City of Peru electricity rates
City of Peru charges an average of 12.00 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $75 a month using 625 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility MISO Illinois
Where City of Peru sits
It is a smaller system, serving 4,993 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. At 12.00¢ per kilowatt-hour it is one of the cheaper places to buy electricity in Illinois, 49.7% under the statewide average of 23.85¢.
Its customers use very little electricity by national standards, 625 kilowatt-hours a month against 871 nationally. Dense housing, a mild climate or heating that runs on gas rather than electricity all push consumption down, and any of them can leave a household with a modest bill despite a high rate.
Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.
| Rate | Monthly bill | Monthly kWh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Peru | 12.00¢ | $75 | 625 |
| Illinois average | 23.85¢ | $132 | 719 |
| United States average | 18.44¢ | $155 | 871 |
Utility figures: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024. State and national figures: Electric Power Monthly, May 2026. Methodology
Where City of Peru delivers
Its service territory covers one county in Illinois.
- LaSalle
Rooftop solar on this system
8 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 0.05 megawatts. That works out to 1.6 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.
Adoption is below the national median. A low retail rate reduces what solar displaces, and export compensation set at avoided cost rather than the retail rate reduces it further. What exports are actually worth.
Other Illinois utilities
| Utility | Rate | Bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Edison Co | 15.22¢ | $89 | 2.9 million |
| Ameren Illinois Company | 15.26¢ | $130 | 520,498 |
| Rochelle Municipal Utilities | 13.22¢ | $88 | 5,854 |
| Mt Carmel Public Utility Co | 19.13¢ | $168 | 4,327 |
| EverBright, LLC | 12.06¢ | $93 | 3,246 |
City of Peru rates: common questions
How much does City of Peru charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 12.00 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is -49.7% against the Illinois average of 23.85¢ and -34.9% against the national average of 18.44¢. It is an all-in average across every residential rate schedule the utility offers, not a specific tariff.
What is the average City of Peru bill?
$75 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 625 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns City of Peru?
It is classified by the EIA as a municipal utility. Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate.
Is City of Peru expensive compared with other Illinois utilities?
It ranks #24 of the 27 Illinois utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #1029 of 1369.