Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Columbus Stand Up, Common Cause Ohio and other groups are opposing a revenue increase for central Ohio's largest utility company.

AEP says the proposed decrease would drop bills by a little more than $1 a month for average customers. AEP is using money it already owes customers from two years ago when consumers overpaid deferred income taxes by $82 million.

If rate increases are approved, an average customer can expect to pay an extra $36 a month by 2027 if they use American Electric Power of Ohio, Columbia Gas of Ohio and Columbus Water.

Two school board leaders spoke in opposition to the proposed distribution rate increase at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Columbus Stand Up has been building its ranks in local politics and is now organizing opposition to a utility rate increase by AEP Ohio.

Several public hearings are ongoing as the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio considers AEP Ohio's proposal. The plan would increase an average customer's costs by $4 a month and give the utility company $400 million in extra annual revenue.

In 2023, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said it would allow Columbia Gas to increase its fixed rate charges from about $36 to $58 by 2027.

The state’s consumer advocacy group on utilities and Ohio’s manufacturers are asking the Public Utilities Commission to audit the subsidies paid to two coal-fired power plants in the last two years.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is investigating the behavior of gas and electric retail supplier SunSea Energy. The New Jersey company is facing allegations of noncompliance and a possible fine of $240,000.

The demand for computing power at data centers is growing faster than the grid can produce the supply. AEP Ohio is proposing a new way to bring electricity to two large data centers that won’t tax the grid in an application the company filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.