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Advocating for Consumers

The Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) is the statewide legal representative for Ohio’s residential consumers in matters related to their investor-owned electric, natural gas, telephone, and water services. The agency advocates for consumers in proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the Supreme Court of Ohio, federal regulatory agencies, appellate courts, and the Ohio General Assembly who make decisions about the prices and quality of their utility services. The agency also monitors public utilities’ compliance with regulatory standards for consumer protection. For a complete list of all State and Federal Filings for the year, please see the Case Activity section at the end of each OCC Annual Report.

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Date Filing Case # Forum
2025-10-07 OCC Challenged $17 Million in Disputed Natural Gas Charges OSC 2024-1505 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-09-05 Cumberland Rate Case – OCC testimony challenging PUCO Staff report 24-862-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-08-25 OVEC Audits - OCC and OMA Joint Motion For Subpoena For PUCO Staff Member To Attend And Testify At Evidentiary Hearing 24-153-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-08-04 Duke DCIR Appeal “$14 million mistake” Case – Merit Brief of Appellant OSC 2025-620 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-08-04 FirstEnergy Investigation – Reply Brief for Consumer Protection 17-974-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-07-29 CenterPoint Rate Case – OCC Testimony in Opposition to the Settlement 24-832-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-07-25 FirstEnergy Reliability Standards – Motion for the PUCO to Order a Formal, Public Investigation of the Lakewood and Barberton area FirstEnergy Service Outages 24-1112-EL-ESS Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-07-08 Aqua Wastewater Rate Case – Motion to Intervene 25-593-ST-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-07-07 FirstEnergy Rate Case – OCC/NOAC Joint Reply Brief for Consumer Protection 24-468-EL-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-06-20 Brief in FirstEnergy’s Rate Case, Calling for Lower Rates and Consumer Protections 24-468-EL-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-06-16 Response to PUCO Staff Report in CenterPoint Rate Case Calling for Lower Rates for Consumers 24-832-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-06-16 Testimony Filed in CenterPoint Gas Rate Case 24-823-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-05-23 Former Commissioner Ashley Brown Testifies on Behalf of OCC in FirstEnergy/HB 6 Scandal Cases 17-974-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-04-30 Post-Hearing Brief to Protect Consumers in Enbridge (Dominion) Rate Case 23-894-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-04-22 OCC Presents Oral Arguments in Ohio Supreme Court Appeal of AES (DP&L) Excessive Charges and Missing Refunds OSC 2023-111 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-04-02 OCC Presents Oral Arguments in Ohio Supreme Court Appeal of AES (DP&L) Excessive Charges and Missing Refunds OSC 2023-111 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-03-26 OCC’s Initial Brief calls for reduced rates and increased consumer protection in Enbridge (Dominion) Rate Case 23-894-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-03-24 OCC Reviews PUCO Staff Report in FirstEnergy’s rate case, calls for rate decrease. (testimony from various experts also filed 3-24-2025) 24-468-EL-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-03-17 OCC’s Merit Brief Challenges AEP Coal Subsidy Charges at the Ohio Supreme Court OSC 2024-1735 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-03-07 OCC Comments filed Challenging nearly $190 million in OVEC Coal Subsidy Charges for AES, AEP and Duke Electric 24-0153-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-02-28 Joint Filing with Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy – AEP Tariff to Protect Consumers from Data Center Costs 24-0508-EL-ATA Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-01-27 First Appellate Brief Ohio Supreme Court Appeal - Duke Rate Case OSC 2024-1505 Supreme Court of Ohio
2025-01-17 OCC Questions PUCO order that will force residents of a Columbus apartment complex to give up important consumer protections as they are forced to become submetering consumers 22-0693-EL-ABN Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2025-01-06 OCC joins other state consumer advocates to question PJM rules governing base residual market auctions FERC EL25-682 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2024-12-17 OCC supports settlement in Duke Energy electric security plan case 24-278-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-12-16 OCC asks Ohio Supreme Court to overturn PUCO approval of $74.5 Million in AEP OVEC Subsidies OSC 2024-1735 Supreme Court of Ohio
2024-12-13 OCC calls for appropriate and significant penalties for FirstEnergy violations of corporate separation rules 17-974-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-11-26 OCC challenges AES’s Smart Grid Phase II spending proposal 24-112-EL-GRD Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-11-25 OCC partners with NOPEC to request immediate rate relief for Enbridge consumers 23-894-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-11-20 OCC challenges FirstEnergy’s request to withdraw from its ESP V plan and reinstate and modify its prior electric security plan 23-301-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-10-30 Duke Rate Case Joseph Buckley Testimony 24-278-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-10-30 Duke Rate Case Andrew Tinkham Testimony 24-278-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-09-20 OCC demonstrates that unneeded and imprudent OVEC coal power plant subsidy charges should be refunded to consumers 21-477-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-09-20 OCC makes case for consumer protections, including a $53 million fine and rate reduction as penalty for FirstEnergy’s corporate separation violations 17-974-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-09-16 OCC says AEP wants to spend too much on GridSmart without demonstrated benefits to consumers 24-787-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-08-30 State advocates including OCC urge PJM Board to review capacity market auction fixes for 800% increase in consumer electricity costs Letter to PJM Board of Managers PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
