Electricity in Elgin, Illinois
4 electric utilities serve homes in Kane County and Cook County, where Elgin is: ComEd, City of St Charles, City of Batavia and City of Geneva. The name of your utility is on your bill. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $89.89 (City of Geneva) to $107.32 (ComEd) a month. The Illinois average was $126.59.
- 115,476 people (2025 estimate)
- Kane County and Cook County
- EIA data, 2025
Electric utilities in Elgin
EIA lists utilities by county, not by city. These utilities serve homes in Kane County and Cook County. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.
| Utility | Homes in Illinois | Average bill 2025 | 1,000 kWh now |
|---|---|---|---|
| ComEdInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator | 3,753,924 | $107.32606 kWh, 17.7¢ | — |
| City of St CharlesCity utility | 14,901 | $103.61711 kWh, 14.6¢ | — |
| City of BataviaCity utility | 10,072 | $104.92747 kWh, 14.0¢ | — |
| City of GenevaCity utility | 8,675 | $89.89770 kWh, 11.7¢ | — |
2 smaller utilities with fewer than 1,000 homes are also listed in the county. The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861); a dash means that its homes buy power from a retail supplier. The 1,000 kWh bill is from the official tariff, before taxes, for the utilities that have a calculator on this site. The Illinois average was $126.59 a month for 716 kWh (17.7¢ per kWh).
Solar power in Elgin
A home solar system on a south-facing roof in Elgin makes about 1,340 kWh a year for each kW of panels (PVWatts, National Laboratory of the Rockies). A 6 kW system makes about 8,040 kWh a year. See what that saves on your utility's rates with the solar savings calculator.
Lower your electric bill in Elgin
- Open your utility above for its average bill, outages and rates, or the bill calculator to check your own bill.
- Help paying the electric bill in Illinois: bill assistance, payment plans and discounts.
- Why is my electric bill so high? and the appliance cost calculator.
More about Illinois: Illinois electric rates and all Illinois utilities, business electricity rates and natural gas bills. All cities of the county: electricity in Kane County. Other cities: Aurora, Batavia, Cicero, Tinley Park, Chicago, Belvidere, Bloomington, Champaign, Crystal Lake, Danville, DeKalb, Decatur.
Who provides electricity in Elgin, IL?
4 electric utilities serve homes in Kane County and Cook County, where Elgin is: ComEd, City of St Charles, City of Batavia and City of Geneva. The name of your utility is on your bill.
What is the average electric bill in Elgin, IL?
In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $89.89 (City of Geneva) to $107.32 (ComEd) a month. The Illinois average was $126.59 a month for 716 kWh. Your bill depends on your kWh and your rate plan.
utilityratecalc.com is not part of any utility or city government. Sources: Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025 (the city and its counties); EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills).