Ohio Edison Apples to Apples: How to Read PUCO's Chart

What does the Ohio Edison box say, and what is the asterisk?

The box gives Ohio Edison Company's residential price to compare "for the generation supply portion of your bill" with the dates it covers. When we read it, that was 11.07¢ per kWh for October 1 – December 31, 2026.

The chart sits on Energy Choice Ohio, the consumer site of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Ohio Energy Savings is not PUCO.

The figure ends in an asterisk. The footnote reads: "If you are a qualifying electric heating customer your “Price to Compare” may vary from the “Price to Compare” above during the months of Sept 1-May 31." It adds that you should find your actual figure in the message section of your bill.

Who qualifies is a tariff question, and our Ohio Edison electricity price guide covers it. The figure itself is the per-kWh benchmark for Ohio Edison's standard service offer (SSO), the default supply you get if you never choose a supplier. The chart prints it in dollars per kWh, so 11.07¢ per kWh reads $0.1107 per kWh there.

FirstEnergy's older Ohio Edison sample bill labels its section D Messages and says you will find your price to compare there. Look in that section of your own bill before you test an offer in a heating month.

Is the Ohio Edison chart the right one for your address?

FirstEnergy runs three Ohio electric utilities: Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison. Each has its own chart and its own box, and your bill names yours. A county name alone will not settle it.

Ohio Edison's tariff lists 36 counties. Eight of The Illuminating Company's nine counties also appear on that list: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull. Three of Toledo Edison's ten do too: Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca. Each tariff defines the territory as the area the company's distribution system serves in those counties, and points to PUCO for city and township detail.

If you live in one of the shared counties, read the utility's name on your bill and open that chart. Our guides to Apples to Apples Illuminating Company and Apples to Apples Toledo Edison cover the other two.

What can you do with the Ohio Edison Apples to Apples chart besides read it?

The default is not a row. Every row is a supplier, and each has a check box in the first column. Tick several and use the Click to Compare header to open them side by side in one pop-up.

The Print link below the table prints only the offers you ticked. The export links save the list as XML, Excel or CSV files, and PUCO's note says filtering applies to the XML and CSV exports. Set your filters first, then export, and you keep a short list for your own spreadsheet.

Rows load in random order, and only the supplier and $/kWh headers sort. Each row is a CRES provider, a supplier PUCO has certified to sell electricity. The optional My Current Rate box and the price filters share one panel above the table.

The price filter takes dollars, matching the chart's own columns, so type the box's figure as a decimal, not as cents. Leave a box empty to set no limit on that side. Then sort by the $/kWh header to see the closest offers together.

Above the table, the chart also links to PUCO's rate change alerts and to an Ohio Edison price-to-compare history. Our Ohio Edison historical rates page lists the same past figures in one table.

How does the heating footnote change an offer test?

The footnote does not give your figure, and it does not say who qualifies. It only warns that the box may not be yours in those months. The number is in the message section of your bill, so that is where the test starts.

Picture a month the footnote covers, at 1,200 kWh, for a made-up home. The box prints $0.1107 per kWh, and a made-up offer prints $0.1077 per kWh, a little under it. Now suppose the message section of this home's bill shows $0.1037 per kWh, lower than the box. That bill figure is made up too.

Against the box, the offer costs $3.60 less for the month. Against the bill's figure, it costs $4.80 more. Your own figure could sit above or below the box, so for the months the footnote names, the bill decides the test.

Which Ohio Edison pages should you read after the chart?

Our Ohio Edison price to compare page covers where the figure sits on your bill and when it resets. For the fuller picture of the territory, see Ohio Edison rates per kWh. The overview of all six electric charts is Apples to Apples electric rates Ohio.

Staying on Ohio Edison's default is the better call when your bill's figure sits below every fixed offer, when a monthly fee or an early termination fee cancels the gap, or when you may move before a term ends. If your community buys power as a group, check your bill first, and read Ohio energy choice and our Apples to Apples Ohio column guide before you sign.