With a no-cost PPA, the real question is not whether the state qualifies but whether your roof does.
For most, yes. The state gets 4.5–5 peak sun hours a day, net metering is protected by law, and all of Pennsylvania's utilities charge above the national average. Solar keeps working through the region's cloudy stretches, and what you generate offsets rising utility costs instead of locking you into today's already-high rate.
Savings depend on your utility and how much power you use, but most Pennsylvania homeowners save hundreds of dollars per year and tens of thousands over 25 years. On the environmental side, every kWh your panels make is a kWh a fossil-fuel plant doesn't have to generate, and a typical residential system offsets several tons of carbon emissions each year.
Net metering tracks the difference between the power you pull from the grid and the power your panels send back. On sunny days, surplus flows to PECO's grid and your account is credited at the full retail rate. Those credits then cover your usage at night and in winter, when production drops. Under Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, every electric utility must offer residential customers 1:1 net metering, so $1 of energy delivered to the grid earns $1 back.
Today it is intact. The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act and PUC regulations require PECO, PPL and Met-Ed, along with the state's other electric utilities, to give residential customers 1:1 credit. Many states pay far less for each $1 of energy sent to the grid: about $0.25 in California, $0.50 in Arizona (stepping down every September for new customers), $0.70 for Mon Power and Potomac Edison customers in West Virginia, $0.30 in Indiana, $0.50 in Utah and roughly $0.50 on average in Michigan. Pennsylvania isn't in that group for now, but utilities and regulators have been fighting over net metering rules in court since at least 2016.
The main route for homeowners without upfront cash is the no-cost PPA. It isn't a state rebate but a financing structure that removes the cost barrier completely. The state's core program benefit is net metering under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act, which credits excess production at the full retail rate.
Panels on your roof soak up sunlight and turn it into DC electricity, and an inverter converts that into the AC power your house uses. Your home takes from the panels first and only then from the grid. Extra production flows back to PECO, which credits your account at the full retail rate through net metering. After dark or during winter, you draw on those banked credits before buying power. The upshot for your bill is that it falls to the gap between what you used and what the panels made.
They do, at reduced output, typically 10–25% of peak. Counting clouds and seasons, Pennsylvania averages 4.5–5 peak sun hours daily, and systems are sized with that in mind. The surplus you bank in high-production months is what covers the dip in winter and on gray days. The climate in Bucks County and the rest of the state falls well inside the range where solar pays off.
No, they only produce while sunlight is hitting them. At night your home pulls from net metering credits banked during the day, or from the grid if those run out. A correctly sized system makes enough surplus in daylight to cover most or all of your overnight and winter usage. Net metering is what makes solar workable in a state with cold, dark winters.
Winter output is lower because of shorter days and a lower sun angle, but summer surplus banked through net metering fills the gap. For orientation, south-facing roofs produce the most in Pennsylvania, while east- and west-facing roofs still work well when the system is sized properly.
A standard residential panel is rated at roughly 350–450 watts in peak sun, which works out to about 1.5–2 kWh per day depending on season and orientation. A full system of 20–30 panels is typically enough to cover most or all of an average Pennsylvania home's monthly electric bill.
It comes down to your usage. Most homes need 20–30 panels to offset a typical bill, and the exact number shifts with roof size, sun exposure and monthly kWh. The estimator above weighs all of that when it sizes a system for your home.
Sizing starts from your monthly electric usage and bill. Most Pennsylvania homes land in the 6–10 kW range. The estimator above uses your actual bill and usage to size a system for your house rather than relying on a generic average.
No. The no-cost PPA covers solar equipment, installation and maintenance, not roof replacement. If your roof needs replacing, that has to happen before panels go on. Roofs in good shape with 10 or more years of life left typically qualify without trouble, and a Solar Energy Consultant will assess your roof as part of the process and tell you straight if it's a problem.
Plan on two to three months from signing to installation, with PECO activation following. Starting now means your system could be live before the next round of rate increases.
The free estimate above uses your actual PECO rate to show what solar could save a Doylestown home in Year One and over 25 years. Free, no obligation, no pressure.
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