Lens 04 of 5
Economy
What did it cost the public, and what came back?
The ground, measured Open the baseline →
9,775 covered jobs across 19 sectors in Van Wert County, Ohio, on AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Company)'s wires inside PJM Interconnection. That's the denominator every megawatt and every job claim gets read against.
Manufacturing 3.1× LQ Wholesale Trade 1.9× LQ Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 1.6× LQ
Covered jobs
9,775
19 NAICS sectors · 2023
Utility retail sales
48,653
AEP Ohio (Ohio Power Company)
Employment, pay, and location quotients: BLS QCEW + US Census, 2023. Retail sales: EIA-861 2024 Sales to Ultimate Customers, Ohio Power Co (#14006), OH; bundled + delivery total sales.
Both sides of the ledger, each cited to the instrument that created it: the abatement and the PILOT on one side, and on the other the local employment baseline the jobs claim has to be measured against.