Ohio Energy Report: September 2024

Peak Loads for Summer 2024 As we approach September 30 — the end of the summer coincident peak (CP) management season — weather and load forecasts indicate that the five coincident peaks for capacity and transmission in the ATSI Zone have been set. Peak loads for capacity rebounded to loads reached in the summers of … Continued

Ohio Energy Report: August 2024

Matt Brakey Files Testimony in Enbridge Gas Ohio 2023 Base Rate Case On August 9, 2024, regulatory counsel for the Ohio Energy Leadership Council (OELC) submitted the direct testimony of Matt Brakey in Enbridge Gas Ohio’s base rate case before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Enbridge, formerly Dominion Energy Ohio, filed its base … Continued

Ohio Energy Report: July 2024

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

Ohio Energy Report: June 2024

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

Ohio Energy Report: May 2024

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

Ohio Energy Report: April 2024

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

Ohio Energy Report: October 2023

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

Ohio Energy Report: August 2023

Disbursement of Settlement Checks for HB 6 Class Action Lawsuit Underway On July 7, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (“the Court”) entered an Order approving the $49 million settlement reached in Smith v. FirstEnergy Corp., et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-3755. The Complaint in this class action case alleged … Continued