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Shop Smarter for Your Business’ Natural Gas

Small Business

This blog is relevant for Ohio business owners.   Whether heating your building, firing up industrial stoves or operating heavy machinery, natural gas is used to power important parts of your business. Most businesses allow the utility to provide their business’ natural gas and are unaware that they can partner with a retail energy supplier, …

Energy Storage: What is it and why is it important for my business?

Commercial

September 2018 Edition:  Energy Storage: What is it and why is it important for my business? Energy storage is many things to many different people.  For commercial and industrial companies, energy storage is a versatile tool that offers more control over energy costs. Specifically, battery energy storage systems (BESS) have the ability to target specific demand-based charges …

October Is Energy Awareness Month

Residential

Welcome Autumn! October brings with it many things.  Fall leaves, football games, sweater weather, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, Halloween, and the most important of all: National Energy Awareness Month.  As the temperatures begin to drop and the thermostats are turned up, it’s the perfect time to think about becoming energy efficient. Energy Awareness Month was first …

10 Energy Efficiency Tips for your Business

Small Business

If you’re reading this, your business has already made the first step towards energy efficiency by exploring AEP Energy’s electricity and natural gas price plans. Selecting an energy supplier to protect your business from variable rates is smart, but it’s only the beginning! We recommend business owners strive for energy efficiency beyond enrollment. Below are …

You Have a Choice for Your Business’ Energy

Small Business

Just like shopping for office supplies, you too can shop for the energy your business uses! If your business is located within a deregulated state, you have the power to select a retail energy supplier for your business’ energy needs. However, if you’re unfamiliar with energy choice, deregulation can be confusing, and it’s important to …

Zero Emissions Day

Residential

Zero Emissions Day, or ZeDay, was created to “give the planet one day off a year.” The ZeDay movement’s intent is to raise awareness for the enormous amount of fossil fuels our planet uses on a day-to-day basis.  September 21st was chosen for it because the day and nights are equal, with equal light in …

Get Charged About Going Green With Easy Connect Plan!

Residential

Thinking about going green with an electric vehicle, or perhaps you already have one?  AEP Energy is pleased to introduce, for residents served by the utility AEP Ohio, our Easy Connect PlanSM offering ECO-Advantage®, our secure renewable plan for your home’s electricity supply and a Siemens VersiChargeTM Electric Vehicle Changing Station for your home. WHY …

What To Do During A Power Outage

Residential

THE POWER IS OUT.  NOW WHAT? Power outages.  They are one of the biggest frustrations of this fast-paced technological era.  We are dependent upon electricity for almost every aspect of our daily lives and when its flow is unexpectedly interrupted, most of us are less than happy about it.  A little planning and preparation can …

The Growing “Green Movement”

Residential

…WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WHEN I BUY RENEWABLE ENERGY? In this age of environmental consciousness, more people are choosing to purchase “green” or renewable power.  And with the increase in renewable energy demand comes a change in the electricity industry.  According to the U.S. Department of Energy, at least half of all consumers have the option …