16.22¢
per kWh, 2025
[ The Illuminating Company / OH ]
The Illuminating Company electricity rates in Ohio
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−3.2%
vs 2024
677,581
residential customers
+36.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at The Illuminating Company's average effective residential rate (16.22¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.78¢ | — | 661,143 |
| 2016 | 11.98¢ | −6.3% | 663,556 |
| 2017 | 12.70¢ | +6.0% | 666,598 |
| 2018 | 12.89¢ | +1.5% | 668,003 |
| 2019 | 12.45¢ | −3.4% | 668,473 |
| 2020 | 11.89¢ | −4.5% | 670,412 |
| 2021 | 12.86¢ | +8.2% | 672,014 |
| 2022 | 13.19¢ | +2.6% | 672,777 |
| 2023 | 14.40¢ | +9.2% | 674,229 |
| 2024 | 16.76¢ | +16.4% | 676,098 |
| 2025 | 16.22¢ | −3.2% | 677,581 |
How this compares
16.90¢
Ohio average, 2025
−4.0%
The Illuminating Company vs OH 2025 average
−5.9%
vs US 2025 average
#18
priciest in OH
The Illuminating Company files with the EIA as Cleveland Electric Illum Co (utility ID 3755).
Serves 9 counties in Ohio: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull. 100 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, The Illuminating Company's average residential rate has gone from 12.78¢ to 16.22¢ per kWh: +26.9% over 10 years, or about +2.4% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.4% in 2024. The largest drop was −6.3% in 2016.
For a home using 874 kWh a month, the Ohio average, The Illuminating Company's 2025 rate works out to about $1,701 a year, $71 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 18th most expensive.
The Illuminating Company served 661,143 homes in 2015 and 677,581 in 2025 (+2.5%), about 13% of Ohio's residential electricity customers.
Who sets The Illuminating Company's rates
The Illuminating Company is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is The Illuminating Company raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for The Illuminating Company is on file with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −3.2% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does The Illuminating Company charge per kWh?
The Illuminating Company's average effective residential rate was 16.22¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Ohio's 2025 average was 16.90¢.
How much have The Illuminating Company rates gone up in five years?
+36.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +48.7% for Ohio as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does The Illuminating Company have in Ohio?
677,581 residential customers in 2025, across 9 counties including Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, 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)