BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) says its analysts uncovered an error in a federal report that overstated residential electricity prices in the state, leading the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to revise its data.
In a March 2026 report, the EIA reported that Maryland had the country’s second-highest residential electricity rate, averaging 35 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
The report stated that rates had increased 89% compared with the previous year.
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According to the PSC, agency staff flagged the figures after determining they were inconsistent with utility rate information available to the commission.
The staff contacted the EIA and requested a review of the data.
Following that review, the EIA corrected Maryland’s average residential electricity rate to 22.2 cents per kWh, nearly 40% lower than the originally reported figure.
The revised data also reduced the year-over-year increase to 17%, rather than the previously reported 89%.
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“I want to commend our staff for noticing that this data did not align with information we have on utility rates and for asking EIA to revise their charts,” said Commission Chair Kumar Barve, via press release. “We appreciate the efforts of EIA to correct the record.”
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