September 17, 2026
PUC Grants One Utility's Sought Waiver Concerning New EDI Transaction
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August 12, 2026
Utility Seeks Approval For Additional Default Service Auction To Avoid Having 60% Of Supplies Procured In Single Auction
Dayton Power and Light Company d/b/a AES Ohio has petitioned the PUC of Ohio for approval of an additional standard service offer (SSO) procurement under its legacy electric security plan in order to avoid the need to procure about 60% of default service supplies, for the delivery period starting…
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
June 16, 2026
PUC Posts Draft Form To Allow Customers To Elect Expedited Return To Default Service, Seeks Comments
The PUC of Ohio has posted a draft certified-request form which retail electric suppliers would use to effect an expedited return to default service for a mercantile customer
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…
April 14, 2026
PUC Issues Proposed Revisions To Default Service Rules
The PUC of Ohio has issued for comment proposed rule revisions governing the electricity Standard Service Offer (SSO), at Ohio Adm.Code Chapter 4901:1-35, as part of a customary 5-year rule review
April 3, 2026
RESA Says PUC's Adopted Rule Text Does Not Align With PUC's Decision (Rule Says Retail Suppliers Must Obtain Customer "Signature" For ALL Enrollments, As First Noted by ECM)
The Retail Energy Supply Association has sought rehearing of a recent PUC of Ohio decision which had approved new rules governing, among other things, retail supplier enrollments and verification of the customer's identity, as RESA noted that a requirement, as stated in the rules' text, mandating…
March 18, 2026
PUC Requires Retail Suppliers To Provide Advance Notice For Expedited Return Of Mercantile Customers To Default Service, Addresses Costs Assigned To Retail Suppliers
The PUC of Ohio has approved final rule language to implement recently adopted statutory language governing the expedited return of mercantile customers to electricity default service
March 4, 2026
PUC Adopts Modified Rule Language Which Now Says Retail Suppliers Must Obtain Customer "Signature" For ALL Enrollments
The PUC of Ohio has adopted new rules governing, among other things, retail supplier enrollments, including verification of the customer's identity, with the revised rules, as stated in the adopted rule language notwithstanding PUCO's apparent intent articulated in its narrative order, now requiring…
December 17, 2025
PUC Dismisses Utility's Proposed Default Service Plan
The PUC of Ohio has dismissed an electric security plan application filed by the FirstEnergy Ohio utilities, which had been filed prior to a new law governing default service
December 17, 2025
PUC Doesn't Rule On Whether Utilities Are Required To Divest Generation Interests Under New Law
In approving the application of AEP Ohio (Ohio Power) to transfer its interests in Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) to a non-utility affiliate, the PUC of Ohio declined to address whether recent HB 15 requires utilities to divest any generation or generation interests
November 26, 2025
Utilities Express Concern With Proposed Rules To Implement Enroll By Wallet
Retail Suppliers Oppose Language That Broadly Implements New Financial Assurance Standard Which Utilities May Impose On Suppliers, Seek Identification Of "Reasonable"
November 25, 2025
Utility Says New State Law Does Not Require Divestiture Of Entitlements In Power Plant
Dayton Power and Light Company (DP&L or AES Ohio) has said in comments to the PUC of Ohio that language in recent HB 15 does not require any electric distribution utility to divest its equity interest in Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) or the EDU's contractual rights and obligations under…
November 19, 2025
PUC Proposes New Rules Concerning Mercantile Customers, Including Return To SSO, Retail Supplier Fees
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed new rules relating to mercantile customers, with the rules generally implementing and tracking recent law changes under HB 15
November 5, 2025
PUC Issues Proposed Rules To Implement New Retail Supplier Financial Requirements; Enroll By Wallet
The PUC of Ohio has issued proposed changes to its retail electricity and retail natural gas rules to implement several recent requirements of HB 15, concerning the posting of financial security by retail suppliers, and the adoption of enroll-by-wallet
November 1, 2025
Ohio Utility Seeks To Divest Last Remaining Power Generating Asset
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Company or "the Company") has filed at the PUC of Ohio to transfer its interests in Ohio Valley Electric Corporation (OVEC) to an affiliate
July 10, 2025
PUC Sets Workshop On New Law Which Includes Authority For Utilities To Impose Financial Standards On Retail Suppliers
Will Also Address Law's Enroll By Wallet Requirement
The PUC of Ohio has initiated a rulemaking related to several retail energy market aspects of HB 15, with PUCO Staff to hold an initial workshop, prior to the drafting of any proposed rules, on August 5, 2025
July 2, 2025
PUC Proposes Additional Notice, Not Required By Statute, To Expired Fixed Rate Customers As Part Of Implementing New Law
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has posted proposed rules to implement two new laws addressing retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of an "introductory" fixed rate -- R.C. 4928.102 (electric) and 4929.221 (gas)
June 30, 2025
PUC Prepares Rulemaking For New Notice Requirements For End Of Fixed Rate
The PUC of Ohio has assigned Case 25-710-GE-ORD to implement two new laws addressing retail supplier notice requirements for the ending of a fixed rate -- R.C. 4928.102 (electric) and 4929.221 (gas)
May 28, 2025
Choice Utility Which Divested Generation Receives PUC Approval To Own & Operate "Natural Gas Powered" Generation
In separate orders adopting similar reasoning, the PUC of Ohio granted AEP Ohio's applications for approval of agreements with two large customers under which AEP Ohio will own and operate two natural gas-powered generation systems (fuel cells) to be located at two customer data center locations
May 23, 2025
Choice Utility Withdraws Application To Finish AMI Deployment To All Customers
Dayton Power and Light d/b/a AES Ohio has withdrawn a petition before the PUC of Ohio which had originally sought approval of Phase 2 of the utility's Smart Grid Plan ("SGP")
May 23, 2025
New Law Requires Retail Suppliers To Send Annual Notices To Customers Who Were Moved To Variable Rate After "Introductory" Fixed Period
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed HB 15, which includes several provisions related to the retail electric and natural gas markets, including the elimination of electric security plans, with a new requirement for electric utilities to provide the Standard Service Offer through a statutorily…