Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio: 9.41 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

In Ohio, Cleveland Electric Illum Co bills 758,455 accounts, 89.1% residential, as an investor owned utility. Major event days make 92% of its yearly outage minutes (1918 with them, 150 without).

Perry Nuclear Plant on the shore of Lake Erie in northeast Ohio — Perry Nuclear Plant, July 2020. Photo by Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 671 kWh a month a Cleveland Electric Illum Co home pays about $63 in energy: 9.41 ¢/kWh, 41.2% below the Ohio average of 15.99 ¢.

Major event days make 92% of its yearly outage minutes (1918 with them, 150 without).

Cleveland Electric Illum Co: major event days

Share of SAIDI from major events: 92%1918 minutes with events, 150 without

Major events weigh on Cleveland Electric Illum Co: 1918 minutes with them, 150 without, so 92% of the total comes from event days, 12.78 times the everyday figure.

SAIFI adds the frequency view: 1.11 interruptions a customer a year, 1.10 times the national median (1.01), with 135 minutes per interruption.

How it compares

Cleveland Electric Illum Co
Cleveland Electric Illum Co, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Cleveland Electric Illum CoLowest in this table	9.41 ¢/kWh	7.36 ¢/kWh	$63at 671 kWh	150 minSAIDI
Ohio average against this company, which is 2 of 11 on price	+6.58 ¢/kWhcompany 41.2% below	+3.30 ¢/kWhcompany 31.0% below	+$44a month at 671 kWh	-56 mincompany 56 above
Ohio Edison Co	9.55 ¢/kWhcompany 1.5% below	6.47 ¢/kWhcompany 13.7% above	$641 more than company	114 mincompany 36 above

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Cleveland Electric Illum Co: 2025

No 2025 early-release row for Cleveland Electric Illum Co; 2024 stays the latest year.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co 2024 against Ohio 2025: -7.55 ¢9.41 ¢ for Cleveland Electric Illum Co in 2024, 16.96 ¢ for Ohio in 2025

Cleveland Electric Illum Co has no 2025 early-release row; for its 676,098 home accounts the latest year is 2024, at 9.41 ¢/kWh and 150 SAIDI minutes.

Carbon context

Cleveland Electric Illum Co serves 676,098 homes in Ohio. At 671 kWh a month that is about 324 kg of CO₂, or 3,885 kg a year, at the Ohio plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Ohio generation mix.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co charts

Residential price since 2015: 9.41 ¢ in 2024

7.69 ¢ in 2015, 9.41 ¢ in 2024 (+22.3%); Ohio 12.80 to 15.99 ¢.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Gap to Ohio residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	7.69	-5.11	-4.96
2016	7.51	-4.96	-5.04
2017	8.36	-4.27	-4.53
2018	8.50	-4.06	-4.37
2019	8.31	-4.07	-4.70
2020	7.92	-4.37	-5.23
2021	8.66	-4.11	-5.00
2022	9.06	-4.79	-5.98
2023	10.54	-4.84	-5.46
2024	9.41	-6.58	-7.07

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Cleveland Electric Illum Co SAIDI, 2015-2024

138 min in 2015, 150 in 2024.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Cleveland Electric Ill, no major events
2015	138
2016	114
2017	120
2018	126
2019	130
2020	114
2021	136
2022	162
2023	118
2024	150

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 150.0 min

150.0 min, 1.51x the median reporter, rank 448 of 673.

min

Company, no major events150.0
Company, with major events1,918.1

Cleveland Electric Illum Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Cleveland Electric Illum Co billed homes 7.69 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 9.41 ¢ in 2024, +22.3% in all, and tracked the Ohio average (+24.9%) within 2.6 points. Full-service customers alone pay 16.76 ¢ per EIA, against 9.41 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay Cleveland Electric Illum Co for delivery only. Cleveland Electric Illum Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +16.4%. The high is 10.54 ¢ (2023) and the low 7.51 ¢ (2016). 2024: -10.8% here, +4.0% for the Ohio average. SAIDI at Cleveland Electric Illum Co (major events excluded) went from 138 minutes in 2015 to 150 in 2024, +8%, between 114 (2016) and 162 (2022). At 150 minutes in 2024, Cleveland Electric Illum Co sat +51 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2024: 1918 minutes with major events, 150 without, the widest gap of any year. Cleveland Electric Illum Co has 1 cheaper and 9 higher-priced Ohio peers among 11 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Dayton Power & Light Co, bills 8.54 ¢ (-0.86). Next higher-priced, Ohio Edison Co, bills 9.55 ¢ (+0.14).

A trade-off shows up. Customers pay 41.2% less than the Ohio average, yet the 150-minute outage clock runs 1.5x the national median.

Home accounts at Cleveland Electric Illum Co went from 661,143 in 2015 to 676,098 in 2024, +2.3%. Business customers paid 0.78 times the home price in 2024 (7.36 against 9.41 ¢); the ratio was 0.78 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.17 in 2015 to 1.11 in 2024, between 0.82 and 1.17.

Outages and home price of Cleveland Electric Illum Co (EIA utility 3755), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average Cleveland Electric Illum Co customer sat through 150 minutes of outage, against 89 in 2013 (+69%). The low came in 2013 at 89, the high in 2022 at 162; 12 years were filed. The Ohio median in 2024 was 95 minutes, so Cleveland Electric Illum Co ran above it.

Home rates at Cleveland Electric Illum Co climbed from 6.74 ¢ in 2013 to 9.41 ¢ in 2024 (+39.5%), or 9.32 ¢ to 9.65 ¢ in 2025 dollars (+3.6%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,118 in 2013 and $1,159 in 2024. Of 36 Ohio utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Cleveland Electric Illum Co stood 4th cheapest (1st of 58 in 2013).

Cleveland Electric Illum Co outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 150 in 2024

Cleveland Electric Illum Co at 150 min in 2024 and the Ohio median at 95.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co home price since 2013: +3.6% after inflation

Cleveland Electric Illum Co: 9.65 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 9.41 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Cleveland Electric Illum Co, EIA utility 3755, year by year among Ohio utilities

Cleveland Electric Illum Co 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Cleveland Electric	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Cleveland Elec	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Cleveland Elec	Ohio median SAIDI
2013	6.74	9.32	1 of 58	89	0.87	8 of 15	89
2014	6.68	9.09	1 of 58	105	1.03	8 of 17	108
2015	7.69	10.45	1 of 58	138	1.17	15 of 19	96
2016	7.51	10.07	1 of 58	114	1.10	13 of 22	90
2017	8.36	10.98	2 of 57	120	1.06	16 of 25	100
2018	8.50	10.89	4 of 58	126	0.97	18 of 27	104
2019	8.31	10.47	5 of 77	130	1.02	20 of 30	100
2020	7.92	9.86	3 of 38	114	0.97	16 of 25	104
2021	8.66	10.28	4 of 38	136	1.08	20 of 27	100
2022	9.06	9.96	5 of 38	162	1.13	21 of 29	100
2023	10.54	11.14	5 of 38	118	0.82	22 of 29	96
2024	9.41	9.65	4 of 36	150	1.11	20 of 28	95

Cleveland Electric Illum, EIA utility 3755: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Ohio real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 758,45513.1% of Ohio total
Residential accounts: 676,09813.1% of Ohio homes
Commercial accounts: 81,70110.8% of the base
Residential rate: 9.41 ¢/kWhplace 2 of 11, -41.2% against the state
Commercial rate: 7.36 ¢/kWhplace 6 of 25, -31.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 150.0 minbetter than 34% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 1.111.10x the median
SAIDI with major events: 1918.1 min92.2% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 36.1 MW2,632 installations
Counties served: 9all in Ohio
Average residential use: 8,050 kWh/yr671 a month
Implied monthly bill: $63-$47 on the U.S. rate, 671 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +22.3%7.69 to 9.41 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +8%138 min in 2015, 150 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Cleveland Electric Illum Co

Cleveland Electric Illum Co sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Ohio ¢/kWh
Residential	676,098	9.41	-6.58
Commercial	81,701	7.36	-3.30

Year by year, Cleveland Electric Illum Co

Year	Home accounts, Cleveland Electric Ill	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	661,143	7.69	6.01	0.78	138	1.17
2016	663,556	7.51	5.70	0.76	114	1.10
2017	666,598	8.36	6.57	0.79	120	1.06
2018	668,003	8.50	6.77	0.80	126	0.97
2019	668,473	8.31	6.81	0.82	130	1.02
2020	670,412	7.92	7.12	0.90	114	0.97
2021	672,014	8.66	7.54	0.87	136	1.08
2022	672,777	9.06	7.34	0.81	162	1.13
2023	674,229	10.54	8.14	0.77	118	0.82
2024	676,098	9.41	7.36	0.78	150	1.11

Peers of Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio, place 2 of 11 on home price

Utility near Cleveland Electric Illum Co on price	SAIDI min, gap to Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Home ¢, gap to Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Gap % to Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Accounts, Cleveland Electric Illum Co = 1
1. Dayton Power & Light Co	-44	-0.86	-9.2%	0.71
2. Cleveland Electric Illum Co (this utility)	150	9.41	-	1.00
3. Ohio Edison Co	-36	+0.14	+1.5%	1.42
4. The Toledo Edison Co	-55	+0.83	+8.9%	0.42
5. Duke Energy Ohio Inc	-48	+1.42	+15.1%	1.00

Who buys Cleveland Electric Illum Co's electricity

Class at Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Accounts	Of Cleveland Electric Illum Co accounts	Of Cleveland Electric Illum Co MWh sold	kWh a year per Cleveland Electric Illum Co account
Residential	676,098	89.1%	31.8%	8,050
Commercial	81,701	10.8%	34.0%	71,345
Industrial and other	655	0.09%	34.2%	8,942,579

