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Ohio utility rate cases

Rates are set by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Households are represented by Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel. The average Ohio home pays about $135 a month for 846 kWh (EIA, 2024). Ohio households can choose their electricity supplier. Natural gas supply can be shopped too.

2 pending rate cases

6 utilities tracked in Ohio. Enter your ZIP on the home page to see the one that serves you.

Utilities

AES Ohio investor-owned utility
1 pending about $7/mo if approved
AEP Ohio investor-owned utility
2 on record, none pending
Ohio Edison investor-owned utility
1 on record, none pending

Pending, biggest first

2
Pending Base rate case

This is a separate, newer AES Ohio rate request from the company's 2024 case; it proposes distribution charge increases stretching from 2027 through 2029, and PUCO staff has recommended cutting the company's ask by roughly a third.

+$7a month

Recent decisions

Approved Base rate case From Mar 2026

FirstEnergy asked for a much bigger increase than PUCO approved; do not assume the 2.99 dollar figure the company originally cited is what actually landed on bills.

no figure yet
Approved Base rate case From Mar 2026

FirstEnergy asked for a much bigger increase than PUCO approved; do not assume the 1.56 dollar figure the company originally cited is what actually landed on bills.

no figure yet
Approved Supply and capacity price Decided Jul 9, 2025

This is a minimum bill requirement for very large new customers, not a rate change for homes, but it exists specifically to keep data center grid costs off residential bills.

no figure yet

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