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Is your Maryland electric price too high? Check it against the Standard Offer Service price.

See what each company charges today, and any lower price you can lock in.

Prices from MD Electric Choice and MD Gas Choice.

Pick your company

Under each name: what you pay if you never picked another company (the Standard Offer Service price on your bill), and in green, what locking a lower price could save a typical home.

Electric companies

Gas companies

5 numbers, like 19103

We use your ZIP code only to find your state.

What Judy found today

No company lists a plan that locks the price in Maryland today. We check every 2 hours.

See how much I could save

Changing your price never turns off your power or your gas.

Your utility still brings the power and gas to your home and sends the bill. Another company only sets the price.

Maryland Standard Offer Service by electric company

The standard price is what you pay if you never picked another company.

Electric bills measure electricity in kWh.

Maryland gas standard prices by company

The standard price is what you pay if you never picked another company.

Gas bills here measure gas in therms. The standard gas price changes every month.

What Judy does

Send Judy a photo or PDF of your electric or gas bill. She checks it against every price MD Electric Choice shows for your area. Then she tells you if you should change or stay.

  • Reads your bill from a photo, then deletes the photo.
  • Checks every offer for your area in Maryland, fees included.
  • Tells you in dollars if you should change or stay.
  • Shows you who to call and what to say. Emails you when a better price comes along.

Price change dates and price index

Standard Offer Service, explained

What is Standard Offer Service (SOS)?

It is your electric company's own price for power. You pay it if you never picked another company.

Most Maryland utilities change it on June 1 and October 1.

Why are there so few offers on MD Electric Choice?

A 2024 state law (Senate Bill 1) caps what companies can charge homes. Many companies stopped selling to homes after it.

So Judy compares your price with Standard Offer Service. If companies list offers again, Judy compares those too.

How long can a home plan last?

In Maryland, a home plan can't last more than 12 months.

Quick answers from Judy

Short videos from Judy, each with its answer written beside it. A video plays from YouTube only when you tap it.

  • Offered a long electric or gas contract in Maryland? Read this

    True. That covers contracts signed or renewed since January 1, 2025.

    Checked Oct 10, 2026Maryland PSC

  • Have Pepco in Maryland? Your electric price went up in October

    Buy from Pepco directly? At 1,000 kWh a month, that's about $170 more a year.

    Checked Oct 14, 2026The utility's own price page

  • Have Potomac Edison in Maryland? Your electric price went down

    Buy from Potomac Edison directly? At 1,000 kWh a month, that's about $60 less a year.

    Checked Oct 14, 2026The utility's own price page

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Who checked these prices

Judy takes no money from electric or gas companies. This page uses every offer on MD Electric Choice and MD Gas Choice from mdelectricchoice.com and mdgaschoice.com.

Prices come from MD Electric Choice (mdelectricchoice.com) and MD Gas Choice (mdgaschoice.com). We check them every 2 hours.