The Cost of No New Clean Power in Ohio
ACP analysis finds that without timely deployment of significant new clean energy resources, Ohio could face serious reliability risks and dramatically higher electricity costs over the next decade.
Ohio faces reliability and affordability challenges as electricity demand rises faster than new conventional generation can meet it.
ACP analysis finds that without timely deployment of significant new clean energy resources, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states — including Ohio — face serious reliability risks and dramatically higher
electricity costs over the next decade.
The result is that the average resident in Ohio will spend an additional $6000 over the next ten years if no new clean power is allowed to be built. $6,000 is a significant additional cost to Ohio families who could spend that money on essential items like healthcare costs, home upgrades, or investments in their children.
By 2035, all ratepayers in PJM Interconnection would cumulatively pay an additional $360 billion over the next 10 years. Ohio and Pennsylvania represent almost half of that given their high industrial electricity consumption.
Resource added February 6, 2026
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