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28 energy suppliers serve Ohio
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Three ways into the Ohio energy market: find your utility, walk into an office, or shop the competitive supply line directly.
Utility directory
Every Ohio EDC profiled, with customer service phone, outage line, service area and Standard Service Offer status.
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Local agency offices for cash payments, payment plans, account setup and disconnect-notice resolution.
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Compare the 70+ PUCO-certified competitive suppliers against the current SSO price, lock a fixed rate or go 100% renewable.
Compare suppliersStep 1 of your switch
Find your Ohio utility
Your EDC (Electric Distribution Company) is set by your address. The five investor-owned EDCs cover most of the state; the rest is rural co-ops and municipal utilities.
Investor-owned
AEP Ohio
Ohio Power Company (merged Columbus Southern Power + Ohio Power)
Central, southern, eastern and northwestern Ohio
Investor-owned
Duke Energy Ohio
Cincinnati-region IOU · electric + gas
Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clermont, Brown counties (SW Ohio)
Investor-owned
The Illuminating Company
FirstEnergy subsidiary · Cleveland metro
Greater Cleveland and northeast Ohio
Investor-owned
Ohio Edison
FirstEnergy subsidiary · Akron / Youngstown
Akron, Youngstown, central and north-central Ohio
Investor-owned
Toledo Edison
FirstEnergy subsidiary · NW Ohio
Toledo and northwest Ohio
Municipal (muni)
Glouster Water & Electric
Village muni · Athens County
Village of Glouster (ZIP 45732)
Not on the list? Ohio also has 25 rural electric cooperatives (wholesale through Buckeye Power) and 88 municipal utilities (wholesale through AMP). In co-op or muni territory, retail choice does not apply. Compare with Pennsylvania or Texas.
How Ohio customer choice works
From the meter to the supplier in 3 moves
Every Ohio bill has two halves: delivery (the wires, owned by your EDC) and generation (the kilowatt-hours, where the market opens up). Here is how to navigate both.
Identify your EDC
Look at the top of your bill or use your ZIP code. The five investor-owned EDCs in Ohio are AEP Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, The Illuminating Company, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison; the rest is co-ops and town-run municipals.
Pick your utility aboveCheck the Standard Service Offer
If you don't shop, your EDC supplies you at the Standard Service Offer (SSO), also called the Price to Compare. SSO is set through PUCO-approved competitive bid auctions, typically reset quarterly. Always benchmark against the current SSO, not last year's.
See current OH pricesSwitch on Apples-to-Apples
Use the state-run Energy Choice Ohio portal (EnergyChoice.Ohio.gov), also known as the Apples-to-Apples chart, to compare every certified supplier side by side. Same wires, same meter, just a different supply line.
Compare suppliersThree reasons Ohio households shop their supply
Same electrons. Same outage line. Same EDC truck rolling down your street. The only thing that changes is the generation price on one line of your bill.
Front-run the SSO auction lag
The Standard Service Offer is locked in months ahead through PUCO auctions, so it lags the spot market. When wholesale prices fall, your EDC keeps charging the old rate until the next quarterly reset. A competitive fixed plan can capture today's price instead.
Lock a rate for 12 to 36 months
A fixed competitive plan removes the quarterly SSO reset surprise. Especially useful through Ohio winters when natural gas demand spikes and the SSO bid auction reflects elevated PJM forward prices.
Go 100% renewable
SSO supply follows the PJM grid mix, which is still gas and coal heavy. Competitive 100% renewable plans (often backed by RECs from wind farms in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio itself) push your supply past that floor, sometimes at parity with SSO.
Quick answers about Ohio energy
The most common questions households ask before they pick up the phone.
Your EDC (Electric Distribution Company) is set by your home address. The five investor-owned EDCs are AEP Ohio (central, south, east and northwest Ohio), Duke Energy Ohio (Cincinnati / southwest), The Illuminating Company (Cleveland metro), Ohio Edison (Akron / Youngstown) and Toledo Edison (NW Ohio). If you live in a co-op or municipal-utility town, your co-op or city is your EDC and retail choice does not apply.
SSO, also called the Price to Compare, is the default generation price your EDC charges if you do not shop. It is set through PUCO-approved competitive bid auctions (typically quarterly for residential customers), and the EDC resells the power at cost. The SSO rate moves over time, so always check today's SSO before signing a competitive contract.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Door-to-door pitches often quote a teaser rate that flips to a much higher variable rate after a few months. Always compare a fixed-rate offer to the current SSO Price to Compare, watch for monthly fees and termination clauses, and use the state-run Apples-to-Apples chart. When the spread is real and the contract is clean, Ohio households can shave 10 to 25 percent off the generation line.
It is the nickname for Energy Choice Ohio, the state-run shopping portal at EnergyChoice.Ohio.gov, maintained by the PUCO and the OCC. It lists every PUCO-certified competitive supplier offer side by side for your EDC, with the price per kWh, contract length, cancellation fees and renewable percentage so you can compare like for like.
Always your delivery utility, never your competitive supplier. AEP Ohio: 1-800-672-2231 (text OUT to 25543). Duke Energy Ohio: 1-800-543-5599. FirstEnergy (Illuminating Co, Ohio Edison, Toledo Edison): 1-888-LIGHTSS. For gas leaks on Columbia Gas: 1-800-344-4077.
CallMePower is a free independent comparison service. We never charge consumers, and we do not tilt our directories to favor a single supplier. Our Ohio pages list the five investor-owned EDCs, the rural co-ops, municipal utilities and competitive suppliers so households can see the full landscape.
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