Average electric bill in District of Columbia
A typical District of Columbia household pays
$152a month · $1822 a year
That is 2% above the national average of $149, the 28th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 637 kilowatt hours a month at 25.40¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — July 2025
$200
Cheapest — November 2025
$108
The dearest month costs $91 more than the cheapest — 84% higher and it is air conditioning that does it. District of Columbia runs about 1,500 cooling degree days a year, so the summer bill is where any efficiency gain shows up.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in District of Columbia the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on District of Columbia's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 326,670 residential accounts in District of Columbia, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the District of Columbia rate page for the underlying prices.