Electricity in Summit County, Ohio

5 electric utilities serve homes in Summit County, Ohio: AEP Ohio (Ohio Power), Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric), City of Cuyahoga Falls and City of Wadsworth. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $80.15 (City of Cuyahoga Falls) to $179.10 (AEP Ohio (Ohio Power)) a month. This page covers 4 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from Akron to Green.

  • 4 cities
  • 5 utilities
  • EIA and Census data, 2025

Electric utilities in Summit 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 Summit County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in OhioAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power)Investor-owned utility · bill calculator 1,348,588 $179.10944 kWh, 19.0¢ $211.32
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 Cuyahoga FallsCity utility 24,256 $80.15630 kWh, 12.7¢ —
City of WadsworthCity utility 12,296 $96.21788 kWh, 12.2¢ —

1 smaller utility with fewer than 1,000 homes is 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). The Ohio average was $147.74 a month.

Cities in Summit County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in Summit County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
Akron189,691—1,251
Cuyahoga Falls50,975City of Cuyahoga Falls1,225
Stow33,941—1,215
Green27,553—1,230

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 Summit County?

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

Which cities in Summit County are on this page?

Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow and Green.

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).