South Central Power Electric Rates and Average Monthly Bill

South Central Power reported 118,458 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,123 kWh a month on average at 15.39 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 29 Ohio utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, South Central Power ranks 8 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where South Central Power has distribution equipment. That covers 24 counties in Ohio. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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For 2025, South Central Power reported an average of 198 minutes without power per customer and 2.45 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 81 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

South Central Power had about 71 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Ohio figure across its utilities was 130 minutes. One interruption lasting 81 minutes and 2.45 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 198 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

• Time-of-use pricing. South Central Power does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA does not show residential net-metered solar for South Central Power in 2025. How net metering works.

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South Central Power operates in the PJM power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

By residential customers, South Central Power ranks 7th of the 35 utilities that report homes in Ohio, with about 2.3% of the state's homes. Its price of 15.39 cents per kWh is 1.84 cents below the median of 13 other cooperatives in Ohio (17.23 cents). At $172.78 a month, an average South Central Power home pays about $300 a year more than the Ohio average of $147.74, and uses 249 kWh a month more. South Central Power lists distribution equipment in 24 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Ohio with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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