NewInsight: Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for power

Electricity prices in Ohio

What homes in Ohio pay for electricity, from EIA.

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Average price
18.4¢ a kWh
Up 12% on a year ago
Average bill
$159 a month
Up 11% on a year ago
Average use
865 kWh
A month. US 875 kWh
Price rank
18 of 51
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, Ohio homes paid 18.4¢ a kWh, against a US average of 18.0¢.

Ohio vs the US

OhioUS
Average price, 12 months to August 202618.4¢18.0¢
Price in August 202619.4¢18.2¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$159$158
Bill in August 2026$199$209
Average monthly use865 kWh875 kWh
Price change, past year+12%+6.5%
Price change since 2019+49%+39%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including August 2026

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month. Bills peak in summer and winter.

Up to and including August 2026

Natural gas price

Average residential price a thousand cubic feet, by month. Summer prices are high because fixed charges are spread over little gas.

Up to and including May 2026

Utilities in Ohio

Past 12 months, utilities with 10,000 homes or more. These utilities serve 29% of homes in Ohio. Most of the rest buy power from a retail supplier or a town program, which EIA does not list by name.

AEP OhioInvestor-owned20.5¢+9.6%$190594,401
Duke Energy OhioInvestor-owned17.4¢+6.3%$158272,906
Ohio EdisonInvestor-owned17.5¢+12%$144246,156
Dayton Power & LightInvestor-owned18.8¢+24%$175152,721
Cleveland Electric IlluminatingInvestor-owned18.4¢+14%$117129,635
Toledo EdisonInvestor-owned17.6¢+9.0%$13484,485

Heating fuels in Ohio: heating oil, propane.