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Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee chairman announces plan to reexamine the state’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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February 14 2013

State Senator William Seitz (R-Cincinnati), chair of the Senate Public Utilities Committee, recently announced his intent to place on the committee's

Ohio agencies release joint report on the use of compressed natural gas in the state vehicle fleet

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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February 14 2013

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and the Department of Administrative Services recently

The ABCs of interconnection

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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January 10 2012

More electric consumers are taking control of rising costs and declining reliability by installing on-site electric generating facilities

AEP-Ohio files settlement with the PUCO for electric security plan

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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September 13 2011

On September 7, 2011, Ohio Power Company and Columbus Southern Power Company as well as numerous intervening parties, filed a settlement before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio seeking approval of a 53-month electric security plan designed to transition AEP-Ohio to a fully competitive market for electric generation services

Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of industrial customers in contract dispute with FirstEnergy

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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August 26 2011

On August 25, 2011, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in favor of five large industrial customers Worthington Industries, Brush Wellman (now Materion Brush), Calphalon, Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, and Kraft Foods Global (collectively, “Customers”

AEP-Ohio capacity costs to competitive retail electric service providers

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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December 21 2010

On November 1, 2010, AEP Electric Power Service Corporation, on behalf of Ohio Power Company and Columbus Southern Power Company (collectively, “AEP-Ohio”), filed an application before FERC in FERC Docket No. ER11-1995 seeking authority to change the basis for compensation for capacity costs to a cost-based mechanism and included proposed formula rate templates under which the Companies would calculate their respective capacity costs under Section D.8 of Schedule 8.1 of the Reliability Assurance Agreement

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approves pilot program for mercantile customer energy efficiency projects

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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September 16 2010

A key component of the energy efficiency benchmarks set forth in Senate Bill 221 (SB 221) involved a provision allowing mercantile customers (those having an annual electric usage of 700,000 kilowatt-hours or more) to "opt-out" of the responsibility for paying the Ohio electric distribution utilities' (EDUs) costs of compliance with those benchmarkscosts recovered through an energy efficiency rider

Billions in incentive for new technology make "Smart Grid" even smarter

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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July 12 2010

Over the past few years, the electric power industry, federal and state regulators, and government agencies have confronted the challenge of updating the nation’s aging electric power infrastructure

Cogeneration technologies eligible for more favorable tax treatment under SB 232’s updates to the Ohio tax code

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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July 6 2010

With the passage of Substitute Senate Bill 232 (SB 232) on June 3, 2010, the Ohio General Assembly encouraged the development of cogeneration facilities, thereby adding another important technology to Ohio's electric generation future

Ohio utilities file 10-year alternative energy compliance plans with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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May 26 2010

In 2009, and after more than a year of debate, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (the "Commission") finalized rules implementing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) set forth in Senate Bill 221 (SB 221