City of Painesville electricity rates
City of Painesville charges an average of 12.75 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $84 a month using 661 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility PJM Ohio
Where City of Painesville sits
It is a smaller system, serving 10,832 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. At 12.75¢ per kilowatt-hour it is one of the cheaper places to buy electricity in Ohio, 34.7% under the statewide average of 19.52¢.
Consumption here is below the national norm at 661 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, which softens the effect of the rate on the final bill.
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 Painesville | 12.75¢ | $84 | 661 |
| Ohio average | 19.52¢ | $157 | 878 |
| 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 Painesville delivers
Its service territory covers one county in Ohio.
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How often the power goes out
In 2024 the average City of Painesville customer went 348 minutes without electricity across 1.51 interruptions. The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.
That is worse than typical. Overhead lines through wooded or storm-exposed terrain are the usual explanation, and the fix is vegetation management and circuit automation, both of which are recovered through rates.
Other Ohio utilities
| Utility | Rate | Bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Power Co | 19.33¢ | $174 | 550,768 |
| Duke Energy Ohio Inc | 15.00¢ | $133 | 294,084 |
| Butler Rural Electric Coop Inc | 18.16¢ | $241 | 11,374 |
| Hancock-Wood Electric Coop Inc | 17.05¢ | $185 | 11,307 |
| Midwest Electric, Inc | 15.27¢ | $201 | 10,836 |
City of Painesville rates: common questions
How much does City of Painesville charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 12.75 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is -34.7% against the Ohio average of 19.52¢ and -30.9% 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 Painesville bill?
$84 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 661 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns City of Painesville?
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 Painesville expensive compared with other Ohio utilities?
It ranks #28 of the 35 Ohio utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #856 of 1369.