Fixed-rate electricity in Ohio: lock a price, or follow your utility?

Choose your utility and your monthly use. The tool reads the Energy Choice Ohio charts, picks the cheapest fixed plan of 12 months or more (fees counted), and sets it against your price to compare and the range of variable prices.

A 12-month supply estimate built from a copy of the Energy Choice Ohio charts, not a bill. Variable offers with a short low start are not counted in the variable range.

Ohio's investor-owned utilities buy power for default customers at auctions. The result is the price to compare, and it is posted with an end date. A fixed plan sits beside that date like a bookend: it can beat the price now and still lose once the next auction price arrives, or the reverse.

The charts were last read October 24, 2026. The lowest fixed price counts plans from any supplier on the chart, with their own fees, so open the plan in the tool to see them.

Some Ohio cities and counties pool their residents to buy power together. This is called government aggregation. Groups such as NOPEC in northeast Ohio, and city programs in places like Cincinnati, usually offer a fixed price for a set term. Residents are put in unless they opt out. Look at your bill: if it names a supplier you never chose, a program may be why.

That makes aggregation a third option beside the two in this page's title. Test its price the way you test any fixed plan, against your utility's price to compare, and note its end date. You can usually opt out, and you can shop on your own. Our page on NOPEC rates goes deeper.

Under the Ohio Administrative Code a variable-rate supplier must either give you the formula for its price or explain what moves it. If it only explains, it may not charge a cancel fee. On the charts, the highest variable price is 33.37¢ per kWh.

Since Jan. 1, 2026, a fixed intro price that turns variable must come with two warnings before the switch, and a reminder each year after it.

You have 7 calendar days after your utility's confirmation notice to cancel. At the other end, your supplier must write 45 to 90 days before a fixed contract ends. If the cancel fee is $25 or less, a second notice with the new price must follow at least 35 days ahead. If the fee is over $25, the supplier cannot renew you without your yes.

1. Day 1You sign. The utility sends a confirmation notice.
2. Within 7 calendar days of that noticeYou may cancel with no penalty.
3. 45 to 90 days before the endFirst notice: will the plan renew, and at what price?
4. At least 35 days before the endSecond notice, when the cancel fee is $25 or less.

Some Ohio fixed plans carry a cancel fee. The largest on the charts is $200.

The contract price covers the electricity itself. Delivery charges still come from your utility. A cancel fee or a new price at the end of the term is still possible, and a bigger bill follows bigger use.

1. 1

   Read the top of your bill for your utility, and any supplier or program already named.

2. 2

   Run the tool for your use.

3. 3

   Open the plan on Energy Choice Ohio and read its terms, fees and end price.

4. 4

   Enroll online or by phone yourself, not at the door.

5. 5

   Put three dates in your calendar: the cancel window, the notice window and your utility's "set until" date.