2024-08-23 OCC Files to Protect Submetering Consumers 22-693-EL-ABN Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-08-21 OCC says FirstEnergy wants to charge consumers too much for Grid Mod 22-704-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-08-09 OCC challenges Duke’s attempt to make consumers to pay for its $14 million mistake 23-549-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-08-09 Enbridge/Dominion Rate Case Madsen Testimony (OCC Analysis and Recommendation for a Rate Decrease for Consumers) 23-894-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-08-09 Enbridge/Dominion Rate Case Tinkham Testimony (Help for At-Risk Consumers) 23-894-GA-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-25 Inspire Probable Noncompliance - Reply Brief (Marketer Misbehavior) 23-720-GE-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-22 OCC asks for timely fix for Duke billing missteps, with meter reading information to be added to consumers’ bills 21-1232-EL-WVR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-09 Duke DCIR Dittemore Testimony ($14 Million Mistake) (part 3) 23-0549-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-09 Duke DCIR Dittemore Testimony ($14 Million Mistake) (part 2) 23-0549-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-09 Duke DCIR Dittemore Testimony ($14 Million Mistake) 23-0549-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-07-08 AEP Data Center Tariffs Reply Comments for Consumer Protection (Protecting Consumers from Data Center Costs) 24-0508-EL-ATA Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-06-20 Duke Probable Noncompliance Joint Motion to Intervene by Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio and Pro Seniors (Billing Concerns) 24-0297-GE-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-06-10 Northtowne Abandonment (Submetering) Direct Testimony of Joseph Buckley on Behalf of the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 22-693-EL-ABN Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-06-05 Motion for a Virtual Local Public Hearing to Allow FirstEnergy Consumers to Testify Remotely 24-0468-EL-AIR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-05-17 Reconnect Order Application for Rehearing of the PUCO’s Second Entry on Rehearing by Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, Ohio Poverty Law Center, and Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 23-856-GE-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-05-16 AES Ohio Settlement Direct Testimony of Andrew R. Tinkham on Behalf of Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 21-1220-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-05-10 Inspire Energy Deceptive Marketing Case Testimony Opposing the Settlement by Andrew R. Tinkham On Behalf of Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 23-720-GE-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2024-01-05 Ohio Consumers' Counsel’s Notice of Appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court in Ohio Power Company v. Nationwide Energy Partners, LLC (submetering) 2024-0029 Supreme Court of Ohio
2023-11-03 Application for Rehearing Partnering with Legal Aid Advocates 23-0856-GE-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-11-02 PUCO Declines to Approve OCC Subpoena of FirstEnergy Executive in FirstEnergy’s $1.4 Billion Rate Increase-Case; FirstEnergy to Fight OCC’s Request 23-0301-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-10-23 Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Makes its Case to Protect Consumers in FirstEnergy’s $1.4 Billion Rate Increase Proposal 23-0301-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-10-19 Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Seeks More Time to Respond to PJM Proposal that Could Harm Consumers ER24-98-000 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2023-10-18 PUCO Punishes Energy Marketer Green Choice but Falls Short of Permanent Ban Sought by Ohio Consumers’ Counsel 22-0441-GE-COI Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-10-10 Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Continues to Oppose Energy Harbor/Vistra Merger as Harmful to Ohio Consumers EC23-74 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2023-10-06 Ohio Consumers' Counsel asks PUCO to Protect Consumers of Resold Utility Services (Submeterers) 21-0990-EL-CSS Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-10-06 Consumers’ Counsel challenges PUCO Decision Allowing $25 million in Charges to Duke Consumers for Coal Plant Subsidies 20-0167-EL-RDR Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-10-06 Ohio Consumers' Counsel's Application for Rehearing at PUCO to Protect Consumers of Resold Utility Services (Submeterers) 21-0990-EL-CSS Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-09-29 FirstEnergy Rate Increase Case – OCC/Five Legal Aid Groups Ask PUCO for Virtual Hearing for the Convenience of the Public 23-0301-EL-SSO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-09-28 Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Files Complaint at FERC; Says It’s Long Overdue to Protect Ohio Consumers from Abdication of Regulation of AEP, AES, Duke, FirstEnergy's Supplemental (Local) Transmission Projects EL23-___-000 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2023-09-22 Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Calls for PUCO to Reverse its Recent 3rd 6-Month Stay of the FirstEnergy Scandal Investigations 17-0974-EL-UNC Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-09-01 Energy Harbor/Vistra Merger Case at FERC EC23-74-000 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
2023-08-25 PUCO Audit Shows FirstEnergy’s “Grid Mod I” Plan is Unauditable; OCC Says, “How Convenient for FirstEnergy” 16-0481-EL-UNC, 17-2436-EL-UNC, 18-1604-EL-UNC, 18-1656-EL-ATA Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-06-16 PUCO Approves Duke Rate Increase – OCC cries foul 22-0507-GA-AIR, 22-0508-GA-ALT, 22-0509-GA-ATA, 22-0510-GA-AAM Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
2023-03-23 Ohio Consumers' Counsel filing: Power Siting Board Order “fails consumers” 21-902-GE-BRO Ohio Power Siting Board