Average electric bill in Ohio (OH)
A typical Ohio household pays
$158a month · $1897 a year
That is 5% above the national average of $151, the 22nd highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 866 kilowatt hours a month at 19.45¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — July 2026
$224
Cheapest — October 2025
$117
The dearest month costs $107 more than the cheapest — 92% higher and it is air conditioning that does it. Ohio runs about 900 cooling degree days a year, so the summer bill is where any efficiency gain shows up.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Ohio the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Ohio's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 5,129,666 residential accounts in Ohio, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Ohio rate page for the underlying prices.
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