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Criticism Mounting In Opposition to AEP Ohio’s Rate Increase

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Pictured here is the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, where a House committee is expected to conduct hearings regarding the status of its electricity market in the coming months.

It’s been gratifying the past few days to see important voices weigh in with a critical eye regarding American Electric Power Ohio’s proposed rate increase and the future prospects for electric competition in central Ohio. On Aug. 5, news media reported that the staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio had filed testimony…
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What Drives Your Monthly Electricity Costs?

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When you receive your monthly electric bill, do you look at anything other than the total? If so, you’re not alone.

Among the many line items that may appear, understanding the “when and how” of your electricity consumption is helpful in evaluating what may drive usage related costs.

The screen shot below, extracted from the Constellation NewEnergy Online tool, provides an example of a customer’s interval energy consumption, reflecting customer demand (how much electricity a customer is using across all of its interval meters at one point in time) within a certain period.

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