Commercial Energy Management in the Dayton Region
Dayton Region is AES Ohio territory inside PJM — DAY transmission zone. AES Ohio delivers the power and maintains the wires whoever supplies it, so competitive supply carries no reliability consequence — only a lower price.
How Energy Buying Works in Dayton Region
AES Ohio — still widely called Dayton Power & Light locally — serves the Dayton region in its own PJM transmission zone, DAY. Wright-Patterson and the research and advanced manufacturing base around it produce a distinctive commercial load: test facilities and labs with high instantaneous demand against modest total consumption, which is the worst possible combination on a demand-metered tariff. Low load factor is expensive both in the tariff and in a supplier bid. Where that shape can be flattened, it pays twice; where it cannot, the contract needs to be structured so the buyer is not paying a peaking premium on energy they never actually consume.
Ohio opened to competition in 2001, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. AES Ohio's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in Ohio — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to AES Ohio specifically.
AES Ohio Commercial Rates
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
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| SGS — Small General Service | commercial accounts below the demand threshold |
| MGS — Medium General Service | demand-metered commercial accounts |
| PGS — Primary General Service | large facilities at primary voltage |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Energy Management by Industry in Dayton Region
Aerospace and defense research, advanced manufacturing, healthcare and higher education dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on AES Ohio, and the strategy changes with it.
Manufacturing · concentrated here
Manufacturing facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in Dayton Region →Healthcare · concentrated here
Healthcare facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in Dayton Region →Technology · concentrated here
Technology facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in Dayton Region →Retail
Retail facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in Dayton Region →Hospitality
Hospitality facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in Dayton Region →Data Centers
Data Centers facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in Dayton Region →Education
Education facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Education Energy in Dayton Region →Property Management
Property Management facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in Dayton Region →Food Service
Food Service facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in Dayton Region →Warehouse & Logistics
Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in Dayton Region →Automotive
Automotive facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in Dayton Region →Municipal & Government
Municipal & Government facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in Dayton Region →Agriculture
Agriculture facilities in the Dayton Region typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on AES Ohio commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in Dayton Region →Cities in Dayton Region
AES Ohio serves Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Clark Counties.
Other Utility Territories
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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Central Ohio
AEP Ohio · PJM AEP
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Greater Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating · PJM ATSI
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Akron-Canton
Ohio Edison · PJM ATSI
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Mahoning Valley
Ohio Edison · PJM ATSI
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Lorain County
Ohio Edison · PJM ATSI
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Northwest Ohio
Toledo Edison · PJM ATSI
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Southwest Ohio
Duke Energy Ohio · PJM DEOK
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