Ohio Edison Commercial Electricity Rates & Supplier Choice
Market-reference note: Numerical default-price examples below retain their cited 2026 reference period. They are historical class-level context, not a current account quote. Confirm the applicable business rate, components and effective dates on your bill before comparing an offer. How to establish your benchmark.
Ohio Edison at a glance
Ohio Edison, a FirstEnergy company, delivers electricity across much of northeast and north-central Ohio: Akron and most of Summit County, Youngstown, Warren, Mansfield, Elyria, Lorain, Springfield, Sandusky, Medina and Brunswick among them. Businesses on Ohio Edison can buy generation from any PUCO-certified supplier.
| Legal name | Ohio Edison Company |
| Parent company | FirstEnergy |
| Territory | Northeast and north-central Ohio — portions of 34 counties |
| PJM capacity zone | ATSI |
| Business rate schedules | GS (general service, secondary) for most businesses, GP (primary) and GT (transmission) for larger users |
| Small-business default generation price | Historical class reference: 9.38¢/kWh on the GS rate, June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027, annual average (prior year 8.87¢) |
| Residential price to compare (reference) | 10.92¢/kWh, July 1 – Sept 30, 2026 |
| Can businesses choose a supplier? | Yes — generation only; Ohio Edison keeps delivery |
What Ohio Edison charges vs. what you can shop
Every Ohio Edison bill has two halves. Delivery — distribution, transmission and most riders — is set by PUCO-approved tariffs and stays the same no matter who supplies your power. Generation is the part you can buy from a PUCO-certified supplier. If you don't choose one, you pay Ohio Edison's default (Standard Service Offer) price, which PUCO calls the price to compare.
FirstEnergy bills show a "Price to Compare" on the generation section. For businesses on the GS rate, Ohio Edison's default generation price averaged about 9.38¢/kWh for June 2026–May 2027.
How Ohio Edison's default price is set
Ohio Edison doesn't generate the power in its default price; it buys it through competitive auctions and passes the result through. Ohio's HB 15 (effective August 14, 2025) repealed electric security plans, so default prices must now come from competitive bidding. The price typically resets each June 1 as new auction tranches start, which is why comparing a supplier offer to last year's bill can mislead.
Ohio Edison's default generation price for small businesses on the GS rate is about 9.38¢/kWh (June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027, annual average), up from about 8.87¢ the year before.
Capacity costs in the ATSI zone
Capacity — paying generators to be available at peak — is part of every generation price in Ohio. PJM's auctions have reset it sharply:
| Delivery year (June–May) | PJM capacity price | Per kW of capacity tag, per year | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | $28.92/MW-day | about $11 | Duke's DEOK zone cleared higher at $96.24 |
| 2025/26 | $269.92/MW-day | about $99 | |
| 2026/27 | $329.17/MW-day | about $120 | cleared at the price cap |
| 2027/28 | $333.44/MW-day | about $122 | cleared at the cap; 6,623 MW short of the reliability requirement |
| 2028/29 | $325.00/MW-day | about $119 | cleared at the cap; 6,831 MW short of the reliability requirement |
Your capacity tag is set from your load during the grid's highest summer peak hours the previous year. Cutting load during PJM peak alerts lowers next year's tag — at 2026/27 prices each kilowatt removed is worth roughly $120 a year. See capacity tags explained.
Ohio Edison rate-case and policy status
PUCO's November 19, 2025 order cut the Ohio Edison / Illuminating Company / Toledo Edison request of about $190 million to about $34 million; a February 18, 2026 rehearing order stretched storm-cost recovery to 25 years, producing a net annual reduction of about $39.4 million effective March 1, 2026 (CEI rose, Ohio Edison and Toledo Edison fell). The companies filed their first three-year rate plan for 2027–2029 in May 2026.
- Ohio Edison's GS default generation price rose from about 8.87¢ to 9.38¢/kWh (annual average) on June 1, 2026.
- PUCO's November 2025 FirstEnergy order and February 2026 rehearing produced a net annual delivery-revenue reduction for Ohio Edison effective March 1, 2026; a three-year rate plan for 2027–2029 was filed in May 2026.
- Several cities inside Ohio Edison's footprint run municipal systems — including Cuyahoga Falls, Wadsworth and Niles — whose customers generally cannot shop.
Counties Ohio Edison serves
Ohio Edison is the main investor-owned utility in 15 counties and serves part of 20 more:
Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Franklin, Geauga, Greene, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Madison, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Morrow, Ottawa, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Union, Wayne, Wyandot
* part of the county; another utility serves the larger share.
Cities on Ohio Edison
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Austintown, Barberton, Boardman, Brunswick, Elyria, Green, Kent, Lorain, Mansfield, Massillon, Medina, North Ridgeville, Norwalk, Sandusky, Springfield, Stow, Warren, Youngstown
Inside Ohio Edison's region, these cities run their own municipal electric systems, so businesses there generally cannot choose a supplier: Cuyahoga Falls (Cuyahoga Falls Electric), Niles (Niles Light Department), Wadsworth (Wadsworth Electric & Communications). See municipal and co-op areas.
Community aggregation in Ohio Edison territory
In governmental (opt-out) aggregation, a city, township or county picks a supplier for its residents and small businesses. Small commercial accounts (700,000 kWh a year or less) that haven't chosen a supplier are enrolled automatically unless they opt out; accounts already under a supplier contract are excluded, and mercantile accounts join only if they opt in. See governmental aggregation for Ohio businesses.
- NOPEC — 240+ member communities, mostly in Northeast Ohio; NextEra Energy Services became the supplier starting with June 2026 meter reads (three-year term).
Switching suppliers on Ohio Edison
- Confirm the account is on Ohio Edison (not a municipal system or co-op) and find any current supplier contract end date.
- Collect 12 months of usage (interval data for larger sites) and request prices that state capacity and broker fees separately.
- Sign with the supplier; the supplier submits your enrollment. Ohio Edison switches your supply on a scheduled meter-read date after the supplier's enrollment is accepted — typically one to two billing cycles.
- Ohio Edison mails a confirmation letter. Residential and small commercial customers have 7 days from its postmark to cancel.
- Check the first bill: the supplier's price should appear in the generation section and delivery charges should be unchanged.
FAQ
Is Ohio Edison a supplier or a utility?
Ohio Edison is the distribution utility. It delivers power and offers a default generation price, but businesses can buy generation from a competing supplier instead.
What is Ohio Edison's price to compare for businesses?
For the GS rate it averages about 9.38¢/kWh for June 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027, annual average. Your bill shows the figure for your own rate schedule.
Will switching suppliers change Ohio Edison outage service?
No. Ohio Edison still maintains the wires and restores outages; only the generation charge changes.
Why did Ohio Edison bills rise in 2025–2026?
Mostly because PJM capacity prices rose from $28.92/MW-day (2024/25) to $329.17 (2026/27) and flowed into generation prices; delivery-rate changes from recent rate cases were smaller.