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Approximately 22% of homes in Ohio use electric heat. It that’s you, your bills will be higher than this four months out of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around 66% of homes in Columbus use natural gas for winter heating. If you use natural gas for your heat you may want to consider shopping for Ohio natural gas<\/a> to cut your overall energy costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7830,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_hide_date_in_meta":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"coauthors":[58],"class_list":{"0":"post-7827","1":"ep_city","2":"type-ep_city","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nColumbus Ohio Electricity Rates, Plans and Providers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Electricity in Columbus Ohio is deregulated, and you can choose your electricity supplier. 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