Commercial electricity rates in Ohio

What businesses in Ohio actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 10.44¢ to 14.28¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Ohio by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Ohio.

Commercial customers in Ohio pay 36% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Ohio used 9,613 kWh in August 2026. At 12.31¢ per kWh that is about $1,183 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Ohio's commercial price rose 12.9%, from 10.90¢ in September 2023 to 12.31¢. The high point was 14.28¢ in February 2026 and the low 10.44¢ in May 2024 — a spread of 37% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was February (12.18¢) and the cheapest September (11.12¢), a seasonal swing of 10%.

Ohio against its region

Ohio is in EIA's East North Central division, where the commercial average was 13.95¢ in August 2026. Ohio is 12% below that, and 1 of 5 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan.

States priced near Ohio

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states