Electricity and gas prices in Ohio

Households in Ohio paid an average of 19.19¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $22.83 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in May 2026. That is the 19th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$23.17
Heat pump at COP 3.0$18.75
Heat pump at COP 2.0$28.12
Electric resistance$56.24

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Ohio

Five years of prices

July 202113.08¢
October 202113.28¢
January 202212.40¢
April 202213.01¢
July 202214.66¢
October 202215.08¢
January 202314.30¢
April 202315.01¢
July 202315.73¢
October 202315.89¢
January 202415.47¢
April 202416.66¢
July 202415.78¢
October 202416.57¢
January 202515.62¢
April 202516.32¢
July 202517.38¢
October 202517.85¢
January 202617.59¢
April 202619.49¢

Who sells electricity in Ohio

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Ohio Power Co	Investor Owned	550,768	19.33¢
Duke Energy Ohio Inc.	Investor Owned	294,084	15.00¢
Ohio Edison Co	Investor Owned	251,751	16.18¢
Adjustment 2024		179,369	15.04¢
Dayton Power & Light Co	Investor Owned	132,522	15.32¢
Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Investor Owned	131,370	16.76¢
South Central Power Company	Cooperative	117,469	14.87¢
The Toledo Edison Co	Investor Owned	79,007	16.64¢
City Of Cleveland - (Oh)	Municipal	64,914	14.87¢
City Of Hamilton - (Oh)	Municipal	26,964	15.44¢
Licking Rural Electric Inc.	Cooperative	25,820	16.88¢
City Of Cuyahoga Falls - (Oh)	Municipal	24,349	13.02¢
Consolidated Cooperative	Cooperative	16,897	16.11¢
Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	16,349	19.90¢
Pioneer Rural Elec Coop, Inc. - (Oh)	Cooperative	16,310	16.18¢
City Of Westerville - (Oh)	Municipal	15,713	13.19¢
City Of Columbus - (Oh)	Municipal	15,510	11.32¢
Guernsey-Muskingum El Coop Inc.	Cooperative	15,289	18.00¢
Lorain-Medina R E C, Inc.	Cooperative	15,234	17.26¢
Holmes-Wayne Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	14,714	16.52¢
City Of Bowling Green - (Oh)	Municipal	13,068	15.36¢
City Of Wadsworth - (Oh)	Municipal	12,180	11.99¢
City Of Niles - (Oh)	Municipal	11,882	9.31¢
Union Rural Electric Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	11,812	15.67¢
Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc. - (Oh)	Cooperative	11,374	18.16¢
Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	11,307	17.05¢
Midwest Electric, Inc. - (Oh)	Cooperative	10,836	15.27¢
City Of Painesville	Municipal	10,832	12.75¢
City Of Piqua - (Oh)	Municipal	9,829	12.85¢
Paulding-Putman Elec Coop, Inc.	Cooperative	9,176	17.67¢
City Of Lebanon - (Oh)	Municipal	8,707	11.14¢
North Central Elec Coop, Inc. - (Oh)	Cooperative	8,433	17.09¢
City Of Celina - (Oh)	Municipal	7,557	9.12¢
City Of Orrville - (Oh)	Municipal	6,314	10.96¢
City Of Dover - (Oh)	Municipal	5,869	15.03¢
Clyde Light & Power	Municipal	2,776	12.10¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.