Cleveland Electric Illum Co among FirstEnergy group

Cleveland Electric Illum Co and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Home ¢, gap to Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Accounts, Cleveland Electric Illum Co = 1
1. Cleveland Electric Illum Co (OH, this utility)	150	9.41	1.00
2. Ohio Edison Co (OH)	-36	+0.14	1.42
3. The Toledo Edison Co (OH)	-55	+0.83	0.42
4. The Potomac Edison Company (MD)	+9	+3.85	0.38
5. Monongahela Power Co (WV)	+312	+4.56	0.52
6. Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (NJ)	+105	+5.56	1.55

Cleveland Electric Illum Co: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Cleveland Electric Illum Co	Ohio context	Cleveland Electric Illum Co detail
Cleveland Electric Illum Co home meters on AMI	39.3%	Ohio 62.3%	270,972 of 689,616 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	26,810	Ohio figure not published	3.9% of meters
Homes with daily digital access	269,146	Ohio figure not published	40% of the 676,098 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Cleveland Electric Illum Co homes	Offered	10 of 21 Ohio utilities offer one	57 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.01% of 676,098
Net-metered installations	2,632	94% residential	3.6 homes per 1,000 accounts, 13.7 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Cleveland Electric Illum Co

kWh	Share of a 671 kWh month	Cost a month at 9.41 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	37%	$23.52	-$17.68	$282
500	75%	$47.04	-$35.36	$564
750	112%	$70.55	-$53.05	$847
1,000	149%	$94.07	-$70.73	$1,129
1,500	224%	$141.11	-$106.09	$1,693
2,000	298%	$188.14	-$141.46	$2,258

Outage record, Cleveland Electric Illum Co

Measure, Cleveland Electric I	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	150.0	1918.1	2.50 h
SAIFI interruptions	1.114	1.783	0.90 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	134.7	1075.8	2.24 h

Territory of Cleveland Electric Illum Co

9 Ohio counties, region RFC:

Ohio other states: 9 of 9 counties of Cleveland Electric Illum Co drawn

Cleveland Electric Illum Co: 9 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Ashtabula
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Lake
Lorain
Medina
Portage
Summit
Trumbull

Questions on Cleveland Electric Illum Co

How big is Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio, by customer accounts?

758,455 accounts in 2024: residential 676,098, commercial 81,701, industrial 655.

How many cents per kWh does Cleveland Electric Illum Co charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 9.41 cents; against the Ohio average that is -41.2%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Cleveland Electric Illum Co?

SAIDI 150.0 min and SAIFI 1.11 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.51, CAIDI 135 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Cleveland Electric Illum Co?

2,632 installations with 36.1 MW, of which residential installations number 2,463.

What would a typical Cleveland Electric Illum Co home pay each month?

671 kWh at 9.41 cents comes to about $63, energy only.

Is Cleveland Electric Illum Co cheaper than other Ohio utilities?

Rank 2 of 11 in Ohio on price, -41.2% against the state average; 1 charge less than 9.41 ¢.

How much of the Cleveland Electric Illum Co load is business?

Homes take 31.8% of 17,128,920 MWh, commercial accounts 34.0%, industrial and other 34.2%; the 81,701 commercial accounts use 71,345 kWh each, 8.9 times a home.

Does Cleveland Electric Illum Co have smart meters or TOU rates?

270,972 of 689,616 home meters are AMI, 39.3%. Cleveland Electric Illum Co offers a home time-of-use rate; 57 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.

Since 2015, has Cleveland Electric Illum Co become cheaper than other Ohio utilities?

1st cheapest of 11 in 2015, 2nd of 11 in 2024; its price rose 22.3% while Ohio rose 24.9%.

Where does Cleveland Electric Illum Co stand among 5 peers?

Place 1 of 6 on home price at 9.41 ¢ (FirstEnergy group); median 11.75 ¢, cheapest member 9.41 ¢.

Has Cleveland Electric Illum Co filed 2025 data with EIA?

Not yet: 9.41 cents and 150 SAIDI minutes (2024) remain the newest Cleveland Electric Illum Co record.

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Cleveland Electric Illum Co at 9.41 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

PUD No 1 of Lewis CountyWashington, 9.48 ¢/kWh, 0.07 ¢ above
Ohio Edison CoOhio, 9.55 ¢/kWh, 0.14 ¢ above
City of Idaho FallsIdaho, 9.25 ¢/kWh, 0.16 ¢ below
Flathead Electric Coop IncMontana, 9.67 ¢/kWh, 0.26 ¢ above

Primary sources for Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio: 9.41 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio: 9.41 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio: 9.41 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Cleveland Electric Illum Co in Ohio: 9.41 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average