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Ohio Edison Co: rates, outages and net metering

Ohio Edison Co is an investor owned utility serving 1,074,066 customer accounts in Ohio; 957,780 of them are residential. Its home price sits 40.3% under the Ohio average and ranks 3 of 11 among larger utilities.

Aerial view of the former W. H. Sammis Power Plant on the Ohio River
Aerial W. H. Sammis Power Plant. Photo by Designism, CC0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 816 kWh a month a Ohio Edison Co home pays about $78 in energy: 9.55 ¢/kWh, 40.3% below the Ohio average of 15.99 ¢.

Its home price sits 40.3% under the Ohio average and ranks 3 of 11 among larger utilities.

Ohio Edison Co on price: 40.3% under Ohio

Home price against Ohio
-40.3%place 3 of 11, cheapest first

Home price is where Ohio Edison Co departs furthest from the Ohio pattern: 9.55 ¢ against a state average of 15.99 ¢, place 3 of 11 among Ohio utilities with 20,000+ homes. The cheapest of those is Dayton Power & Light Co at 8.54 ¢ (-1.00 ¢ from here), the most expensive Licking Rural Electric Inc at 16.88 ¢ (+7.33 ¢).

A home using 816 kWh a month pays about $78 in energy here; at the Ohio average the same use would cost $131, a difference of -$53 a month.

How it compares

Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Edison Co, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Ohio Edison Co9.55 ¢/kWh6.47 ¢/kWh$78at 816 kWh114 minSAIDI
Ohio average against this company, which is 3 of 11 on price+6.44 ¢/kWhcompany 40.3% below+4.19 ¢/kWhcompany 39.3% below+$53a month at 816 kWh-20 mincompany 20 above
Cleveland Electric Illum CoLowest in this table9.41 ¢/kWhcompany 1.5% above7.36 ¢/kWhcompany 12.1% below$771 less than company150 mincompany 36 below

Compare 35 Ohio companies

Ohio Edison Co: 2025

No 2025 early-release row for Ohio Edison Co; 2024 stays the latest year.

Ohio Edison Co 2024 against Ohio 2025
-7.41 ¢9.55 ¢ for Ohio Edison Co in 2024, 16.96 ¢ for Ohio in 2025

No 2025 line exists yet for Ohio Edison Co, so 9.55 ¢/kWh and a SAIDI of 114 minutes (2024, 957,780 homes) are the latest figures.

Carbon context

Ohio Edison Co serves 957,780 homes in Ohio. At 816 kWh a month that is about 394 kg of CO₂, or 4,727 kg a year, at the Ohio plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Ohio generation mix.

Ohio Edison Co charts

Residential price since 2015: 9.55 ¢ in 2024

7.90 ¢ in 2015, 9.55 ¢ in 2024 (+20.9%); Ohio 12.80 to 15.99 ¢.

Ohio Edison Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearOhio Edison CoGap to Ohio residentialGap to U.S. residential
20157.90-4.90-4.75
20167.76-4.71-4.79
20178.59-4.04-4.30
20188.51-4.05-4.36
20198.46-3.92-4.55
20208.18-4.11-4.97
20218.79-3.98-4.87
20228.94-4.91-6.10
20239.98-5.40-6.02
20249.55-6.44-6.93

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Ohio Edison Co SAIDI, 2015-2024

96 min in 2015, 114 in 2024.

Ohio Edison Co SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearOhio Edison Co, no major events
201596
201692
2017100
2018108
2019109
2020109
2021114
2022115
2023107
2024114

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 114.0 min

114.0 min, 1.15x the median reporter, rank 381 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events114.0
  • Company, with major events233.8

Ohio Edison Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 7.90 ¢ in 2015 to 9.55 ¢ in 2024, a move of +20.9%: Ohio Edison Co lagged its state (+24.9%) by 4.0 points, and -9.3 points against the U.S. Full-service customers alone pay 16.18 ¢ per EIA, against 9.55 ¢ for all rows: buyers of energy elsewhere pay Ohio Edison Co for delivery only. Ohio Edison Co's sharpest move came in 2023, +11.7%. The high is 9.98 ¢ (2023) and the low 7.76 ¢ (2016). 2024: -4.4% here, +4.0% for the Ohio average. SAIDI at Ohio Edison Co (major events excluded) rose from 96 minutes in 2015 to 114 in 2024, +18%; worst year 2022 at 115. At 114 minutes in 2024, Ohio Edison Co sat +14 from the national SAIDI median, with 2 of 10 years below it. 2023: 575 minutes with major events, 107 without, the widest gap of any year. Ohio Edison Co has 2 cheaper and 8 higher-priced Ohio peers among 11 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Cleveland Electric Illum Co, bills 9.41 ¢ (-0.14). Next higher-priced, The Toledo Edison Co, bills 10.24 ¢ (+0.69).

