September 17, 2026
PUC Grants One Utility's Sought Waiver Concerning New EDI Transaction
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September 8, 2026
Retail Suppliers Allege PUC Unlawfully Delegated Authority To Utility To Design Default Service, Cite New Terms Under "Compliance" Filing
Retail suppliers have alleged that, in a recent order addressing default service for data centers at AEP Ohio, the PUC of Ohio unlawfully delegated PUC authority to AEP Ohio for designing the specific provisions governing a Standard Service Offer for data centers
September 2, 2026
Utility Seeks (Brief) Total Waiver Of Rule Which Requires Expedited Returns To Default Service; Longer Waiver For Accomplishing Such Via EDI
Duke Energy Ohio at the PUC of Ohio has sought a brief waiver of the new requirement -- regardless of mechanism -- to complete an expedited return of a mercantile customer to electricity default service
September 2, 2026
AEP Ohio Price To Compare Decreasing By Nearly 1¢/kWh
AEP Ohio's electricity price to compare will decrease by nearly 1 cent per kWh under a quarterly adjustment to the bypassable Auction Cost Reconciliation Rider (ACRR)
August 28, 2026
Utilities To File Data Centered-Focused Default Service Proposal In "Due Course"; PUC Staff Unopposed To Application Of Recently Adjudicated SOS For Data Centers To More Utilities
The FirstEnergy Ohio utilities reiterated that the utilities plan to file a proposal to address default service for data centers in "due course," and said that default service for data centers should not be addressed in a proceeding in which the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs have proposed other tariff…
August 26, 2026
TLG Commodities Seeks Ohio Retail Supplier License (& License Briefs, 8/26/26)
TLG Commodities Seeks Ohio Retail Supplier License
August 18, 2026
PUC Staff Recommend Grant Of Utilities' Sought Waivers Concerning New EDI Transaction
Staff of the PUC of Ohio support the grant of limited waivers to both the FirstEnergy Ohio EDCs and AEP Ohio concerning the use of an EDI transaction to allow retail suppliers to request an expedited return of a mercantile customer to default service
August 11, 2026
Long-Time Retail Supplier Counsel Joining Utility As VP
Joseph Oliker has joined AEP Ohio as Vice President, Regulatory & Finance
August 5, 2026
PUC Allows Utility To Self-Serve, With PJM Spot Purchases, Data Center Load That Drops To Default Service Without Required 180-Day Notice, Under Interim Policy
A PUC has approved an interim approach to the return of data center customers to default service, which includes…
July 22, 2026
PUC Declines, At This Time, To Open Statewide Review Of Default Service Product; & SOS For Data Centers, In Adopting New Default Service Rules
PUC Declines To Eliminate Switching Fee
The PUC of Ohio has adopted amended rules governing the electricity standard service offer (SSO), with most of the changes reflecting statutory changes which eliminated the use of electric security plans for default service, and which require the use of a market rate offer process (MROs)
July 7, 2026
PUC Sets Effective Date For Recently Approved Rules Requiring Retail Suppliers To Provide Advance Notice For Expedited Return Of Mercantile Customers To Default Service; Request Form Updated
A PUC of Ohio ALJ has established July 17, 2026 as the effective date for new rules governing the return of mercantile customers to default service, including expedited returns to the SSO, at OAC 4901:1-10-36 and 4901:1-21-21
July 2, 2026
Retail Suppliers Seek Rule Barring Utilities From Using Nonpublic Utility Data In "Affiliate" Services (Definition Includes Non-utility Services From EDC Itself), Unless Such Data Made Available On Nondiscriminatory Basis
In a PUC of Ohio proceeding governing electric utility corporate separation rules, the Retail Energy Supply Association and Interstate Gas Supply said in joint comments that PUCO, "should adopt rules that prohibit affiliate preferences arising from nonpublic utility data unless there is…
May 28, 2026
AEP Ohio Default Service Rates To Further Increase By Another ~1¢/kWh, In Addition To June 1 Increase
AEP Ohio default service electric rates will increase by nearly 1¢/kWh on July 1, due to an update in the bypassable reconciliation factor
May 19, 2026
Urban Utility Group Files Texas Broker Registration (& License Briefs, 5/19/26)
Urban Utility Group Files Texas Broker Registration
May 13, 2026
Retail Supplier Seeks Statewide Review Of Default Service Product Type
The Retail Energy Supply Association has encouraged the PUC of Ohio to use a recently opened rulemaking, which was opened to implement parts of HB 15 (namely the elimination of electric security plans), to clearly define the default service product to be procured under the market rate offer SSO…
May 4, 2026
Winning Retail Suppliers For Choice Ineligible Load Disclosed
The winning retail suppliers from the annual auctions for supply for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) electricity customers at the Ohio electric utilities, for a term of June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027, have been disclosed
April 29, 2026
PUC Revises Recently Approved Rule Language Which Would Have Required Customer's Signature For All Enrollments (Including Telephone, Large C&I)
Granting in part a rehearing request from the Retail Energy Supply Association, the PUC of Ohio has revised recently approved rule language which would have required all enrollments, regardless of enrollment method (including telesales) and regardless of customer type (including large C&Is), to…
April 28, 2026
AEP Ohio Residential & Small Commercial Combined Energy & Capacity Rates Increasing On June 1
AEP Ohio has filed rates under the bypassable Generation Energy Rider and bypassable Generation Capacity Rider, which make up the majority of the Standard Service Offer rate, for the 12-month period beginning June 1, 2026
April 24, 2026
Alignegy Seeks Licenses In New State (& License Briefs, 4/24/26)
Alignegy LLC applied for a Massachusetts electric broker license to serve C&I customers. Alignegy indicated that it is simultaneously seeking a Massachusetts gas retail agent license. Alignegy stated that it currently provides broker services in Illinois, New York, Texas, and Ohio
April 22, 2026
Ohio Supreme Court Finds Submetering Company Is A "Public Utility"
The Ohio Supreme Court found that Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C. (NEP), which provides electric submetering services, is a "public utility" under the definition in statute, and that the PUC of Ohio erred in finding that Nationwide Energy Partners was not a public utility
April 22, 2026
Winning Bidders From Default Service Auction Disclosed
The PUC of Ohio has disclosed the winning bidders from the March 2026 SSO procurement at AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light)
April 21, 2026
PUC Staff Support AEP Ohio's Sought Interim Relief For Data Center Default Service; Constellation Opposes
Staff of the PUC of Ohio, subject to certain Staff recommendations, support AEP Ohio's proposed interim relief concerning default service to data centers
April 21, 2026
Utility Secures Contractual Commitments Requiring Data Center Customers To Shop For Electric Supply, Rather Than Relying On Default Service
AES Ohio (Dayton Power & Light) said in comments at the PUC of Ohio, concerning potential default service changes proposed by Ohio Power (AEP Ohio) to address SSO load risk premiums from large load data centers (see related story today) , that AES Ohio, "has secured contractual commitments from data…
April 15, 2026
PUC Approves Award Of Certain Non-Shopping Load To Retail Supplier At AEP Ohio
The PUC of Ohio has approved the results of an initial procurement for electricity supplies for Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) electricity customers at AEP Ohio, for a term of June 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027
April 1, 2026
PUC Tells Retail Suppliers To "Take Full Advantage" Of Utility Bill Messaging Space To Inform Customers Of Expiring Fixed Rates; Rejects Separate Bill Line For Info
The PUC of Ohio adopted without modification AEP Ohio's amended application for electricity bill format changes, as PUCO informed retail electric suppliers that PUCO expects retail suppliers to "take full advantage" of bill messaging space allocated to retail suppliers, for general purposes, as a…