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Ohio Consumers' Counsel warns Lima residents of pending AEP Ohio rate increase; urges participation in PUCO process
Summary
A deputy from the Ohio Consumers' Counsel told Lima City Council that AEP Ohio has proposed distribution-rate changes that would average about $4 per month for residential customers and urged locals to attend PUCO local public hearings or file comments in the case referenced in OCC remarks.
Angela/Angelo O'Brien, deputy at the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, told Lima City Council on the evening meeting that AEP Ohio has filed for increases that would raise distribution rates and that, combined with rising supply and transmission costs, could ‘‘work out for an average consumer to be about a $4 a month rise in your electric distribution rates, or nearly $50 a year.’’
The OCC is a state agency that represents residential utility consumers before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and other bodies; O'Brien said the office has intervened in the AEP application and…
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