Fuel Mix and Emissions Disclosure

Summary

Ohio's 1999 electric industry restructuring law requires the state's electricity suppliers to disclose details regarding their fuel mix and emissions to customers. Electric utilities and competitive retail electric service providers of retail electric generation service must provide this information to their customers in a standard format several times per year.

The Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) adopted rules in 2000 to implement this policy; the rules have been amended subsequently. There are separate rules for electric utilities providing a standard offer for retail electric generation service and for competitive retail electric service providers of retail electric generation service.

Schedule

The environmental disclosure program has the following schedule:

• January – disclose projected data for current calendar year.
• March – disclose actual data for the prior calendar year, compared to projected data for prior calendar year.
• June – disclose actual data for the period January through March of current year, compared to projected data for current calendar year.
• September – disclose actual data for the period January through June of current year, compared to projected data for current calendar year.
• December – disclose actual data for the period January through September of current year, compared to projected data for current calendar year.