Price is the selling point in this record: 40.3% under the Ohio average, with 114 outage minutes close to the national median (1.15x).

Home accounts at Ohio Edison Co went from 921,461 in 2015 to 957,780 in 2024, +3.9%. Business customers paid 0.68 times the home price in 2024 (6.47 against 9.55 ¢); the ratio was 0.69 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.02 in 2015 to 1.03 in 2024, between 0.91 and 1.23.

Facts

Customer accounts
1,074,06618.6% of Ohio total
Residential accounts
957,78018.6% of Ohio homes
Commercial accounts
114,90810.7% of the base
Residential rate
9.55 ¢/kWhplace 3 of 11, -40.3% against the state
Commercial rate
6.47 ¢/kWhplace 4 of 25, -39.3% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
114.0 minbetter than 44% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
1.031.01x the median
SAIDI with major events
233.8 min51.2% from event days
Net-metered capacity
72.3 MW4,077 installations
Counties served
36all in Ohio
Average residential use
9,795 kWh/yr816 a month
Implied monthly bill
$78-$57 on the U.S. rate, 816 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
+20.9%7.90 to 9.55 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
+18%96 min in 2015, 114 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Ohio Edison Co

Ohio Edison Co sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Ohio ¢/kWh
Residential957,7809.55-6.44
Commercial114,9086.47-4.19

Year by year, Ohio Edison Co

YearHome accounts, Ohio Edison CoHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
2015921,4617.905.430.69961.02
2016925,0147.765.280.68920.91
2017930,2938.596.100.711001.02
2018933,5668.516.040.711081.06
2019936,4298.466.080.721091.04
2020942,1268.186.440.791091.07
2021946,1598.796.820.781141.23
2022949,6888.946.560.731151.20
2023953,5319.986.970.701070.97
2024957,7809.556.470.681141.03

Peers of Ohio Edison Co in Ohio, place 3 of 11 on home price

Utility near Ohio Edison Co on priceSAIDI min, gap to Ohio Edison CoHome ¢, gap to Ohio Edison CoGap % to Ohio Edison CoAccounts, Ohio Edison Co = 1
1. Dayton Power & Light Co-8-1.00-10.5%0.50
2. Cleveland Electric Illum Co+36-0.14-1.5%0.71
3. Ohio Edison Co (this utility)1149.55-1.00
4. The Toledo Edison Co-19+0.69+7.3%0.29
5. Duke Energy Ohio Inc-11+1.28+13.4%0.71
6. City of Cuyahoga Falls-70+3.47+36.3%0.02

Who buys Ohio Edison Co's electricity

Class at Ohio Edison CoAccountsOf Ohio Edison Co accountsOf Ohio Edison Co MWh soldkWh a year per Ohio Edison Co account
Residential957,78089.2%38.4%9,795
Commercial114,90810.7%25.2%53,645
Industrial and other1,3780.13%36.4%6,451,250

Ohio Edison Co among FirstEnergy group

Ohio Edison Co and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to Ohio Edison CoHome ¢, gap to Ohio Edison CoAccounts, Ohio Edison Co = 1
1. Cleveland Electric Illum Co (OH)+36-0.140.71
2. Ohio Edison Co (OH, this utility)1149.551.00
3. The Toledo Edison Co (OH)-19+0.690.29
4. The Potomac Edison Company (MD)+45+3.710.27
5. Monongahela Power Co (WV)+348+4.420.37
6. Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (NJ)+141+5.421.09

