Commercial Electricity Supplier Ohio
A clear guide to electric supply for Ohio businesses - how usage, demand, and contract structure shape your total cost and how to compare offerings confidently.
Demand & Usage Basics
Your load profile - when and how you consume energy - drives capacity tags and transmission costs. Interval data helps align the right product to your risk tolerance.
Contract Terms
Look beyond the headline rate. Validate what's fixed vs pass-through, bandwidth clauses, early termination, and start-month effects on pricing.
Fixed Rate Electricity Plans for Ohio Businesses
Fixed plans lock price components for budget certainty, making forecasting simple. Index or hybrid plans can outperform in some markets but add volatility. Below are simple examples of common plan structures.
Plan Examples
Price floats with the market (Index). With Block + Index, you pre-buy a portion of usage at a fixed price and let the rest float.
- Good for: Teams comfortable with some risk to capture dips.
- Simple example: Use 100,000 kWh/month. Fix a 60,000 kWh block at $0.071/kWh; the remaining 40,000 kWh follows the index.
- If index averages $0.060/kWh: blended ≈ (60% x 0.071 + 40% x 0.060) ≈ $0.066/kWh.
- If index spikes to $0.085/kWh: blended ≈ (60% x 0.071 + 40% x 0.085) ≈ $0.076/kWh.
Add Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to match a chosen % of your electricity. Physical supply stays the same; you fund renewable generation attributes.
- Good for: Hitting sustainability targets with predictable add-on cost.
- Simple example: Use 100 MWh/month and choose 50% green. Buy 50 RECs. If a REC costs ~$0.30, added cost ≈ $15/month.
- Note: Works with fixed, index, or hybrid plans.
Combine multiple Ohio locations into one strategy to leverage scale and simplify renewals.
- Good for: Multi-location retailers, manufacturers, property portfolios.
- Simple example: Five sites x 20,000 kWh/month each = 100,000 kWh. Quote together to improve pricing and set one renewal date.
- Tip: You can still mix fixed and index blocks across the portfolio.
All numbers above are simple illustrations to explain concepts, not price quotes.