Cleveland Electricity Shopping: The Illuminating Company Wires, Your Choice of Supplier
Cleveland's wires are owned by The Illuminating Company, a FirstEnergy utility. Ohio's Energy Choice program lets you swap the supply portion of your bill for a competitive rate — same poles, same outage number, different generation charge.
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Switch Both Electric + Gas in Cleveland — Save $140+/year
Cleveland is in a dual fuel deregulated state. You can switch both your electricity AND natural gas provider. Most customers who switch both save $140 or more per year.
About Energy Choice in Cleveland
Cleveland sits inside the certified territory of The Illuminating Company (formally 'Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company'), one of three FirstEnergy operating utilities in Ohio. Under Ohio's Energy Choice law, The Illuminating Company remains the sole delivery utility, but the generation charge on your bill is auctioned out and can be replaced with any supplier certified by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
PUCO runs a public comparison site nicknamed 'Apples to Apples' where every certified supplier's residential offer for Cleveland ZIPs is listed against The Illuminating Company's current Price to Compare. That Price to Compare is the number to beat — it's the generation portion of the Standard Service Offer, set through PUCO-supervised auctions rather than fixed by regulation.
Natural gas in Cleveland is a separate market handled by Dominion Energy Ohio (recently transitioned to Enbridge Gas Ohio). Dominion delivers the gas and offers a Standard Choice Offer default rate; Ohio's gas Choice program lets Cleveland households shop a competing gas supplier on top of that delivery.
One thing Northeast Ohio residents sometimes overlook: The Illuminating Company's distribution charges are set separately from those of Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison, even though all three are FirstEnergy. A Cleveland fixed-rate offer that looks identical to one in Akron or Youngstown will actually produce a different total bill because the delivery side isn't the same.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is my electric utility in Cleveland?
The Illuminating Company, part of FirstEnergy. It's the electric distribution utility for Cleveland and most of Cuyahoga County, and it handles all delivery, metering and outage response.
Who delivers natural gas in Cleveland?
Dominion Energy Ohio (now operating as Enbridge Gas Ohio) is the natural gas distribution utility for Cleveland. It participates in Ohio's gas Choice program, so households can shop the gas supply charge separately.
What is Ohio's 'Apples to Apples' comparison?
It's the public offer comparison site maintained by PUCO. Every PUCO-certified supplier lists its residential offers there against each utility's current Price to Compare, including The Illuminating Company's for Cleveland.
Does switching suppliers change The Illuminating Company's outage response?
No. The Illuminating Company still owns every wire and substation in Cleveland regardless of who supplies your energy. Report outages at 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877).
Are Cleveland electric rates the same as elsewhere in Ohio?
Not quite. Delivery charges and the Price to Compare are set separately for each FirstEnergy operating utility, so Cleveland (Illuminating Company) rates differ from Akron (Ohio Edison) and Toledo (Toledo Edison) even under the same parent company.