Ohio Edison Co: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureOhio Edison CoOhio contextOhio Edison Co detail
Ohio Edison Co home meters on AMI25.4%Ohio 62.3%247,847 of 974,470 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)82,435Ohio figure not published8.5% of meters
Homes with daily digital access247,615Ohio figure not published26% of the 957,780 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Ohio Edison Co homesOffered10 of 21 Ohio utilities offer one75 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.01% of 957,780
Net-metered installations4,07795% residential4.0 homes per 1,000 accounts, 17.7 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Ohio Edison Co

kWhShare of a 816 kWh monthCost a month at 9.55 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25031%$23.87-$17.33$286
50061%$47.74-$34.66$573
75092%$71.62-$51.98$859
1,000123%$95.49-$69.31$1,146
1,500184%$143.23-$103.97$1,719
2,000245%$190.98-$138.62$2,292

Outage record, Ohio Edison Co

Measure, Ohio Edison CoNo eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes114.0233.81.90 h
SAIFI interruptions1.0271.2780.97 yr apart
CAIDI minutes111.0182.91.85 h

Territory of Ohio Edison Co

36 Ohio counties, region RFC:

Counties served by Ohio Edison CoWyandotRichlandTuscarawasCrawfordGeaugaMorrowSenecaFayetteStarkCuyahogaFranklinMiamiErieHolmesClarkTrumbullLorainWayneHuronAshlandMadisonSanduskyCarrollMarionMedinaPortageMahoningUnionColumbianaAshtabulaGreeneOttawaChampaignDelawareSummitKnox

Ohio other states: 36 of 36 counties of Ohio Edison Co drawn

Ohio Edison Co: 36 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Ashland
  • Ashtabula
  • Carroll
  • Champaign
  • Clark
  • Columbiana
  • Crawford
  • Cuyahoga
  • Delaware
  • Erie
  • Fayette
  • Franklin
  • Geauga
  • Greene
  • Holmes
  • Huron
  • Knox
  • Lorain
  • Madison
  • Mahoning
  • Marion
  • Medina
  • Miami
  • Morrow
  • Ottawa
  • Portage
  • Richland
  • Sandusky
  • Seneca
  • Stark
  • Summit
  • Trumbull
  • Tuscarawas
  • Union
  • Wayne
  • Wyandot

Questions on Ohio Edison Co

How many customers does Ohio Edison Co serve in Ohio?

1,074,066 accounts in 2024: residential 957,780, commercial 114,908, industrial 1,378.

What is the average residential rate of Ohio Edison Co?

In 2024 homes paid 9.55 cents; against the Ohio average that is -40.3%.

How reliable is Ohio Edison Co by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 114.0 min and SAIFI 1.03 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.15, CAIDI 111 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Ohio Edison Co grid?

4,077 installations with 72.3 MW, of which residential installations number 3,864.

What is the monthly bill at Ohio Edison Co for average use?

816 kWh at 9.55 cents comes to about $78, energy only.

How does Ohio Edison Co rank on price within Ohio?

Rank 3 of 11 in Ohio on price, -40.3% against the state average; 2 charge less than 9.55 ¢.

How much of the Ohio Edison Co load is business?

Homes take 38.4% of 24,435,453 MWh, commercial accounts 25.2%, industrial and other 36.4%; the 114,908 commercial accounts use 53,645 kWh each, 5.5 times a home.

Does Ohio Edison Co have smart meters or TOU rates?

247,847 of 974,470 home meters are AMI, 25.4%. Ohio Edison Co offers a home time-of-use rate; 75 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.01% of its homes.

Since 2015, has Ohio Edison Co become cheaper than other Ohio utilities?

2nd cheapest of 11 in 2015, 3rd of 11 in 2024; its price rose 20.9% while Ohio rose 24.9%.

Where does Ohio Edison Co stand among 5 peers?

Place 2 of 6 on home price at 9.55 ¢ (FirstEnergy group); median 11.75 ¢, cheapest member 9.41 ¢.

Has Ohio Edison Co filed 2025 data with EIA?

Its latest filing year is 2024, with 114 SAIDI minutes and 9.55 cents for homes.

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Ohio Edison Co at 9.55 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Ohio Edison Co

Rate plans on file

3 home plan records, energy charges: 6.5 to 25.9 ¢/kWh.

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Ohio Edison Co: rates, outages and net metering

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At 816 kWh a month a Ohio Edison Co home pays about $78 in energy: 9.55 ¢/kWh, 40.3% below the Ohio average of 15.99 ¢.