Ohio Edison Price to Compare

What is the Ohio Edison price to compare right now?

We last read this figure on October 1, 2026. For later changes, check Ohio Edison on Energy Choice Ohio, PUCO's consumer site for comparing electric and gas offers.

Ohio Edison's price to compare comes from its standard service offer (SSO), the default supply service it must provide under Ohio law. It buys that supply through competitive wholesale auctions.

PUCO's Apples to Apples chart lists supplier offers for Ohio Edison territory side by side. Each supplier is a CRES provider, a certified Competitive Retail Electric Service provider. Our Apples to Apples Ohio Edison page walks through that chart.

What does the Ohio Edison price to compare cover?

The price to compare is a price per kilowatt-hour (kWh), the unit your meter counts. PUCO's chart prints it in dollars per kWh, and we show it in cents.

FirstEnergy's Ohio bill terms call the price to compare the utility's price per kWh for "bypassable generation and transmission," which you stop paying the utility when you switch to a certified supplier. That label is FirstEnergy's own: Ohio Edison's tariff bills the main transmission charges through Rider NMB, which generally stays on your bill after a switch. Treat the price to compare as the supply side only, with distribution and those transmission charges on top.

How has the Ohio Edison price to compare changed?

We hold 29 dated periods of Ohio Edison's price to compare, starting January 2022. At the latest change we recorded, on October 1, 2026, the rate rose from 10.92¢ per kWh to 11.07¢ per kWh. Today's rate is up 21.5% from 9.11¢ per kWh (October 1 – December 31, 2025), the same period a year earlier.

In the 12 months from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, the rate ranged from 9.33¢ per kWh (January 1 – March 31, 2026) to 11.07¢ per kWh (October 1 – December 31, 2026) across 5 periods.

See the full series on our Ohio Edison historical rates page, and the wider picture on Ohio Edison electric rates.

When does the Ohio Edison price to compare reset next?

The current period runs October 1 – December 31, 2026, so the next one starts January 1, 2027. Check PUCO's chart then to see whether the figure changes.

Where is the Ohio Edison price to compare on your bill?

FirstEnergy's sample Ohio Edison bill, an older example, shows the price to compare in the Messages section, the box for important information about your account. Ohio's billing rules require utilities to print it on residential bills.

PUCO's chart for Ohio Edison adds that qualifying electric heating customers may see a different figure for part of the year. If you are one, PUCO says to read the message section of your bill for your actual figure.

If a supplier or a community aggregation program serves you, the price to compare is not your rate. It still benchmarks a renewal offer.

How do you test an offer against the Ohio Edison price to compare?

A fixed offer below the price to compare may cost less. It may also cost more. Watch for a monthly fee, an early termination fee (ETF), which is the charge for leaving a contract early, and a rate that turns variable after the term.

Take a household that uses 750 kWh in a month. This is an example, not your usage. At 11.07¢ per kWh, which PUCO's chart prints as $0.1107 per kWh, supply for that month comes to $83.03.

Now picture a fixed offer, made up for this example, priced at 10.57¢ per kWh. The same usage costs $79.28 in supply charges before any fee. Add any other fee in your offer terms, including a broker's service fee, then compare the totals.

A fixed rate holds for its term, while the price to compare may change on January 1, 2027.

Staying on the default can be the right call when no offer sits below it or an offer's terms erase the gap. A supplier sends Ohio Edison an enrollment request, and the utility mails you a confirmation notice. You have seven days from its postmark date to contact the utility and cancel the switch (Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-29).

Our energy choice Ohio guide covers how switching works. Our price to compare lookup shows which utility serves your ZIP code.

What is the price to compare for other Ohio utilities?

Each electric utility has its own number and schedule. Start at the Ohio price to compare overview, or go straight to AEP Ohio price to compare, Duke Energy Ohio price to compare, Illuminating Company price to compare, Toledo Edison price to compare, or AES Ohio price to compare.