Ohio ratepayers’ summer electric bills could top $800, report says

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 683

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Average Ohio residential utility bills are now projected to be about $800 for the summer, a new report says. That’s a 17% increase over the $682 Ohioans paid last summer, said the report, by Washington, D.C.-based Third Way.

The estimates are of total average electricity costs from June to September. They were done using data from Heatmap News, which collaborated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create the Electricity Price Hub.

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