Find your good energy in 45209: compare electricity plans

Duke Energy Ohio is the delivery utility for ZIP 45209 (Cincinnati). It delivers electricity, maintains wires/poles, and restores outages. Because Ohio has retail choice here, you pick a provider for the energy supply portion of your bill (or stay on the utility standard offer). Compare offers at Energy Choice Ohio Apples to Apples or WattKarma’s ZIP page.

Call Duke Energy Ohio at 800-543-5599, or report/track outages via https://outagemap.duke-energy.com/ohky/default.html. Your competitive provider does not restore wires or poles. For a downed power line, stay far away and call 911 and the utility.

Use the PUCO Energy Choice Ohio Apples to Apples charts (https://energychoice.ohio.gov/) or WattKarma (https://wattkarma.com/areas-served/45209). Compare the provider supply price to the Price to Compare (PTC) on your utility bill at your expected kWh. Watch contract length, early-termination fees, and whether a governmental aggregation already covers your address.

The PTC is the utility’s generation price for utility standard offer customers. Use it as a benchmark when shopping Apples to Apples offers. If a provider's advertised rate is not lower than the PTC after fees and term length, staying on the utility standard offer (or your aggregation rate) may be better.

Apples to Apples is the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) official comparison site for certified electric and natural gas provider offers in each utility territory. Shop and compare at energychoice.ohio.gov.

Many Ohio cities and counties run opt-out governmental aggregation: the community negotiates a provider rate for residents who do not opt out. Check mail notices, your city website, and your bill. Aggregation does not change your delivery utility or who restores outages.

Yes for typical investor-owned utility addresses served by Duke Energy Ohio. Delivery is regulated; supply is competitive via providers. Municipal utilities outside this delivery-utility footprint are not shoppable the same way — confirm your delivery utility on the bill.

Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) 513-591-7700 for billing, start questions, and water emergencies (24 hours). New service branch/meter: 513-591-7836. Confirm GCWW serves your exact address.

City of Cincinnati: dial 311 or 513-765-1212 (311Cincy) for refuse carts and missed pickup. Outside city limits, check township/private hauler.

Duke Energy Ohio (natural gas distribution) is the typical LDC for this metro. If you suspect a leak: leave immediately, avoid switches/flames/phones inside, then call 911 and 800-634-4300 from a safe place.