Best electric supplier rates in Akron: how to judge an offer

Which electric company serves Akron?

Your electric utility owns the poles and wires, reads your meter and fixes outages. In Akron that utility is Ohio Edison. PUCO's electric territory map places the center of Akron in Ohio Edison's territory. PUCO's map shows only the utilities it certifies, so a city-owned or cooperative system would not appear on it, and the name on your bill is the final word.

Our ZIP reference data lists 27 ZIP codes with an Akron mailing address, all in Summit County. It assigns them to Ohio Edison by county.

A supplier, which Ohio calls a CRES provider (Competitive Retail Electric Service provider), sets your supply price. Ohio Edison still delivers the power. See the Ohio Edison rates page.

How do you find the best electric supplier rates in Akron?

Ohio Edison's price to compare is the default supply rate for customers who have not chosen a supplier. PUCO's chart lists 11.07¢ per kWh, read October 1, 2026. The current period runs October 1 – December 31, 2026, so the next one starts January 1, 2027.

The rate is up 21.5% from 9.11¢ per kWh (October 1 – December 31, 2025), the same period a year earlier.

The default comes from the Standard Service Offer (SSO), the supply service Ohio Edison must offer, and it covers supply only. Your bill prints it as the price to compare (OAC 4901:1-10-22). The Ohio Edison price to compare page shows where.

Which ZIP codes does Akron cover?

The 27 ZIP codes with an Akron mailing address run from 44301 to 44398, and the table groups them by their first three digits.

A ZIP code follows mail routes, not city limits, so check the utility name on your bill. To start from your own ZIP code, try 44301.

Does Akron have an electric aggregation program?

Aggregation means a city, township or county buys electricity for its residents as a group. Under Ohio Revised Code 4928.20, a community may enroll homes automatically only after its voters approve it, and each household gets a notice and a chance to opt out.

Akron's program is City of Akron Municipal Aggregation. Our registry, researched September 9, 2026 at medium confidence, lists Dynegy Energy Services as the supplier at a fixed rate of 9.95¢ per kWh.

The registry records the program's contract term as June 2026 to June 2028. A program can reset its rate inside that term, so your latest notice shows how long the rate above lasts.

Summit County also has Summit County Municipal Aggregation. Our registry, researched September 9, 2026 at medium confidence, lists Dynegy Energy Services as the supplier at a fixed rate of 9.94¢ per kWh.

The registry records the program's contract term as June 2026 to June 2028.

Under the same law a county acting alone covers only its unincorporated area. So the county program does not reach an address inside Akron's city limits unless the city and county act jointly.

To keep a supplier you chose, PUCO says to return the opt-out notice (what is aggregation). Ask the program's supplier and your own supplier how your account will be handled before you sign or return anything. See also the Akron program page, aggregation in Ohio and the aggregation lookup.

Which gas company serves Akron?

Enbridge Gas Ohio is the gas utility our sources name for Akron. Enbridge's filed list of communities served names Akron under Summit County. The City of Akron's utilities page says Enbridge is responsible for distributing natural gas to residents.

PUCO's county map also shows Columbia Gas of Ohio in Summit County. No source we read lists the Summit County communities Columbia serves, so we have not verified whether it serves any Akron address. None of these sources maps gas service to streets or ZIP codes.

We read these sources on October 1, 2026. Energy Choice Ohio says to find your gas provider on your billing statement (gas start page).

Enbridge Gas Ohio's default gas rate is called the Standard Choice Offer (SCO). Open PUCO's chart through our Enbridge Gas Ohio Apples to Apples page, see the Enbridge Gas Ohio price to compare, or read natural gas rates in Ohio.

Default rate, city program or supplier: which applies to you in Akron?

In Akron your electric supply comes from one of three places. They are Ohio Edison's default rate, the City of Akron Municipal Aggregation program if it enrolled you, or an offer from a supplier you pick. PUCO says people on PIPP Plus or under their own supplier contract are not eligible for aggregation (what is aggregation).

Staying on the default can make sense when every fixed offer is above the price to compare, or when a monthly fee or an early termination fee (ETF), the charge for leaving a contract early, would erase the gap. See when staying put is the better choice.

Read our Ohio Edison Apples to Apples guide to compare offers for Ohio Edison. Hold the City of Akron Municipal Aggregation rate above against the price to compare. Your notice lists any fee.

What other Ohio cities can you compare with Akron?

Ohio Edison also delivers power in Youngstown and Enbridge Gas Ohio also delivers gas in Cleveland, Canton and Youngstown, according to our sources, so those pages come first.