Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Commissioners
5Active Proceedings
2Docket No. 24-0468-EL-AIR
FirstEnergy sought a $190 million electric distribution rate increase; PUCO approved a customer-protection settlement in January 2026. Updated delivery rates take effect March 1, 2026.
Docket No. 25-0392-EL-AIR
AEP Ohio filed a base rate case in 2025 seeking recovery of distribution system investments. Evidentiary hearings and settlement negotiations are ongoing.
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State Intelligence
Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
American Electric Power Ohio (Ohio Power Co. / Columbus Southern Power)
IOULarge portions of central, southern, and eastern Ohio including Columbus metropolitan area
AEP Ohio has been active in Electric Security Plan (ESP) proceedings; its most recent ESP included significant renewable energy and grid modernization commitments. PUCO scrutiny has intensified over distribution investment recovery and customer assistance program funding.
FirstEnergy Ohio (Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison)
IOUNortheastern and northwestern Ohio including Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, and Toledo service areas
FirstEnergy remains under elevated regulatory and legislative scrutiny following the HB 6 bribery scandal involving its former subsidiary; ongoing compliance obligations and ethics-related conditions have been embedded in recent rate and ESP proceedings.
Duke Energy Ohio
IOUSouthwestern Ohio including Cincinnati and surrounding communities; also provides natural gas distribution
Duke Energy Ohio has pursued combined electric and gas rate cases seeking recovery of infrastructure investment; PUCO has closely examined its gas distribution modernization spending under the Infrastructure Replacement Program rider.
Dominion Energy Ohio (now part of South Jersey Industries / Enbridge transition)
IOUNatural gas distribution across northeastern Ohio including Cleveland, Akron, and surrounding areas
Following Enbridge's acquisition of Dominion Energy's gas distribution assets, Ohio operations are undergoing integration review; PUCO has monitored the transition for service continuity and potential rate impacts under the new ownership structure.
Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives (through AEP and associated distribution co-ops)
coopRural areas across multiple Ohio counties, primarily served through Buckeye Power and member distribution cooperatives
Ohio distribution co-ops are not directly rate-regulated by PUCO but are affected by wholesale power cost proceedings and broadband deployment initiatives pursued through USDA ReConnect and state broadband office funding.
Columbus Division of Power (City of Columbus)
muniPortions of the City of Columbus and adjacent areas served by the municipal electric system
Columbus municipal electric operates largely outside PUCO jurisdiction but coordinates on interconnection and territorial boundary matters; the city has pursued renewable energy procurement commitments aligned with Columbus Climate Action Plan goals.
Key Issues
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AEP Ohio Electric Security Plan (ESP IV) successor proceeding: AEP Ohio is expected to file or has recently filed for a new ESP establishing rates, riders, and renewable commitments post-2025; PUCO review will center on the structure of distribution modernization riders, EV infrastructure cost recovery, and customer protection provisions.
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FirstEnergy Ohio post-HB6 compliance and rate case oversight: PUCO continues to impose and monitor ethics and governance conditions tied to FirstEnergy's involvement in the HB 6 scandal; any new distribution rate case filing will face heightened scrutiny of affiliate cost allocations and management audit findings.
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Electric vehicle infrastructure cost recovery and grid readiness: Multiple Ohio IOUs are seeking or preparing to seek rider-based recovery for EV charging infrastructure investment; PUCO is developing a durable framework for allocating EV-related grid upgrade costs between utility shareholders and ratepayers.
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Natural gas infrastructure replacement rider prudency reviews: Duke Energy Ohio and Enbridge/Dominion Ohio face ongoing PUCO audits of gas distribution infrastructure spending charged through annual riders; intervenors including the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel (OCC) have challenged cost prudency and project prioritization.
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Renewable energy and storage integration under Ohio's revised portfolio standards: Following legislative changes to Ohio's renewable portfolio standard framework, PUCO is adjudicating how IOUs must demonstrate compliance, procure renewable energy credits, and integrate utility-scale battery storage projects into their long-term resource plans.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for intervenor testimony in AEP Ohio ESP successor proceeding; OCC, industrial customer groups, and environmental intervenors expected to file testimony challenging rider structures and renewable procurement commitments (date estimated based on typical PUCO ESP procedural schedules).
Estimated PUCO evidentiary hearing commencement for Duke Energy Ohio gas infrastructure rider annual reconciliation case; OCC and industrial intervenors expected to present prudency challenges to capital expenditures filed in the annual IRP rider update (date estimated).
Estimated PUCO Staff Report deadline on EV infrastructure cost recovery rulemaking docket; Staff anticipated to issue recommended framework governing how Ohio IOUs may seek rider recovery for Level 2 and DC fast charging infrastructure investments on the distribution system (date estimated).
Estimated PUCO Commission entry expected on FirstEnergy Ohio distribution rate case or ESP compliance audit findings; order likely to address affiliate transaction cost allocations, management audit recommendations, and any ongoing ethics-related conditions imposed post-HB6 settlement (date estimated).
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Staff
92| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Schilling | Director, Office of Public Affairs | (614) 644-6795 |
| Barbara Bossart | Chief, Reliability and Service Analysis Division | (614) 466-0793 |
| Robert Fadley | Director, Business Resources Department | (614) 466-3016 |
| David Lipthratt | Chief, Research and Policy | (614) 466-3016 |
| Marianne Townsend | Chief, Reg. Utilities Service | (614) 728-2855 |
| Tammy Turkenton | Director of Rates and Analysis | (614) 466-1825 |
| Manette Asta | Administrative Law Judge | (614) 466-3016 |
| Annie Baas | Utility Specialist | (614) 466-8238 |
| Erin Biehl | Public Information Officer | (614) 466-3016 |
| Jonathan Borer | Supervisor | (614) 466-3016 |
| William Brailer | Administrative Law Judge | (614) 466-3016 |
| Les Carter | Utility Analyst 2 | (614) 728-7795 |
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