Illinois · Investor Owned
Ameren Illinois Company Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 15.26¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 520.5K
- Residential customers
- +1.2%
- vs Illinois average
- $1,562
- Implied avg annual bill
Ameren Illinois Company charged an average of 15.26¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Illinois average and close to the US average.
Ameren Illinois Company is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the Illinois customer-weighted average (+1.2%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 10,241 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 30 utilities reporting residential rates in Illinois, Ameren Illinois Company comes 17th of 30. The state's range runs from Tesla Inc. at 9.55¢ to Palmetto Solar, LLC at 30.00¢, so where a household sits inside Illinois depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Illinois, which averaged 14.78¢, Ameren Illinois Company is close to its own ownership class within the state (+3.2%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 30 reporting utilities.
Where Ameren Illinois Company sits among Illinois utilities
2024 average residential price across the 30 utilities reporting a rate in Illinois
15.26¢/kWh 45th affordability percentile More affordable than 45% of 29 other utilities
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Ameren Illinois Company | 15.26¢ | - |
| Illinois (customer-weighted, 30 utilities) | 15.07¢ | +1.2% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -7.4% |
| Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) | 17.36¢ | -12.1% |
Rate against consumption: Illinois utilities
Scale and consumption
Ameren Illinois Company reported 520.5K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 30 utilities in Illinois by customers served and covering 13.3% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,241 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,562.
Within Illinois the median reporting utility sells about 10,241 kWh per customer, so Ameren Illinois Company customers use +0.0% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.
Every utility reporting in Illinois
All 30 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Illinois, largest first, with Ameren Illinois Company marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Edison Co | Investor Owned | 2.9M | 15.22¢ |
| Ameren Illinois Company (this page) | Investor Owned | 520.5K | 15.26¢ |
| MidAmerican Energy Co | Investor Owned | 73.6K | 9.99¢ |
| City of Springfield - (IL) | Municipal | 59.6K | 11.95¢ |
| City of Naperville - (IL) | Municipal | 56.1K | 12.98¢ |
| Corn Belt Energy Corporation | Cooperative | 34.7K | 15.76¢ |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | 31.7K | 15.06¢ |
| Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (IL) | Cooperative | 24.8K | 13.68¢ |
| Southeastern IL Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 22.7K | 14.47¢ |
| Norris Electric Coop | Cooperative | 18.1K | 15.08¢ |
| Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc | Cooperative | 17.2K | 19.79¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (IL) | Cooperative | 16.2K | 16.04¢ |
| City of St Charles - (IL) | Municipal | 14.2K | 15.37¢ |
| Egyptian Electric Coop Assn | Cooperative | 13.7K | 15.53¢ |
| Wayne-White Counties Elec Coop | Cooperative | 12.0K | 16.58¢ |
| Eastern Illinois Elec Coop | Cooperative | 11.1K | 17.10¢ |
| City of Batavia - (IL) | Municipal | 10.0K | 14.08¢ |
| Shelby Electric Coop, Inc - (IL) | Cooperative | 9.9K | 18.63¢ |
| Rock Energy Cooperative | Cooperative | 9.3K | 14.97¢ |
| Menard Electric Coop | Cooperative | 9.0K | 18.05¢ |
| City of Geneva- (IL) | Municipal | 8.7K | 11.03¢ |
| Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop | Cooperative | 8.5K | 17.14¢ |
| Rochelle Municipal Utilities | Municipal | 5.9K | 13.22¢ |
| City of Peru - (IL) | Municipal | 5.0K | 12.00¢ |
| Mt Carmel Public Utility Co | Investor Owned | 4.3K | 19.13¢ |
| EverBright, LLC | Behind the Meter | 3.2K | 12.06¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 2.0K | 20.60¢ |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 67 | 30.00¢ |
| Scenic Rivers Energy Coop | Cooperative | 12 | 13.31¢ |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | 4 | 9.55¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Illinois.
Common questions about Ameren Illinois Company rates
- How much does Ameren Illinois Company charge per kWh?
- Ameren Illinois Company reported an average residential price of 15.26¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is Ameren Illinois Company expensive compared with the rest of Illinois?
- Its average residential price is close to the Illinois customer-weighted average of 15.07¢ per kWh, a difference of +1.2%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 30 utilities reporting residential service in Illinois.
- What is the average electricity bill for Ameren Illinois Company customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,241 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,562 a year, or about $130 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Ameren Illinois Company?
- EIA classifies Ameren Illinois Company as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rates change and averages do not describe any individual account. Consult your utility or a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.