City of Cleveland: electric rates and average bill
City of Cleveland is a city utility that serves 64,905 homes in Ohio. In 2025, its average home used 511 kWh a month and paid $83.58 (16.4¢ per kWh), less than the Ohio average of $147.74.
- City utility
- 64,905 homes
- EIA data, 2025
City of Cleveland at a glance
| Type of utility | City utility |
|---|---|
| Homes served in Ohio | 64,905 |
| Average home bill | $83.58 a month (Ohio average $147.74) |
| Average price | 16.4¢ per kWh (Ohio average 16.9¢) |
| Average home use | 511 kWh a month (Ohio average 874) |
| Business customers | 15.9¢ per kWh, average bill $874.48 a month (8,685 businesses; Ohio business rates) |
| Power outages | 0.7 outages and 191 minutes without power for the average customer in a normal year; 0.7 outages and 225 minutes with major storms (more minutes than the middle Ohio utility, 103 minutes) |
| Grid | RFC region; PJM market; owns power plants |
| Counties served | Cuyahoga |
Price rank: City of Cleveland has the 20th lowest average price of the 35 Ohio utilities with 1,000 or more homes.
Other utilities in the same counties
These utilities also serve homes in one or more of the counties of City of Cleveland. Your address has one utility: it is on your bill.
| Utility | Homes | Average bill | Price per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio EdisonBill calculator on this site | 961,084 | $131.45 | 16.0¢ |
| The Illuminating Company (Cleveland Electric)Bill calculator on this site | 677,581 | $103.09 | 16.2¢ |
City of Cleveland rates and your bill
This site does not have a bill calculator for City of Cleveland yet: we add a calculator only after we check every charge in the official rate schedule. The current rates are on the City of Cleveland rates page. The averages on this page come from the yearly report that each utility files with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2025 data), so they show the past year, not today's rates.
- City of Cleveland website
- State regulator: Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- The average electric bill in Ohio, the average bill in each state and the ZIP code finder
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What is the average City of Cleveland electric bill (OH)?
In 2025, its average home used 511 kWh a month and paid $83.58 (16.4¢ per kWh), less than the Ohio average of $147.74.
How often does the power go out with City of Cleveland (OH)?
In 2025, the average City of Cleveland customer had 0.7 outages and 191 minutes without power, not counting major storms (0.7 outages and 225 minutes with them).
utilityratecalc.com is not part of City of Cleveland. Source: EIA-861 data, 2025. The averages include all charges that the utility reports as revenue from homes that buy their power from it.