Electricity in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

3 electric utilities serve homes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric) and City of Cleveland. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $83.58 (City of Cleveland) to $131.45 (Ohio Edison) a month. This page covers 10 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Parma to Shaker Heights.

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

Electric utilities in Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in OhioAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
Ohio EdisonInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator 961,084 $131.45821 kWh, 16.0¢ $204.84
The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric)Investor-owned utility · bill calculator 677,581 $103.09636 kWh, 16.2¢ $209.67
City of ClevelandCity utility 64,905 $83.58511 kWh, 16.4¢ —

The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861). The Ohio average was $147.74 a month.

Cities in Cuyahoga County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in Cuyahoga County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
Parma78,581—1,252
Lakewood49,027—1,290
Euclid47,962—1,210
Strongsville45,629—1,254
Cleveland Heights43,750—1,269
Westlake33,904—1,298
North Olmsted31,542—1,283
North Royalton30,936—1,268
Garfield Heights28,790—1,232
Shaker Heights28,466—1,214

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 Cuyahoga County?

3 electric utilities serve homes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio: Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric) and City of Cleveland. The name of your utility is on your bill.

Which cities in Cuyahoga County are on this page?

Parma, Lakewood, Euclid, Strongsville, Cleveland Heights, Westlake, North Olmsted, North Royalton, Garfield Heights and Shaker Heights.

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).