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The following information explains some of the variables that cause the price of energy to fluctuate and informs consumers about the complex energy market.
Gas Cost Recovery (GCR): How it affects Your Natural Gas Bill – The Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) rate makes up about 75 percent of your natural gas bill. This information from the PUCO explains the GCR and how it affects your natural gas bill.
Natural Gas Pricing – This fact sheet from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel provides information about why natural gas prices are rising, how natural gas is priced and the programs available to help consumers manage their natural gas bills.
Natural Gas Bill Definitions – Definitions from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio of terms and abbreviations commonly used on natural gas bills.
Natural Gas Company Service Territory Map – This map from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio identifies the natural gas service territories of Ohio’s regulated utilities.
Ohio’s Natural Gas Companies - List of Ohio’s Natural Gas companies from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel.
Electric Service Territory Map – This map from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio identifies the electric service territories of Ohio’s regulated utilities.
Ohio’s Electric Companies – List of Ohio’s Electric Companies from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel.
Energy Government Aggregation: Local Community Buying Power – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has summarized the aggregation process in this brochure.
Basics About Governmental Energy Aggregation – This information from the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel provides an overview of governmental aggregation–the pooling of a community’s energy load- and how it can affect the price their residents pay for energy.