Energy Roundup: Comparing Utility Costs Across Ohio

• The PUCO’s January 2023 comparison of industrial customers’ utility bills in 16 Ohio cities shows customers in Dayton had the highest average electricity bills, while customers in Cincinnati had the highest average gas bills.
• Two rural northwest Ohio electric cooperatives are set to receive a combined $26.5 million in federal loans to improve and expand their grids.
• U.S. natural gas consumption reached a record daily high in late December 2022 as shown by this infographic.
• A new study finds all but one of the nation’s 210 coal-fired power plants are less cost-effective to operate than constructing solar or wind facilities.
• At last check, Ohio’s average gasoline price had risen to around $3.50/gal. (This heat map shows gasoline prices in every U.S. county.)

Lastly, a new federal law, passed after reports that the U.S. Department of Energy had allowed the export of taxpayer-funded battery technology to China, is expected to boost reshoring efforts, NPR reports. 2/2/2023