Utilities Respond to Expected Data Center Load Growth On May 13, 2024, AEP Ohio filed an Application for Approval of New Tariffs with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio which seeks to establish two new customer classifications: (1) the Data Center Power tariff for demands greater than 25 Megawatts (MW) and (2) the Mobile Data … Continued
FirstEnergy Files 2024 Base Distribution Rate Case On May 31, 2024, the FirstEnergy (FE) companies of Ohio Edison (OE), the Illuminating Company (CEI), and Toledo Edison (TE) filed a new base distribution rate case with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). This is FE’s first distribution rate case since 2007; its base distribution tariffs … Continued
PUCO Approves FirstEnergy’s ESP V with Modifications On May 15, 2024, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) issued an Opinion and Order modifying and approving FirstEnergy’s (FE) Fifth Electric Security Plan (ESP V). This Opinion and Order authorizes FE to implement its ESP V for a five-year period beginning on June 1, 2024 and … Continued
PUCO Approves AEP ESP V Settlement On April 3, 2024, the PUCO issued an Opinion and Order modifying and approving the Stipulation and Recommendation agreed upon by 17 signatory parties in AEP’s Fifth Electric Security Plan (ESP V) case. This Opinion and Order authorizes AEP to implement its ESP V for a four-year period beginning … Continued
Matt Brakey Testifies in FirstEnergy ESP V Case An evidentiary hearing in FirstEnergy’s fifth Electric Security Plan (ESP V) began on November 7, 2023 at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Over the course of 14 days, nearly 40 expert witnesses submitted testimony in the case. Matt Brakey was one of those expert witnesses … Continued
Matt Brakey Files Testimony in FirstEnergy ESP V Case on Behalf of OELC On October 23, 2023, Regulatory Counsel for the Ohio Energy Leadership Council (OELC) submitted the direct testimony of Matt Brakey in FirstEnergy’s (FE) Fifth Electric Security Plan (ESP V) case before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). In his testimony, Matt … Continued
Enbridge to Buy East Ohio Gas Company, Two Other Utilities from Dominion Energy Inc. On September 5, 2023, Dominion Energy, Inc. (“Dominion”) announced that it entered into an agreement to sell the East Ohio Gas Company to Enbridge Inc., a Canadian pipeline operator. Enbridge will also acquire Questar Gas and the Public Service Company of … Continued