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Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) rates

Peak hours on ComEd DTOD: 1 pm–7 pm, every day, all year. ComEd has 2 residential plans modeled here. For a typical Illinois home using 697 kWh a month, the cheapest plan open to any household is DTOD, at about $142 a month.

Illinois has retail choice. Prices on this page are all-in: ComEd’s delivery charges plus its default supply (the rate you pay if you have not chosen a supplier, often called the “price to compare”). If you buy supply from a retail supplier, ComEd still bills delivery and the supplier’s price replaces the supply part, so the supply rate alone is well below the all-in price shown here.

Investor-owned 3,753,924 residential customers (EIA-861, 2025) Tariffs checked November 12, 2026

Typical all-in priceDTOD

20.4¢/kWh
BES$143/mo
DTOD$142/mo

Residential plans

PlanTypeFixed/moJuly pricesJanuary pricesJuly weekday windows
BES
Basic Electric Service, single family (no electric space heat)
Flat $19.99 15.9¢ all hours 18.6¢ all hours None
DTOD
Delivery Time-of-Day Pricing (fixed-price ComEd supply), single family (no electric space heat)
Time-of-use $19.99 Super off-peak 13.1¢ · Off-peak 13.9¢ · Mid-peak 14.2¢ · Peak 21.2¢ Super off-peak 15.8¢ · Off-peak 16.6¢ · Mid-peak 16.8¢ · Peak 23.9¢ Super off-peak 12 am–6 am, Mid-peak 6 am–1 pm, Peak 1 pm–7 pm, Super off-peak 9 pm–12 am

DTOD: price by hour

July weekday. Summer pricing Jun–Sep; winter Oct–May.

Super off-peakOff-peakMid-peakPeak
13.1¢14.2¢21.2¢13.9¢13.1¢12a3a6a9a12p3p6p9p12a

ComEd peak and off-peak hours

What are ComEd’s peak hours?

It depends on the plan. DTOD: Super off-peak 12 am–6 am, Mid-peak 6 am–1 pm, Peak 1 pm–7 pm, Super off-peak 9 pm–12 am, every day, all year. Hours are local clock time.

When is electricity cheapest on ComEd?

On summer weekdays the lowest price is DTOD: 9 pm–6 am next day at 13.1¢/kWh, against 21.2¢ at the peak. BES charges the same price at every hour.

Which ComEd plan is cheapest?

For a typical Illinois home using 697 kWh a month, DTOD at about $142 a month (20.4¢/kWh all-in, before taxes). With an EV charged at its cheapest hour, DTOD gives the lowest total.

Peak and off-peak hours of every utility

Charging an EV on ComEd

1,000 miles a month in a Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD (275 kWh from the wall, EPA 27.5 kWh/100 mi) at 7.2 kW, added to a typical Illinois home’s use, on each plan’s cheapest start hour versus plugging in at 6 pm. Averaged over the year.

PlanBest startCharging, best startCharging from 6 pmWhole bill with EV
BESAny$49/mo$49/mo$191/mo
DTOD12 am$41/mo$59/mo$183/mo

With an EV charged at its best hour, the cheapest plan overall is DTOD. Compare plans on your own usage.

Cost to charge each EV on ComEd DTOD

1,000 miles a month at 7.2 kW, starting at 12 am, the plan’s cheapest hour, added to a typical Illinois home’s bill. Full charge: the EPA range, at the plan’s lowest price (13.1¢/kWh). EPA efficiency, from the wall.

ModelkWh/100 mi1,000 mi a monthFull charge
Lucid Air Pure (2027)23.1$34/mo$12.69
Tesla Model Y Standard RWD (2026)24.3$36/mo$10.20
Tesla Model 3 Standard RWD (2026)24.3$36/mo$10.20
Toyota bZ (2027)25.5$38/mo$10.47
Tesla Model 3 Premium RWD (2027)26$39/mo$12.34
Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD (2025)26$39/mo$11.63
Tesla Model S (2026)27.1$40/mo$14.53
Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD (2026)27.5$41/mo$11.76
Nissan Leaf 75 kWh (2026)27.8$41/mo$11.02
Chevrolet Bolt (2027)28.2$42/mo$9.66
BMW i4 eDrive40 (2026)28.5$42/mo$12.41
Kia EV3 Long Range FWD (2027)29$43/mo$12.18
Volvo EX30 Single Motor (2026)29.2$43/mo$9.97
Kia EV6 Long Range RWD (2027)29.6$44/mo$12.35
Volkswagen ID.4 (2026)29.8$44/mo$11.34
Hyundai Ioniq 5 RWD (2027)30$45/mo$12.48
Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD Extended Range (2026)30.7$46/mo$12.85
Chevrolet Equinox EV FWD (2027)31.1$46/mo$12.98
Tesla Model X (2026)32.2$48/mo$14.83
Chevrolet Blazer EV FWD (2027)32.3$48/mo$13.18
Honda Prologue FWD (2026)32.5$48/mo$13.09
Nissan Ariya FWD 87 kWh (2026)34.4$51/mo$13.00
Cadillac Lyriq RWD (2027)36.8$55/mo$15.69
Hyundai Ioniq 9 AWD (2027)38$56/mo$15.91
Kia EV9 Long Range RWD (2027)38$56/mo$15.16
Tesla Cybertruck AWD (2026)42.9$64/mo$18.24
Rivian R1S Premium (2027)42.9$64/mo$16.83
Rivian R1T Premium (2027)42.9$64/mo$16.83
Chevrolet Silverado EV Extended Range WT (2026)47.8$71/mo$26.51
Ford F-150 Lightning Extended Range (2025)47.9$71/mo$20.05

