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
Pending, biggest first
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.
Recent decisions
FirstEnergy asked for a much bigger increase than PUCO approved; do not assume the 13.02 dollar figure the company originally cited is what actually landed on bills.
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.
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.
A typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh a month gets about 65.61 dollars in bill credits spread over three months from this settlement, separate from any base rate case.
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.
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