Vol76-8 August 2026
Member newsletter for Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Standard Offer Service rate update
Total residential Standard Offer Service (SOS) rate for July: $0.122017 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
- Summer Residential Energy Charge: $0.1057 per kWh
- July Residential PCA: $0.016317 per kWh
SMECO’s PCA for July was 15.43% more than the current residential base SOS rate.
SMECO must revise its base energy rate if the PCA for three consecutive months is 5 percent more or less than the base energy rate. The PCA hit the trigger level of 5 percent for the third
consecutive month in May, so SMECO was required to file an adjustment to the base energy rate. The filing was made on March 29, 2026. If approved, the adjustment to the base energy rate will go into effect on August 1, 2026.
