Green = Deregulation laws/orders in place
Yellow = Not deregulated

Ohio

Electricity Rates

Residential = 9 cents/kwh (National ranking: 17)

Commerical = 8 cents/kwh
(National ranking: 17)

Industrial = 4 cents/kwh(National ranking: 30)

kwh = kilowatt hour
1st ranking = highest rate in catagory

Deregulation

Ohio instituted deregulation January 1, 2001, following the adoption of a restructuring law in July 1999. Customers can choose the company that generates their electricity, while the existing local utility continues to provide transmission and distribution. Rates are frozen for five years, with residential rates cut by five percent. Long term contracts between suppliers and utilities are permitted.

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