May 2005 - Residents of the cities of Ravenna and Tallmadge and the townships of Burton and Troy should look for a letter in the mail regarding their electric aggregation programs. The programs continue to use FirstEnergy Solutions to provide electricity to residents. Eligible consumers are automatically included in the buying group unless they "opt out," or withdraw, from the program. The deadline to opt out is June 8 for the cities and June 13 for the townships. For more information, residents should contact FirstEnergy Solutions toll free at 1-866-636-3749

Northeast

The largest aggregation pool in the state is found in Northeast Ohio. The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) is made up of over 100 member communities in the FirstEnergy, Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio territories. The group offers electric and/or natural gas opt-out programs to approximately 500,000 residents. Currently, NOPEC has an agreement with Green Mountain Energy to provide electricity to many of its member communities. Based on the group's opt-out notice, residents participating in the program receive a discount equal to 6 percent off of FirstEnergy's shopping credit, also known as the "price to beat."

Northwest

Nine communities in Toledo Edison's service territory in Northwest Ohio have banded together to purchase electricity from FirstEnergy Solutions. The group, called the Northwest Ohio Aggregation Coalition (NOAC), includes the cities of Maumee, Oregon, Sylvania, Toledo, Northwood and Perrysburg, the Village of Holland, the unincorporated areas of Lucas County and Lake Township in Wood County. The NOAC electric aggregation program serves about 133,000 residential households.

NOAC expects each participating household to save approximately $83 in 2005. Overall savings for consumers through the program is anticipated to be $2 billion.

Central

Several communities served by American Electric Power plan to join together to purchase electricity by January 1, 2006. The group known as Central Ohio Public Energy Council (COPEC) includes 56,000 households in the cities of Upper Arlington, Dublin, Reynoldsburg, Dublin, Bexley and Gahanna.

Southwest

The Village of Indian Hill is the first community to offer an electric aggregation program in the Duke Energy service territory. Residents enrolled in the aggregation program can purchase power from Dominion Retail at a fixed rate of $.0475 per kilowatt hour (Kwh). On average, Indian Hill expects to save its 2,066 households up to $129 a year.

Southeast

There is no aggregation activity to date.

Electric Aggregation

• Electric Aggregation: Ohio's Success Story
• Energy Aggregation in Ohio: A Guide For Local Governments
• Map of Aggregation Communities by County

General Aggregation Information

• Fact Sheets
  
  • Aggregation: Where Do We Go From Here?
  • The Basics of Governmental Energy Aggregation
  • Energy Aggregation for Your Organization
  • What Do We Do Next? - A Post Election Process for Aggregated Communities
• Ohio Aggregation Ballot Issue Results
  
  • November 2006 Ballot Results
  • May 2006 Ballot Results
  • November 2005 General Election Results
  • November 2004 Ballot Results
  • 2004 Primary Election Results
  • March 2004 Ballot Results
  • November 2003 Ballot Results
  • May 2003 Ballot Results
  • November 2002 Ballot Results
  • May 2002 Ballot Results
  • November 2001 Election Results
  • May 2001 Primary Results: Electricity Aggregation
  • 2000 General Election Electric Aggregation Results