Ohio · Investor Owned
Ohio Edison Co Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 16.18¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 251.8K
- Residential customers
- -2.3%
- vs Ohio average
- $1,525
- Implied avg annual bill
Ohio Edison Co charged an average of 16.18¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Ohio average and close to the US average.
Ohio 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 Ohio customer-weighted average (-2.3%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 9,428 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 39 utilities reporting residential rates in Ohio, Ohio Edison Co comes 23rd 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, which averaged 16.61¢, Ohio Edison Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (-2.6%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 39 reporting utilities.
Where Ohio Edison Co sits among Ohio utilities
2024 average residential price across the 39 utilities reporting a rate in Ohio
16.18¢/kWh 42nd affordability percentile More affordable than 42% of 38 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Edison Co | 16.18¢ | - |
| Ohio (customer-weighted, 39 utilities) | 16.55¢ | -2.3% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -1.8% |
| Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) | 17.36¢ | -6.8% |
Rate against consumption: Ohio utilities
Scale and consumption
Ohio Edison Co reported 251.8K residential customers, ranking 3rd of 39 utilities in Ohio by customers served and covering 12.7% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 9,428 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,525.
Within Ohio the median reporting utility sells about 10,984 kWh per customer, so Ohio Edison Co customers use -14.2% 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 Ohio
All 39 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Ohio, largest first, with Ohio Edison Co 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Power Co | Investor Owned | 550.8K | 19.33¢ |
| Duke Energy Ohio Inc | Investor Owned | 294.1K | 15.00¢ |
| Ohio Edison Co (this page) | Investor Owned | 251.8K | 16.18¢ |
| Dayton Power & Light Co | Investor Owned | 132.5K | 15.32¢ |
| Cleveland Electric Illum Co | Investor Owned | 131.4K | 16.76¢ |
| South Central Power Company | Cooperative | 117.5K | 14.87¢ |
| The Toledo Edison Co | Investor Owned | 79.0K | 16.64¢ |
| City of Cleveland - (OH) | Municipal | 64.9K | 14.87¢ |
| City of Hamilton - (OH) | Municipal | 27.0K | 15.44¢ |
| Licking Rural Electric Inc | Cooperative | 25.8K | 16.88¢ |
| City of Cuyahoga Falls - (OH) | Municipal | 24.3K | 13.02¢ |
| Consolidated Cooperative | Cooperative | 16.9K | 16.11¢ |
| Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 16.3K | 19.90¢ |
| Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) | Cooperative | 16.3K | 16.18¢ |
| City of Westerville - (OH) | Municipal | 15.7K | 13.19¢ |
| City of Columbus - (OH) | Municipal | 15.5K | 11.32¢ |
| Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc | Cooperative | 15.3K | 18.00¢ |
| Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc | Cooperative | 15.2K | 17.26¢ |
| Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 14.7K | 16.52¢ |
| City of Bowling Green - (OH) | Municipal | 13.1K | 15.36¢ |
| City of Wadsworth - (OH) | Municipal | 12.2K | 11.99¢ |
| City of Niles - (OH) | Municipal | 11.9K | 9.31¢ |
| Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 11.8K | 15.67¢ |
| Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc - (OH) | Cooperative | 11.4K | 18.16¢ |
| Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 11.3K | 17.05¢ |
| Midwest Electric, Inc - (OH) | Cooperative | 10.8K | 15.27¢ |
| City of Painesville | Municipal | 10.8K | 12.75¢ |
| City of Piqua - (OH) | Municipal | 9.8K | 12.85¢ |
| Paulding-Putman Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 9.2K | 17.67¢ |
| City of Lebanon - (OH) | Municipal | 8.7K | 11.14¢ |
| North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (OH) | Cooperative | 8.4K | 17.09¢ |
| City of Celina - (OH) | Municipal | 7.6K | 9.12¢ |
| City of Orrville - (OH) | Municipal | 6.3K | 10.96¢ |
| City of Dover - (OH) | Municipal | 5.9K | 15.03¢ |
| Clyde Light & Power | Municipal | 2.8K | 12.10¢ |
| Midwest Energy Cooperative - (MI) | Cooperative | 863 | 19.47¢ |
| EverBright, LLC | Behind the Meter | 267 | 15.34¢ |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 21 | 19.21¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 4 | 30.00¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Ohio.
Common questions about Ohio Edison Co rates
- How much does Ohio Edison Co charge per kWh?
- Ohio Edison Co reported an average residential price of 16.18¢ 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 Ohio Edison Co expensive compared with the rest of Ohio?
- Its average residential price is close to the Ohio customer-weighted average of 16.55¢ per kWh, a difference of -2.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 39 utilities reporting residential service in Ohio.
- What is the average electricity bill for Ohio Edison Co customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 9,428 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,525 a year, or about $127 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Ohio Edison Co?
- EIA classifies Ohio 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.