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Logan County Republicans Central Committee · Illinois
11.326¢per kWh: Ameren Illinois' summer supply price, June 1 to Sept 30, 2026.Citizens Utility Board
+39%above summer 2024. About $16 more for every 500 kWh used.Citizens Utility Board
19.89¢average Illinois home electricity price, June 2026. U.S.: 18.34 cents.EIA
2031when state regulators project supply shortfalls could reach the Ameren area.Capitol News Illinois

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What Logan County pays

Ameren Illinois serves most of downstate Illinois, including Logan County (Capitol News Illinois). Your bill has two main parts: delivery, set by the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the power supply price, which follows the regional market.

Ameren Illinois summer supply priceCents per kWh
Summer 2024about 8.14
Summer 202512.18
Summer 2026 (June 1 to Sept 30)11.326

Citizens Utility Board, June 11, 2026. The 2026 summer price is below 2025's, and about 39% above 2024's. The fall price had not been finalized. Source

The biggest driver is capacity: the price MISO, the grid operator for central and southern Illinois, sets for keeping enough power plants available. For summer 2026 it reached $424.30 per megawatt-day, about 14 times the $30 of 2024. Source: Citizens Utility Board.

Up north, ComEd customers saw bills rise about 12% on average starting June 1, 2026. That is the number in our Keep the Lights On game. Source: Chicago Sun-Times, May 13, 2026; Citizens Utility Board.

Next to the states around us

Average residential electricity price, June 2026 (cents per kWh)
Illinois19.89¢
Wisconsin19.56¢
Indiana17.51¢
Missouri16.22¢
Iowa15.93¢
Kentucky14.26¢

U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A, June 2026. U.S. average: 18.34 cents. Source

What Springfield decided

  1. 2021

    The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. One of its marquee measures calls for taking all of the state's fossil fuel generators offline by 2045. Source: Capitol News Illinois.

  2. 2025

    State regulators' resource adequacy report projects supply shortfalls beginning by 2029 in ComEd's territory and by 2031 in the Ameren area. Source: Capitol News Illinois, Dec 19, 2025.

  3. 2026

    The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, signed January 8, 2026, sets a battery storage target and lifts the moratorium on large new nuclear plants. The Illinois Power Agency projects customer savings over 20 years; opponents note storage costs will show up on bills starting in 2030. Source: Capitol News Illinois.

Fair is fair: the 2021 law's nuclear support charge turns into a bill credit when market prices are high, and it has lowered ComEd bills since 2022. That provision expires in May 2027. The 2026 price jump comes mainly from the regional capacity markets, not from a single state law. Source: Citizens Utility Board.

More issues

Property, income, gasTaxes1.88%property tax on a typical Illinois home, tied for highest in the U.S.Who stays, who goesJobs and people leaving456,378more people moved from Illinois to other states than moved in, April 2020 to July 2025.The $55.9 billion budgetWhere the money goes$55.9BGeneral Funds budget for FY2027, the largest in state history.

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