15.49¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Hamilton / OH ]
City of Hamilton electricity rates in Ohio
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.3%
vs 2024
27,209
residential customers
+0.3%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Hamilton's average effective residential rate (15.49¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.04¢ | — | 26,347 |
| 2016 | 12.52¢ | −4.0% | 26,378 |
| 2017 | 13.74¢ | +9.7% | 26,783 |
| 2018 | 15.28¢ | +11.2% | 26,400 |
| 2019 | 14.98¢ | −2.0% | 26,528 |
| 2020 | 15.45¢ | +3.1% | 26,583 |
| 2021 | 16.14¢ | +4.5% | 26,654 |
| 2022 | 15.93¢ | −1.3% | 26,707 |
| 2023 | 16.42¢ | +3.1% | 26,823 |
| 2024 | 15.44¢ | −6.0% | 26,964 |
| 2025 | 15.49¢ | +0.3% | 27,209 |
How this compares
16.90¢
Ohio average, 2025
−8.3%
City of Hamilton vs OH 2025 average
−10.1%
vs US 2025 average
#22
priciest in OH
Serves 1 county in Ohio: Butler. 5 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Hamilton's average residential rate has gone from 13.04¢ to 15.49¢ per kWh: +18.8% over 10 years, or about +1.7% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +11.2% in 2018. The largest drop was −6.0% in 2024.
For a home using 874 kWh a month, the Ohio average, City of Hamilton's 2025 rate works out to about $1,625 a year, $148 less than at Ohio's average rate of 16.90¢. Of the 36 Ohio utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 22nd most expensive.
City of Hamilton served 26,347 homes in 2015 and 27,209 in 2025 (+3.3%), under 1% of Ohio's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Hamilton's rates
City of Hamilton is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio generally does not.
Commission contact: Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Hamilton raising rates in 2026?
City of Hamilton's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +0.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Hamilton charge per kWh?
City of Hamilton's average effective residential rate was 15.49¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Ohio's 2025 average was 16.90¢.
How much have City of Hamilton rates gone up in five years?
+0.3% between 2020 and 2025, against +48.7% for Ohio as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Hamilton have in Ohio?
27,209 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Butler, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)