Who sells you power? 58% of homes in Ohio buy from a retail supplier
In 2024, 58.0% of home accounts in Ohio were served by a retail supplier. In 36 places none were.
What we found
In 11 places 10% or more of homes buy from a supplier. Their average home price in 2025 is 23.39 cents. In the 40 places below 10% it is 16.42 cents.
These averages do not say that choice raises or lowers prices. The states with choice also differ in fuels, history and rules.
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Ten highest shares
Ten lowest shares
How we computed it
- EIA-861 counts home accounts by service type: full service from the utility, energy only, delivery only, or marketer bundled.
- Share with a retail supplier = accounts not on full utility service ÷ all home accounts × 100, as published in the choice file.
- Count places above 0%: 15 of 51.
- Average 2025 home price of places at 10% or more: 23.39; below 10%: 16.42. Simple means, not weighted.
Formula: share = home accounts with a retail supplier / all home accounts x 100
All 51 places
| Ohio | 1 | 58.0% | 16.96 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2 | 55.9% | 30.48 |
| Texas | 3 | 55.7% | 15.47 |
| California | 4 | 39.5% | 32.54 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 34.6% | 24.56 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | 26.0% | 29.46 |
| Illinois | 7 | 25.0% | 17.69 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 23.2% | 19.30 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 19.7% | 29.38 |
| Maryland | 10 | 11.8% | 19.48 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | 10.3% | 21.94 |
| Maine | 12 | 8.9% | 27.78 |
| New York | 13 | 8.7% | 26.39 |
| Delaware | 14 | 5.7% | 17.13 |
| New Jersey | 15 | 5.4% | 22.63 |
| Alabama | 16 | 0.0% | 16.10 |
| Alaska | 17 | 0.0% | 26.09 |
| Arizona | 18 | 0.0% | 15.32 |
| Arkansas | 19 | 0.0% | 12.84 |
| Colorado | 20 | 0.0% | 15.85 |
| Florida | 21 | 0.0% | 15.24 |
| Georgia | 22 | 0.0% | 14.73 |
| Hawaii | 23 | 0.0% | 40.59 |
| Idaho | 24 | 0.0% | 11.82 |
| Indiana | 25 | 0.0% | 16.23 |
| Iowa | 26 | 0.0% | 13.72 |
| Kansas | 27 | 0.0% | 14.56 |
| Kentucky | 28 | 0.0% | 13.24 |
| Louisiana | 29 | 0.0% | 12.57 |
| Michigan | 30 | 0.0% | 20.01 |
| Minnesota | 31 | 0.0% | 15.82 |
| Mississippi | 32 | 0.0% | 14.03 |
| Missouri | 33 | 0.0% | 13.49 |
| Montana | 34 | 0.0% | 12.98 |
| Nebraska | 35 | 0.0% | 12.34 |
| Nevada | 36 | 0.0% | 13.15 |
| New Mexico | 37 | 0.0% | 15.08 |
| North Carolina | 38 | 0.0% | 14.02 |
| North Dakota | 39 | 0.0% | 11.81 |
| Oklahoma | 40 | 0.0% | 13.12 |
| Oregon | 41 | 0.0% | 15.37 |
| South Carolina | 42 | 0.0% | 14.96 |
| South Dakota | 43 | 0.0% | 13.38 |
| Tennessee | 44 | 0.0% | 13.18 |
| Utah | 45 | 0.0% | 13.07 |
| Vermont | 46 | 0.0% | 22.92 |
| Virginia | 47 | 0.0% | 15.28 |
| Washington | 48 | 0.0% | 13.11 |
| West Virginia | 49 | 0.0% | 15.41 |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 0.0% | 18.16 |
| Wyoming | 51 | 0.0% | 13.38 |
51 rows. Also as a plain file: facts/data/buying-from-a-retail-supplier.csv.
CSVWhat this does not show
A retail supplier may charge more or less than the utility's default price. This page does not compare individual offers.
Sources, dates and licences
| Source | Data period | Retrieved | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final | data year 2024 (2015 to 2023 files for history) | 1 Oct 2026 | U.S. government data, public domain; EIA asks for citation |
| EIA electricity retail sales, annual and monthly (API v2) | annual 2010 to 2025, monthly to Jul 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 | U.S. government data, public domain; cite EIA |
All source data are U.S. government publications. The tables and charts on this page are our own computations from them; how the sources are joined.
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Questions
What is retail choice?
In some states customers can pick the company that sells the electricity while the local utility still delivers it.
Which state has the highest share?
Ohio, at 58.0% of home accounts in 2024.
Does choice mean lower prices?
This data cannot show that. Averages differ, but so do many other things between states.
Will I still get power if my supplier fails?
The local utility delivers the power in either case. Check your state commission's rules on default service.
Where does the data come from?
EIA-861 annual survey, service type file, 2024.