Manufacturers are accusing AEP Ohio of using "paper demand"—not guaranteed demand—to inflate grid costs. (Utility Dive)
Though AEP Ohio recently cut its large load forecast from 30 GW to 13 GW with a new data center tariff, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association (OMA) claims the utility is still inflating the numbers by at least 3.3 GW to drive up capacity payments.
OMA argues AEP's new tariff uses an aggressive 85% minimum demand ratchet that treats speculative interconnection requests as guaranteed load—diverging from PJM’s stricter forecasting methodology.