NOPEC towns compared with the utility price, by utility

What we found

• NOPEC is a group of Northeast Ohio towns that picks one electric supplier for homes in its towns. If you live there, you are put in NOPEC unless you say no. NOPEC sets one price for each utility, so what you pay depends on which utility sends your bill.
• The Illuminating Company (127 towns): NOPEC’s price is 10.399¢ per kWh. The Illuminating Company’s own price is 11.24¢. For a home using 800 kWh a month, NOPEC is about $6.73 less each month.
• Ohio Edison (95 towns): NOPEC’s price is 10.399¢ per kWh. Ohio Edison’s own price is 11.07¢. For a home using 800 kWh a month, NOPEC is about $5.37 less each month.
• Toledo Edison: none of the NOPEC towns we checked are served by Toledo Edison, and NOPEC’s price page lists no price for it. Toledo Edison’s own price is 11.26¢ per kWh.
• AEP Ohio (8 towns): NOPEC’s price is 10.499¢ per kWh. AEP Ohio’s own price is 10.19¢. For a home using 800 kWh a month, NOPEC is about $2.47 more each month.
• In Cleveland Heights, Lakewood, Olmsted Township, Richmond Heights and South Euclid, NOPEC’s price is its Green Community Choice price, 10.599¢, with renewable energy credits. It is still lower than the utility’s own price.
• 2 towns have homes on two utilities. There, homes on one utility pay less with NOPEC and homes on the other pay more.
• NOPEC also sells other prices you can ask for, like one that is always 6% below the utility’s price. NOPEC says spots for that one are limited. Call NOPEC to ask.
• NOPEC says there is no fee to leave. If you leave, you go back to the utility’s price, or you can pick another plan.

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