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What do households pay for electricity in Illinois, month by month?

In Jul 2026 the residential electricity price in Illinois was 19.22 (cents per kWh), +11.6 percent from a year earlier; 307 monthly values since Jan 2001.

LATEST: 19.22 cents per kWh

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What do households pay for electricity in Illinois, month by month?

In Jul 2026 the residential electricity price in Illinois was 19.22 (cents per kWh), +11.6 percent from a year earlier; 307 monthly values since Jan 2001. Latest record →

Year by year, with every month linked to its record

Year	Average	Months	Monthly records
2026	19.50	7	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
2025	17.78	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024	15.96	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2023	15.89	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2022	15.65	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2021	13.29	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2020	13.16	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019	13.15	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018	12.83	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2017	13.04	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2016	12.62	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2015	12.58	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014	12.00	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013	10.67	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2012	11.49	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011	11.86	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010	11.54	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2009	11.33	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008	11.12	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007	10.15	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006	8.41	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005	8.32	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2004	8.39	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003	8.39	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002	8.35	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001	8.69	12	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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Source: eia_retail. Values as published; monthly figures.

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