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The average electric bill in Ohio

Ohio households paid $147.74 a month for electricity in 2025, at 16.90¢ per kilowatt-hour for 874 kWh a month. That is 0% above the national median, and ranks #24 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$147.74
US median $147.18
Price
16.90¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
874
kWh per month
Households
5,149,883
residential accounts

What each Ohio utility charges, most expensive first

Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc charges 20.48¢ per kWh and City of Celina - (OH) charges 10.02¢ — 2.0× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 16,056 homes20.48¢per kWh$223.621,092 kWh/mo1.48× dearer
2Ohio Power CoInvestor Owned · 537,711 homes18.97¢per kWh$179.10944 kWh/mo1.37× dearer
3Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH)Cooperative · 11,531 homes18.44¢per kWh$256.151,389 kWh/mo1.33× dearer
4Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop IncCooperative · 15,349 homes18.25¢per kWh$177.93975 kWh/mo1.32× dearer
5Paulding-Putman Elec Coop, IncCooperative · 9,153 homes17.83¢per kWh$204.781,148 kWh/mo1.29× dearer
6North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH)Cooperative · 8,431 homes17.78¢per kWh$219.541,234 kWh/mo1.28× dearer
7Lorain-Medina R E C, IncCooperative · 15,298 homes17.50¢per kWh$212.161,212 kWh/mo1.26× dearer
8Hancock-Wood Electric Coop IncCooperative · 11,292 homes17.27¢per kWh$194.711,127 kWh/mo1.25× dearer
9Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop IncCooperative · 14,793 homes17.23¢per kWh$179.421,041 kWh/mo1.24× dearer
10Licking Rural Electric IncCooperative · 26,038 homes17.03¢per kWh$184.891,086 kWh/mo1.23× dearer
11Consolidated CooperativeCooperative · 17,091 homes17.02¢per kWh$225.231,324 kWh/mo1.23× dearer
12Duke Energy Ohio IncInvestor Owned · 277,897 homes16.83¢per kWh$154.05915 kWh/mo1.22× dearer
13Union Rural Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 12,392 homes16.77¢per kWh$198.301,183 kWh/mo1.21× dearer
14The Toledo Edison CoInvestor Owned · 85,959 homes16.49¢per kWh$127.14771 kWh/mo1.19× dearer
15Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc - (OH)Cooperative · 16,384 homes16.37¢per kWh$220.821,349 kWh/mo1.18× dearer
16City of Cleveland - (OH)Municipal · 64,905 homes16.36¢per kWh$83.58511 kWh/mo1.18× dearer
17Cleveland Electric Illum CoInvestor Owned · 137,419 homes16.22¢per kWh$103.09636 kWh/mo1.17× dearer
18Dayton Power & Light CoInvestor Owned · 142,651 homes16.12¢per kWh$158.08980 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
19Ohio Edison CoInvestor Owned · 265,391 homes16.01¢per kWh$131.45821 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
20Midwest Electric, Inc - (OH)Cooperative · 10,830 homes15.77¢per kWh$213.031,351 kWh/mo1.14× dearer
21City of Hamilton - (OH)Municipal · 27,209 homes15.49¢per kWh$122.97794 kWh/mo1.12× dearer
22South Central Power CompanyCooperative · 118,458 homes15.39¢per kWh$172.781,123 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
23City of Bowling Green - (OH)Municipal · 13,114 homes15.28¢per kWh$100.16655 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
24City of Dover - (OH)Municipal · 5,870 homes15.01¢per kWh$118.67790 kWh/mo1.08× dearer
25City of Westerville - (OH)Municipal · 15,791 homes14.46¢per kWh$135.26935 kWh/mo1.04× dearer
26City of Painesville - (OH)Municipal · 10,851 homes13.21¢per kWh$90.49685 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
27City of Piqua - (OH)Municipal · 9,802 homes13.21¢per kWh$102.15773 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
28Clyde Light & PowerMunicipal · 2,785 homes13.02¢per kWh$100.69773 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
29City of Columbus - (OH)Municipal · 15,346 homes12.97¢per kWh$77.02594 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
30City of Cuyahoga Falls - (OH)Municipal · 24,256 homes12.73¢per kWh$80.15630 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
31City of Niles - (OH)Municipal · 11,889 homes12.40¢per kWh$78.98637 kWh/mo1.12× cheaper
32City of Wadsworth - (OH)Municipal · 12,296 homes12.21¢per kWh$96.21788 kWh/mo1.13× cheaper
33City of Lebanon - (OH)Municipal · 8,852 homes12.11¢per kWh$104.09859 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
34City of Orrville - (OH)Municipal · 6,327 homes10.97¢per kWh$111.111,013 kWh/mo1.26× cheaper
35City of Celina - (OH)Municipal · 7,726 homes10.02¢per kWh$107.361,072 kWh/mo1.38× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Ohio utility also leaves customers without power for 2.8 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Ohio utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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