Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio Inc comes 14th of 39. The state's range runs from City of Celina - (OH) at 9.12¢ to Sunnova at 30.00¢, so where a household sits inside Ohio depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 5 other investor owned utilities reporting in Ohio, whose customer-weighted average is 17.69¢, Duke Energy Ohio Inc is below its own ownership class within the state (-15.2%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Duke Energy Ohio Inc reported 294.1K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 39 utilities in Ohio by customers served and covering 14.9% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,661 kWh per customer per year - -2.9% against the Ohio median of 10,984 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,599.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Ohio

All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Ohio, largest first, with Duke Energy Ohio Inc marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Ohio.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Ohio, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Duke Energy Ohio Inc in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Duke Energy Ohio Inc rates

How much does Duke Energy Ohio Inc charge per kWh?

Duke Energy Ohio Inc reported an average residential price of 15.00¢ 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 Duke Energy Ohio Inc expensive compared with the rest of Ohio?

Its average residential price is below the Ohio customer-weighted average of 16.55¢ per kWh, a difference of -9.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in Ohio.

What is the average electricity bill for Duke Energy Ohio Inc customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,661 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,599 a year, or about $133 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Duke Energy Ohio Inc?

EIA classifies Duke Energy Ohio Inc as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

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 and comparing utility costs across states .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.