Electricity in McLean County, Illinois

3 electric utilities serve homes in McLean County, Illinois: Ameren Illinois, Corn Belt Energy and Eastern Illinois Electric Cooperative. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $147.98 (Corn Belt Energy) to $228.22 (Eastern Illinois Electric Cooperative) a month. This page covers 2 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Bloomington to Normal.

  • 2 cities
  • 3 utilities
  • EIA and Census data, 2025

Electric utilities in McLean County

EIA lists utilities by county, not by address. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.

Electric utilities with 1,000 or more homes in McLean County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in IllinoisAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
Ameren IllinoisInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator 1,062,810 $148.32888 kWh, 16.7¢ $176.29
Corn Belt EnergyElectric cooperative 34,952 $147.98949 kWh, 15.6¢ —
Eastern Illinois Electric CooperativeElectric cooperative 11,001 $228.221,291 kWh, 17.7¢ —

The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861). The Illinois average was $126.59 a month.

Cities in McLean County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in McLean County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
Bloomington78,804—1,358
Normal53,275—1,374

A city-owned utility is a municipal utility in the county with the city's name (EIA data). Solar output: PVWatts version 8 for a south-facing roof; see the solar savings calculator.

Who provides electricity in McLean County?

3 electric utilities serve homes in McLean County, Illinois: Ameren Illinois, Corn Belt Energy and Eastern Illinois Electric Cooperative. The name of your utility is on your bill.

Which cities in McLean County are on this page?

Bloomington and Normal.

Sources: EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills); Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025; PVWatts (National Laboratory of the Rockies).