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State consumer advocate urges residents to testify as AEP seeks distribution-rate increase
Summary
Maureen Willis of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel told the Tiffin City Council that American Electric Power has filed for a distribution-rate increase and stressed that local public hearings and written comments to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio provide important, admissible evidence for commissioners to consider.
Maureen Willis of the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel told the Tiffin City Council on Aug. 18 that American Electric Power has filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking a distribution-rate increase and that the request would add to ongoing upward pressure on residents' utility bills. Willis said local public hearings give residents an opportunity to provide testimony that the commissioners must consider.
Willis described three components of a typical electric bill—the distribution charge, a transmission charge controlled by the Federal Energy Regulatory…
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