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Ohio Consumers Council seeks larger budget, subpoena and intervention powers in HB 96 testimony
Summary
Maureen Willis of the Ohio Consumers Council told the committee OCC needs increased FY26–27 funding, authority to accept grants, and expanded legal tools including subpoena power and a right to intervene in PUCO proceedings to continue and expand advocacy for residential utility consumers.
Maureen Willis, the Consumers Counsel, told the House Natural Resources Committee that the Ohio Consumers Council (OCC) needs increased funding and additional authorities to continue representing residential utility customers in regulatory and federal forums.
Willis said OCC is funded by an assessment on utilities—not General Revenue Fund dollars—and currently costs consumers about 2.68 cents per $100 of utility bills. The governor recommended modest increases totaling $843,000 across the biennium (a $585,000 increase for FY26 and $258,000 for FY27). OCC requested…
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