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Read totals, billing dates, line items, and usage values.

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Map AEP Ohio bill fields

Separate generation, delivery, riders, taxes, dates, and usage.

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Read the BTCR and other rider lines into plain-English explanations.

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Your bill breakdown

Here is what changed, where the money went, and what to check next.

Extraction failed

We could not confidently read this upload.

Unreadable or corrupted

The OCR pass could not recover the bill total, billing cycle, or rider section well enough to generate a trustworthy analysis.

Failure reason OCR confidence too low

The bill image did not expose enough readable text for the parser.

Likely cause Blurred photo or cropped scan

This often happens when the photo cuts off page edges or has glare.

Critical fields missing 6 fields

Total due, billing cycle, usage, and rider details could not be recovered.

What to try next Recovery steps

Upload a PDF instead of a screenshot if possible
Retake the photo with all four corners visible
Make sure the rider section is fully visible

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OCR quality: failed The upload was too blurry and cropped for a reliable OCR pass.

Your result

This AEP Ohio bill looks higher mainly because generation costs and rider charges both moved up.

Partial read

We extracted the bill, but part of the rider section needs a cleaner read.

Needs more detail

We could confidently read the bill total, due date, billing cycle, and main categories, but one rider line still needs a cleaner upload.

Retake the bill with the rider section fully visible
Use a PDF if you have one
Run the analysis again for a stronger result

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Good bill read Rider lines found

Total due: $214.36
Due date: Apr 24, 2026
Billing cycle: Mar 2 - Apr 1
Usage: 1,148 kWh

Extra bill checks Preview

Is this bill normal? Worth reviewing

BillLens checks whether the bill looks ordinary or needs a closer look.

Next month projection $0-$0

BillLens estimates a simple range from this bill's usage and effective rate.

Supplier check Review your rate

BillLens checks visible supplier and price-to-compare details from the bill you upload.

Ohio bill assistance Check eligibility

Answer two questions to see whether you may qualify for Ohio energy assistance.

People at home Monthly income

Generation $107.52

This is the energy itself. If this bucket jumps, the price of power or usage likely moved.

Delivery $56.68

This is the utility side of the bill that gets power to the home.

Riders $35.51

These are the smaller named line items that often trigger the “what is this charge?” reaction.

Taxes & fees $14.65

Smaller, but still part of why the final total feels higher than expected.

Rider-by-rider breakdown

Rider lines explained

What changed

This month’s pressure came from both generation and riders, with BTCR doing more of the work than most customers expect.

Why it matters

This helps separate “I used more power” from “the bill structure changed too.”

Next check

Compare the rider bucket and generation bucket against the same month last year before assuming one cause.

Compare with your previous bill We need at least two saved bills to compare.

Total due Not enough history yet

Save another bill to see how the total moved.

Usage Not enough history yet

We will compare kWh once there is a prior saved bill.

Billing period Current bill only

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Saved bills Your recent BillLens reads will appear here.

Top action 1 Check whether generation or usage did most of the damage

This keeps you from blaming riders for a bill that was mostly a usage or energy-price jump.

Top action 2 Use Average Monthly Payments if cash-flow spikes are the main problem

This will not lower the bill, but it can make the month-to-month swings easier to handle.

Top action 3 Keep this bill for a same-month comparison next year

That is the cleanest way to see whether the jump was mostly riders, generation, or weather-driven usage.

Built from extracted bill fields and an AEP Ohio rider map. Optional supplier fields are kept behind the scenes for later versions.

Extraction inspector

Structured fields behind this result

Schema aep-ohio-v1 sample-aep-ohio-high-bill-riders

Utility AEP Ohio residential electric

Territory: Ohio

Document Bill upload, 1 page

Rider section detected

Optional supplier fields Stored for later

Not used as the main v1 explanation.

Rate sheet source AEP Ohio quarterly sheet

Used to map rider names and current values.

Rider coverage BTCR, DIR, PIRR, EE

Sample rider set from the current build brief.

Overall parse confidence Medium

Key bill totals, categories, and rider fields extracted.

Field confidence Major extracted fields

Normalized payload preview Trimmed JSON for this demo record

View raw OCR text

OCR quality: mostly clean Primary bill page was readable and the rider lines were strong enough for a full rider breakdown.

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What was your biggest concern today?

This helps us learn what to build next without slowing down the upload flow.

AEP Ohio pain point

When the bill jumps, people do not want a dashboard first. They want the bill translated fast.

BillLens separates generation, delivery, riders, and taxes so the total stops feeling random.

Why now

36% Price to Compare jump
$7.90/month BTCR increase for a typical home
~$35/month higher than a year ago for many standard service customers

How It Works

Three steps to a clearer bill.

Upload your AEP Ohio bill

Use a PDF or a clear photo of the full bill. No AEP password needed.

See rider charges in plain English

We translate the line items and call out what changed.

Get the next best action

Get the one or two things worth checking next.

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FAQ

Common questions

Short answers for billing, privacy, and what BillLens can read from uploaded bills.

Do I need to log in to my AEP Ohio account?

No. It works from a PDF or photo of the bill.

Is this affiliated with AEP Ohio?

No. This is an independent consumer tool.

Can it show which rider charges increased?

Sometimes. When the rider section is clear, BillLens can translate it. If that section is weak, the result stays partial instead of pretending it knows more than it does.

Will it analyze supplier contracts too?

BillLens can flag supplier-rate questions when the uploaded bill includes enough supplier detail. It works from the bill file you provide.

Can this guarantee savings?

No. It helps explain the bill and what to check next.