POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · OH
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Ohio
76 data-center projects on file — 9.8 GW of nameplate capacity, $20.0B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$172
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
28.1%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#18
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+43%
#20 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
2.72 GW
· coal
Gavin Power, LLC · Gallia County
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What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Ohio · residential · latest
17.52¢/kWh
↑ +10.7% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Ohio · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.56¢/kWh
↑ +11.7% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Ohio's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
OHIO · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
13.04 TWh net · all sectors
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Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Ohio is staring at an 3.0 GW energy shortfall: 6.8 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 3.8 GW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 877 MW.) The largest plant in the supply pipeline is Eastern Cottontail Solar in Fairfield County — 255 MW of solar, first online 2028-12. On the way out: Cardinal — 620 MW of coal, retiring 2028-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
76 projects
Projects on file
76
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
9.79 GW
≈ 43 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$20.0B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
6 statements
SUPPORT · 2024-12
“As reliance on digital services continues to grow, so does the importance of data centers. They are critical to today's modern economy.”
— Gov. Mike DeWine (R)SOURCE ↗
SUPPORT · 2025-08
“Economic development is essential to Ohio's continued growth and prosperity as the heart of innovation, and the state must stay at the forefront of prospering fields such as technology and artificial intelligence.”
— Gov. Mike DeWine (R)SOURCE ↗
OPPOSE · 2026-03-05
“I don't think that the companies who are building those should get special treatment when buying materials to build their buildings.”
— Speaker of the House Matt Huffman (R)SOURCE ↗
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Follow the money in Ohio
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in OH
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.