Hot summer temperatures can mean increased energy usage as you try to keep your home comfortable. Even if you don’t adjust your thermostat, your air conditioner works harder to maintain the temperature than it does in cooler weather, often leading to higher bills.
If you’re looking for ways to help manage your electric bill or if you’re experiencing financial hardship, we’re here to help. Check out the following tips and resources to find what best fits your needs.
Bill Assistance Tool
Make our bill assistance tool your first stop to discover information about what programs may be right for you. Just sign in to your account at AEPOhio.com/BillHelp and take a simple, two-minute survey about your household.
Average Monthly Payments
Our Average Monthly Payment* (AMP) plan spreads the cost of cooling and heating over the whole year by leveling out payments to account for seasonal spikes in usage. That means you pay roughly the same during the higher-usage summer and winter months as you pay during milder seasons. Your bill adjusts on a 12-month rolling average and changes only slightly each month, making payments more predictable.
- To sign up, visit AEPOhio.com/AMP and log into your account.
- Once logged in, you’ll see a detailed explanation of how AMP works and your personalized AMP amount (example below).
- Check the box to accept the terms and click the Enroll now button.
*AMP is only applicable to AEP Ohio charges. If you participate in Ohio Choice and want to enroll in a budget plan for generation supply charges, please contact your generation provider.
Payment Extensions & Arrangements
Just need a few extra days and can pay your balance in full? A payment extension may be the right choice. Need to spread out payments over a few months? An extended payment arrangement helps you do just that.
Ohio’s Percentage of Income Payment Plan
The Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) helps eligible Ohioans manage their energy bills year-round. This state program helps make monthly payments more affordable and sets up an on-time and in-full payment plan that reduces your outstanding balance. Payments are based on a percentage of household income and are consistent throughout the year.
Ohioans with a gross annual income at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty guidelines who get their power from companies regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio — like AEP Ohio — are eligible for Ohio’s PIPP program.
More information on PIPP is available by:
- Visiting the Ohio Department of Development or calling 800-282-0880.
- Visiting the PUCO or calling 800-686-7826.
Bills should comes reducing after outages happening,but in Ohio bills come high.my bills coming so high and high.
A person who lives alone could use a box fan or two, as fans use much less electricity (fewer watts) than air conditioners, thus also reducing demand on the power grid.
Even a household of 2 can benefit by using 2 fans, which still uses fewer kWh than does an air conditioner.
I am on the AMP plan. I am retired & so is my other half. I still work part time driving a school bus. So I don’t get paid in the summer. Do you think we would qualify for any assistance plans?
Hi Mary, thanks for reaching out. The easiest way to find out what programs you may qualify for is to take the survey at AEPOhio.com/BillHelp.
Thanks for helping all of us 🙏☺️
Your checked box won’t let me submit
This is a hot mess!! Winter months my bill is anywhere from 400 to 500 a month!! I use to look forward to the summer time where my bill was anywhere from 120 to 140 a month and thats with my AC blowing 24/7.
The fact that people can just add charges whenever they feel like it is insane, especially when u only have 1 job that barely pays and you have a child to take care of.
I normally pay my bill in its entirety so I dont owe any money on the next bill. Why on earth would I sign up for something that would make my bill lower but still have to pay the rest of it on the backend.
Lastly I make to much to be able to get on PIP so that doesn’t help either.
This is all just sad and shameful that hard working families can barely make ends meet, but able bodied people that can work but won’t get to reap the benefits. SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR