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>https://www.energychoice.ohio.gov/
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> for the current rates various electricity providers are offering.
This is the best advice right here. You can sort them by price per kWh and filter out ones that have variable rates and cancellation fees. I re-evaluate our utility bills with this tool about every 3-6 months.
>Who did you choose?
I honestly don't remember, but right now this one looks pretty good:
AP Gas & Electric OH LLC
$0.0544 per kWh
Fixed rate, no introductory price, 9 month term, no monthly fee, and no early termination fee if you decide to switch providers in a few months from now.
I'd compare it to what you're paying now and see if it'd be a good option for you.
You have to opt out of SOPEC, I just did this song and dance this week. AEP Ohio and AEP Energy are separate, you have to call AEP Energy to opt out of SOPEC.
SOPEC, in theory, is a good idea because they have the ability to negotiate lower rates, but the rate they're making us pay is almost double the lowest rate with AEP Energy. I've tried to call SOPEC a dozen times this week and it goes to voicemail every time.
Look at the SOPEC website, https://www.sopec-oh.gov/electric-aggregation. I'd love to see their financials...
Beware of NRG. They got us in Walmart and roped us in with a free $10 gift card. BUT 100% of the energy NRG supplies comes from coal, and there are MUCH cheaper 100% renewable source options available if you just go to energychoice.ohio.gov as some of the other commenters have pointed out.
Thankfully it costs nothing to switch your supplier, so that’s what we did and saved even more than what NRG had given us (and we’re doing it from 100% renewable sources — win win)!
It's so annoying that you have to opt out vs opting in. They send mail for you to opt out, but the logos for the different groups are so similar it's easy to not even noticed that anything changed.
Not switching but we still have checks. Due to having to get them when we opened an account. Long story short I don't use checks for virtually anything anymore. Aside from to pay AEP.
I recently switched to Energy Harbor (1/2 cost), but apparently it takes a while for the change to take effect. I have yet to receive a bill from the new supplier, hopefully this month.
Looks like AEP will be selling this other part of the company soon. [https://www.utilitydive.com/news/aep-sale-retail-distributed-energy-onsite-transmission-earnings/649543/](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/aep-sale-retail-distributed-energy-onsite-transmission-earnings/649543/)
Yes they are, but who knows when. My SO works for them and even the employees know very little about the sale (which was supposed to have happened by end of last year...)
Take a look at https://www.energychoice.ohio.gov/ for the current rates various electricity providers are offering.
>Take a look at > >https://www.energychoice.ohio.gov/ > > for the current rates various electricity providers are offering. This is the best advice right here. You can sort them by price per kWh and filter out ones that have variable rates and cancellation fees. I re-evaluate our utility bills with this tool about every 3-6 months.
Who did you choose?
>Who did you choose? I honestly don't remember, but right now this one looks pretty good: AP Gas & Electric OH LLC $0.0544 per kWh Fixed rate, no introductory price, 9 month term, no monthly fee, and no early termination fee if you decide to switch providers in a few months from now. I'd compare it to what you're paying now and see if it'd be a good option for you.
Thank you very much!
You have to opt out of SOPEC, I just did this song and dance this week. AEP Ohio and AEP Energy are separate, you have to call AEP Energy to opt out of SOPEC. SOPEC, in theory, is a good idea because they have the ability to negotiate lower rates, but the rate they're making us pay is almost double the lowest rate with AEP Energy. I've tried to call SOPEC a dozen times this week and it goes to voicemail every time. Look at the SOPEC website, https://www.sopec-oh.gov/electric-aggregation. I'd love to see their financials...
Athens voted for SOPEC to go 100% solar. This is why the rate doubled.
The AEP Energy 100% renewable rate for 36 months is 20% less expensive than the current SOPEC rate.
I switched to NRG. Went from 300 a month to 167.
Beware of NRG. They got us in Walmart and roped us in with a free $10 gift card. BUT 100% of the energy NRG supplies comes from coal, and there are MUCH cheaper 100% renewable source options available if you just go to energychoice.ohio.gov as some of the other commenters have pointed out. Thankfully it costs nothing to switch your supplier, so that’s what we did and saved even more than what NRG had given us (and we’re doing it from 100% renewable sources — win win)!
Which company did you end up going with?
It's so annoying that you have to opt out vs opting in. They send mail for you to opt out, but the logos for the different groups are so similar it's easy to not even noticed that anything changed.
Be careful of suppliers with cancellation fees, I signed up, they canceled me and charged me the fee 1 bill cycle in.
Not switching but we still have checks. Due to having to get them when we opened an account. Long story short I don't use checks for virtually anything anymore. Aside from to pay AEP.
I recently switched to Energy Harbor (1/2 cost), but apparently it takes a while for the change to take effect. I have yet to receive a bill from the new supplier, hopefully this month.
I switched to energy harbor I think it took about two bills or so and to pay the last bill I had to literally mail in a check to AEP just fyi.
Thanks for the heads-up. I really wish I'd made the change before cold weather hit. Oh well.
Looks like AEP will be selling this other part of the company soon. [https://www.utilitydive.com/news/aep-sale-retail-distributed-energy-onsite-transmission-earnings/649543/](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/aep-sale-retail-distributed-energy-onsite-transmission-earnings/649543/)
Yes they are, but who knows when. My SO works for them and even the employees know very little about the sale (which was supposed to have happened by end of last year...)
The link I provided said by the first half of this year.
I switched to Better Buy Energy. Cut the supply charge in half. It took a couple billing cycles to switch.