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
AEP Ohio distribution rate case
Approved Base rate case, docket 25-0392-EL-AIR before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
-$1a month
on a typical bill, as approved
As published by the utility or the commission.
Fileddate not published
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionApr 1, 2026
On billsdate not published
AEP Ohio asked to raise electric distribution rates, which as filed would have added about 3.95 dollars a month, or 2.14 percent, for a typical household using 1000 kWh. PUCO instead approved a settlement on April 1, 2026 that lowers the typical residential bill by about 1.22 dollars a month and sets AEP Ohio's allowed return on equity at 9.84 percent. The settlement also creates a minimum monthly charge specifically for new data center customers, building on PUCO's earlier data center tariff order.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- AEP Ohio
- Commission
- Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
- Docket
- 25-0392-EL-AIR
- Requested
- 2.1% residential
- Typical bill change
- -$1.22 a month
- Decided
- April 1, 2026
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load.
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Sources
- PUCO issues order on AEP Ohio's distribution rate case, updates bill format, PUCO, 2026-04-01
- 2025 Residential Base Case Request, AEP Ohio,
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