Ohio electricity customers who receive their monthly electric bill from Dayton Power and Light have a tremendous opportunity to save money by switching their electricity supplier. As one of the smallest markets in the state, competitive suppliers have overlooked advertising to Dayton Power and Light customers until recently, instead deciding to focus their marketing efforts on some of the state’s larger markets such as AEP. However, as the market has matured and electricity choice awareness has increased, more electricity companies are attempting to gain new customers in some of the smaller utility markets. The Dayton Power and Light market is particularly attractive due to the current default price conditions that residential customers are paying; competitive prices are well below the default price providing customers new to electricity choice a powerful incentive to switch to a new electric company.

Ohio has been working towards developing a better electricity deregulation market allowing residents to more easily choose an alternative electric supplier for their generation power costs. Electricity price advertising has helped Dayton Power and Light consumers better understand the Ohio electricity choice laws. Many new power shopping customers are surprised to learn that even after they switch electric suppliers, their local utility will continue to deliver the actual power to their home and in most cases mail the same electric bill. This means that even after a Dayton Power and Light customers switches electricity companies, DP&L continues to maintain the reliability of the power lines in the area and mail out the same electric bill, with the competitive rate chosen replacing the DP&L default rate.

Despite the large savings potential for residential customers in the area less than half have taken the time to switch electricity companies. Competitive rates are currently around 20% lower than the DP&L default rate, making electricity choice and switching one of the easiest ways to save money on a necessary expense. Shop and save below from a list of Dayton Power and Light competitive electricity plans that have all been approved by the state of Ohio. The switching process is all done through computers. Customers do not need to be home when the switch is made and a person does not physically come to the property to make the switch.

Residential electricity customers who receive their power from AEP Ohio Power are receiving attractive price options from competitive suppliers as the summer approaches. Due to a recent widening gap between the Ohio Power generation default rate and competitive electric rates in the area, customers can save more than 20% off of their monthly electric bills by choosing a rate plan offered by a competitive supplier. The savings potential has increased shopping activity in the AEP Ohio Power service area market.

Through Ohio electricity choice customers have the ability to shop for competitive generation and transmission rates from alternative suppliers while still receiving the power and monthly electric bill through their local utility such as AEP Ohio Power. AEP Ohio Power continues to deliver power to their customers and charges a regulated delivery charge for this service. The deliver charge is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and does not change based on whether a customer chooses a competitive supplier or not. Customers who do not choose a competitive electricity plan pay a default rate for generation and transmission service offered by AEP Ohio Power.

The AEP Ohio Power default rate has recently risen to $0.0907 cents at the same time competitive rates are being offered in the $0.065 to $0.08 range. This gives consumers who are still on the default rate an opportunity to save as much as 28.5% on their electric bills as we approach the high electricity usage summer months. This is the first time that Ohio Power residential customers have been able to save over 20% through Ohio electricity choice. The high savings amounts will likely encourage customers who had previously not paid attention to competitive rates to finally shop the market.

Below is a list of current AEP Ohio Power residential rates, all of which have been approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. If you are a AEP Columbus Southern customer please visit our AEP Columbus rate page.