How ComEd’s plans work

BES (Basic Electric Service, single family (no electric space heat)). One price per kWh at every hour: 15.9¢ in July and 18.6¢ in January. Shifting use to other hours changes nothing on this plan; using less is the only lever. Fixed charge: $19.99 a month.

DTOD (Delivery Time-of-Day Pricing (fixed-price ComEd supply), single family (no electric space heat)). Super off-peak 12 am–6 am, Mid-peak 6 am–1 pm, Peak 1 pm–7 pm, Super off-peak 9 pm–12 am on July weekdays; 6 of 24 hours carry the top price of 21.2¢. The cheapest July weekday hour costs 13.1¢, so moving 1 kWh out of the top hours saves 8.1¢. January weekdays range from 15.8¢ to 23.9¢. Summer pricing applies Jun–Sep; winter pricing Oct–May. Fixed charge: $19.99 a month.

Prices on this page are all-in per kWh, before taxes: base rates, supply and every per-kWh rider in the utility’s current tariff sheets. Your bill shows them as separate lines, and riders can change between tariff revisions.

As a cross-check, ComEd billed its residential customers an average of 17.71¢ per kWh in 2025 (revenue ÷ sales, EIA-861). A plan taken from URDB is shown only if its all-in price is consistent with that figure, adjusted for Illinois’s price change since.

Sources for each plan

PlanEffectiveSeasonsSource and status
BES
Transcribed from the utility’s tariff
November 1, 2026 Summer pricing Jun–Sep; winter Oct–May Checked October 29, 2026
ComEd Schedule of Rates Ill. C.C. No. 10 (2026 Ratebook, current version incl. filings through Oct 20, 2026): Informational Sheets 1-3, 8, 20, 36-39, 41, 56, 62-64.17, 67-67.1, 74; Rider RCA Sheets 256-257; Rate BES · ComEd Summary of Typical Residential Line Item Charges (Jan 2026) with sample bill · ComEd Guide to the Retail Customer's Billed Delivery Service Charges (2026) · Plug In Illinois: ComEd price to compare · ComEd PEA record 2026 (Info Sheet 3, 215th Rev., eff. Oct 20, 2026): November 2026 PEA 3.758 c/kWh · Informational Sheet No. 36.1, 50th Rev. (CFRA, eff. Oct 20, 2026): November 2026 total (2.503) c/kWh · Informational Sheet No. 9, 34th Rev. (DRAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): Nov-Dec 2026 0.1391% · Informational Sheet No. 18, 12th Rev. (RBAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): SFNH Nov-Dec 2026 0.3745% · Informational Sheet No. 65, 2nd Rev. (TPAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): Nov-Dec 2026 2.9432% · ComEd Current Rates & Tariffs page (links to all of the above)
DTOD
Transcribed from the utility’s tariff
November 1, 2026 Summer pricing Jun–Sep; winter Oct–May Checked October 29, 2026
ComEd Schedule of Rates Ill. C.C. No. 10 (2026 Ratebook, current version incl. filings through Oct 20, 2026): Informational Sheets 1-3, 8, 20, 36-39, 41, 56, 62-64.17, 67-67.1, 74; Rider RCA Sheets 256-257; Rate BES · ComEd Delivery Time-of-Day Pricing (DTOD) page: enrollment open; 'Your supply options don't change when you enroll in DTOD' · ComEd Summary of Typical Residential Line Item Charges (Jan 2026) with sample bill · ComEd Guide to the Retail Customer's Billed Delivery Service Charges (2026) · Plug In Illinois: ComEd price to compare · ComEd PEA record 2026 (Info Sheet 3, 215th Rev., eff. Oct 20, 2026): November 2026 PEA 3.758 c/kWh · Informational Sheet No. 36.1, 50th Rev. (CFRA, eff. Oct 20, 2026): November 2026 total (2.503) c/kWh · Informational Sheet No. 9, 34th Rev. (DRAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): Nov-Dec 2026 0.1391% · Informational Sheet No. 18, 12th Rev. (RBAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): SFNH Nov-Dec 2026 0.3745% · Informational Sheet No. 65, 2nd Rev. (TPAF, eff. Oct 21, 2026): Nov-Dec 2026 2.9432% · ComEd Current Rates & Tariffs page (links to all of the above)

Plans marked “Checked” were transcribed from the utility’s current tariff and rider sheets, all charges included, and are re-checked on the date shown in each file. Other plans come from the OpenEI U.S. Utility Rate Database (CC BY 4.0) and have not yet been checked line by line against the utility’s tariff. Always confirm the current rates on your utility’s website before switching plans.

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