Illinois · Investor Owned

Commonwealth Edison Co Electricity Rates

Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.

15.22¢
Avg residential price / kWh
2.9M
Residential customers
+1.0%
vs Illinois average
$1,065
Implied avg annual bill

Commonwealth Edison Co charged an average of 15.22¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Illinois average and close to the US average.

Commonwealth Edison Co 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 (+1.0%). Its customers used below the national residential norm at about 6,997 kWh a year each.

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 30 utilities reporting residential rates in Illinois, Commonwealth Edison Co comes 16th 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 14.79¢, Commonwealth Edison Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (+2.9%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 30 reporting utilities.

Where Commonwealth Edison Co sits among Illinois utilities

2024 average residential price across the 30 utilities reporting a rate in Illinois

15.22¢/kWh 48th affordability percentile More affordable than 48% of 29 other utilities

Commonwealth Edison Co

average residential price, equal-width bands

Each bar spans 2¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more utilities; the dashed marker locates this utility. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.

Source EIA Form 861 · 2024

Commonwealth Edison Co average residential price against three benchmarks, 2024
BenchmarkPrice / kWhDifference
Commonwealth Edison Co 15.22¢ -
Illinois (customer-weighted, 30 utilities) 15.07¢ +1.0%
United States average 16.48¢ -7.7%
Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) 17.36¢ -12.4%

Rate against consumption: Illinois utilities

Each dot is one of the 30 Illinois utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Commonwealth Edison Co is highlighted. In Illinois the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, Tesla Inc.; across the country they usually do not. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) (X) and Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Costly rate, heavy useCheaper rate, heavy useCostly rate, light useCheaper rate, light use -50050100150 -50050100150 Price rank percentile (100 = most expensive in state) Consumption rank percentile (100 = heaviest use)
Each dot is one of the 30 Illinois utilities reporting both a residential price and residential sales in 2024, placed by its rank percentile within that group rather than its raw value, so one very large utility cannot flatten the rest. Bubble size follows customers served, rank-scaled so a utility with millions of customers cannot swamp the rest. Commonwealth Edison Co is highlighted. In Illinois the cheapest rate and the smallest implied annual bill happen to belong to the same utility, Tesla Inc.; across the country they usually do not.

Scale and consumption

Commonwealth Edison Co reported 2.9M residential customers, ranking 1st of 30 utilities in Illinois by customers served and covering 74.5% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 6,997 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,065.

Within Illinois the median reporting utility sells about 10,241 kWh per customer, so Commonwealth Edison Co customers use -31.7% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.

Every utility reporting in Illinois

All 30 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Illinois, largest first, with Commonwealth Edison Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

Residential utilities in Illinois, 2024, ranked by customers served
Utility Ownership Customers Avg ¢/kWh
Commonwealth Edison Co (this page) Investor Owned 2.9M 15.22¢
Ameren Illinois Company 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 Commonwealth Edison Co rates

How much does Commonwealth Edison Co charge per kWh?
Commonwealth Edison Co reported an average residential price of 15.22¢ 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 Commonwealth Edison Co 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 +1.0%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 30 utilities reporting residential service in Illinois.
What is the average electricity bill for Commonwealth Edison Co customers?
Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 6,997 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,065 a year, or about $89 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
Who owns Commonwealth Edison Co?
EIA classifies Commonwealth Edison Co 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.