Toledo electricity: Toledo Edison, the NOAC group rate and your choices

Two companies are on a Toledo bill. Toledo Edison, a FirstEnergy company, delivers the power. It reads the meter, fixes outages and sends the bill. A supplier sells the power itself. For homes in a NOAC town the supplier is Dynegy, chosen by NOAC, a group of local governments. If you left the group, you may have a supplier you picked, or none.

NOAC is a group of local governments that buys power for its towns, and its electric rate is 9.86¢ per kWh from May 2026 to June 2028. Its full name is the Northwest Ohio Aggregation Coalition. Its consultant, Palmer Energy, counts fifteen member communities. They include Toledo, Maumee, Oregon, Perrysburg, Rossford, Sylvania, Northwood, Waterville, Holland, Ottawa Hills, Walbridge and Delta, plus Lake and Perrysburg townships and unincorporated Lucas County. Each community picks whether to take part. Palmer says the electric program has saved participants over $180 million against utility rates.

That savings claim is Palmer's own, about the past. What matters now is the current rate.

Palmer says you are not charged a switching fee, and Toledo Edison keeps sending one bill. If you are on budget billing and meet Dynegy's rules, you keep it. Dynegy's phone for questions and opt-outs is 888-682-2170. The green option adds 0.25¢ per kWh. Our green plans guide explains what that buys.

On Oct. 24, 2026 it beat Toledo Edison's price and every fixed, no-fee offer of a year or more. The tool shows it for your own kWh. Type your kWh from your last bill. You see the cost at the NOAC rate, at Toledo Edison's price to compare and at an offer you type in. The tool adds the offer's monthly fee, so the answer is a real one.

1. 1
   Type your kWh.

   Use the "kWh used" line on your bill.

2. 2
   Type an offer.

   Enter its cents per kWh and any monthly charge. Skip it to see only the first two.

3. 3
   Read the three totals.

   The lowest one is highlighted.

The result puts the three costs side by side for a month and a year, so you see what leaving the group would gain or lose you. It is an estimate of the supply price only. It leaves out delivery and taxes, and it cannot see a price change after a first term. Nothing you type is sent or saved.

It is 11.26¢ per kWh, posted through December 31, 2026, and you pay it if you leave NOAC and pick no supplier. PUCO posts it on the Energy Choice Ohio chart. It is the default price for the power itself, and it does not include delivery.

On Oct. 24, 2026, no fixed offer of 12 months or more with no fees on the state's chart was priced under 9.86¢. The bar above shows today's lowest such offer, 10.09¢. Other offers have monthly fees or shorter terms, and the group rate may change after June 2028. Our Ohio rates guide shows when Toledo Edison's price resets.

Most do. Beating the NOAC rate of 9.86¢ is harder, once you add the fees and ask for a fixed price. PUCO's chart lists every offer a supplier is selling to Toledo Edison homes. 100 of 130 are priced under the price to compare of 11.26¢. That is 77%. 46 are fixed for 12 months or more with no fees. The middle fixed price is 10.89¢. 39 different sellers are on the chart.

A monthly fee matters more than it looks. Take an offer of 9.5¢ with a $10 monthly fee. At 779 kWh a month, the fee adds 1.28¢ per kWh. The true price is about 10.78¢, higher than the group rate. Our Ohio rates guide shows the math.

Check any seller's name first with our supplier guide.

Call Dynegy at 888-682-2170 and say you want out. Leaving costs nothing: Palmer lists no early termination fee for any member city, and the rate holds until June 2028 if you stay. Ohio's rules require the group to remind you of your right to opt out at least every three years. After you leave, your next bill should carry Toledo Edison's price to compare.

1. Test itUse the tool above. If your offer beats 9.86¢ after fees, you may want to leave.
2. Check your contractIf you have a different supplier already, read its cancel fee first.
3. Call DynegyCall 888-682-2170 to leave the group.
4. Stay off the listCall PUCO at 1-800-686-7826 to be kept off aggregation lists. Moving can put you back in.

Already have a different supplier? Read its cancel fee before you move to NOAC. Our contract ending guide shows when that fee applies.

Natural gas is a separate NOAC program. The supplier is Archer Energy, at NYMEX plus $0.2092 per CCF through May 2028, says Palmer. Leaving the electric program does not change your gas.

A delivery increase, if PUCO approves FirstEnergy's request. NOAC sets the power price, not the delivery price. That is PUCO's job, in a rate case. FirstEnergy filed a rate case for its three Ohio utilities on April 22, 2026. It covers 2027 to 2029. As of Oct. 24, 2026, no hearing dates had been set.

That is a request, not a ruling. PUCO may approve less. The Counsel, the state's residential watchdog, represents nearly 2 million FirstEnergy homes in the case. You can watch it, or speak when hearings are set. Our high bill guide shows all seven causes of a jump, and how to spot each one on your bill.