Update: On August 21, 2015, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed an application for rehearing of the attorney examiner’s earlier entry in order to oppose language in the entry that permits AEP (but no other party) to have access to and comment upon the draft audit report prepared by an independent auditor. OCC argues in its application that by providing one party (and no other party) to a proceeding access to and opportunity to comment upon a draft audit report prepared by a Commission-ordered independent auditor, the Commission violated principles of fundamental fairness, and created an uneven playing field for participants in a Commission proceeding. Additionally, in allowing one party (and no others) to preview the audit report, and provide substantive comments to the auditor, the PUCO unreasonably impugned the integrity of the independent audit process.