Ohio Energy Group
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What it says it does
TO MONITOR ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND TO TAKE REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE MEMBER COMPANIES REALIZE THE LOWEST REASONABLE COSTS FOR RELIABLE ENERGY.
- Income
- $1.1 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- ENSURED MEMBER COMPANIES REALIZED THE LOWEST REASONABLE COST FOR RELIABLE ENERGY.THE OHIO ENERGY GROUP INC. (OEG) IS AN OHIO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE INDUSTRIAL PURCHASERS OF ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS IN OHIO. THROUGH, OR WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, OEG'S PAST, PRESENT AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:TO INTERVENE IN OHIO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE OEG MEMBERS RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS. THE OHIO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (PUCO) CONTINUES TO REGULATE MANY ASPECTS OF THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF ELECTRICITY IN OHIO. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE SHARED INTEREST OF THE MEMBERS OF OEG, WITH RESPECT TO PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY BY THE MEMBERS, AS INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY, AND DIRECTLY RELATES TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE OF COLLECTIVELY HANDLING VARIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS IN OHIO. OEG HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS SINCE ITS FORMATION ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003. PARTICIPATION IN REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS IS INITIATED BY LEGAL COUNSEL FOR OEG AND CONDUCTED PRIMARILY BEFORE THE PUCO IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF TIME DEVOTED TO THIS ACTIVITY IS AND WILL BE 10%.TO NEGOTIATE WITH ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS PROVIDERS ON ISSUES BEING CONSIDERED OR IN DISPUTE BEFORE THE PUCO. THE PUCO FREQUENTLY ENCOURAGES NEGOTIATION AND POTENTIAL SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES BEFORE IT. NEGOTIATION OF ISSUES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT TO PROCEEDINGS WITH THE PUCO WOULD PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE OEG MEMBERS AND ADVANCE ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE IN THE SAME WAY AS OEG'S INTERVENTION IN OHIO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE PUCO. OEG HAS CONDUCTED NEGOTIATIONS WITH NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC PROVIDERS ON A CONTINUING BASIS SINCE ITS FORMATION ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003. NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL FOR OEG AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND AT THE LOCATION OF GAS AND/OR ELECTRIC PROVIDERS WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO. THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON THIS ACTIVITY IS AND WILL BE 25%.TO EDUCATE OEG MEMBERS ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE PUCO, OR RAISED BY PARTICULAR MEMBERS RELATING TO ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS IN OHIO, THROUGH REGULAR MEMORANDA, CONFERENCE CALLS AND MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, EITHER REGULARLY SCHEDULED, OR PURSUANT TO SPECIAL PURPOSE MEETINGS CALLED BY THE MEMBERS. THE EXCHANGE OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST SURROUNDING ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS PURCHASE AND TRANSMISSION IN OHIO FOR OEG MEMBERS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE IN PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF OEG MEMBERS IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS PURCHASING. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ON-GOING SINCE ITS FORMATION ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 AND IS EXPECTED TO A CONTINUOUS FEATURE OF MEMBERSHIP. MEMORANDA ARE GENERATED BY OEG LEGAL COUNSEL, AND RESPONSES ARE MADE AND EXCHANGED NORMALLY THROUGH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND COLLECTIVELY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, FAX OR REGULAR MAIL. CONFERENCE CALLS ARE INITIATED AT THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, AND MEETINGS ARE PERIODICALLY HELD AT LOCATIONS SELECTED BY THE MEMBERS. THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON THIS ACTIVITY IS AND WILL BE 10%.TO MONITOR OHIO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS, REPORT TO THE MEMBERS ON THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF SUCH LEGISLATION, IN CONNECTION WITH THE COST AND RELIABILITY OF ENERGY SERVICE TO MEMBERS, AND TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN LOBBYING LEGISLATORS ON AN "AD HOC" BASIS, AS REQUESTED BY THE MEMBERS. THIS ACTIVITY IS ALSO DIRECTLY RELATED TO FURTHERING OEG'S EXEMPT PURPOSE OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE INTEREST OF OEG MEMBERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE COSTS AND RELIABILITY OF ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS IN OHIO. MONITORING OF OHIO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE FORMATION ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 AND CONTINUES TO THE PRESENT AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY COUNSEL FOR OEG AT ITS OFFICE, AND AT THE OFFICES OF THE PUCO, OR AT OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCATION. THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON THIS ACTIVITY IS AND WILL BE 10%.TO INTERVENE, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AS DETERMINED IN ADVANCE BY OEG, AND UTILITY-SPECIFIC, NON-GENERIC OHIO REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, FEDERAL REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, OR NATURAL GAS PROCEEDINGS. SUCH INTERVENTIONS WILL REQUIRE "OPT-INS" BY EACH MEMBER WHICH PARTICIPATES. SPECIFIC CASE BY CASE INTERVENTIONS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO OEG'S EXEMPT PURPOSE, AS ARE ITS INTERVENTION INTO GENERIC REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS. IN SUCH SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS, IT WOULD BE INITIATED BY LEGAL COUNSEL WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY FORUM. THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON THIS ACTIVITY IS AND WILL BE 45%.THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2003, HAVE CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT, AND ARE PLANNED TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT MATERIAL CHANGE. THE ACTIVITIES ABOVE ARE PRINCIPALLY CONDUCTED BY MICHAEL L. KURTZ, KURT J. BOEHM, AND JODY KYLER COHN SPECIAL ENERGY LEGAL COUNSEL TO THE APPLICANT, AND ARE CONDUCTED BEFORE THE PUCO, AT THE FERC IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AT MEETINGS INVOLVING PARTICULAR UTILITY COMPANIES, OR AT THE OFFICES OF BOEHM, KURTZ & LOWRY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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