July 15, 2016, Volume 5, Issue 101

07/15/2016

Update:  The PUCO is permitting supplemental briefs to be filed on whether DP&L should be authorized to implement the Service Stability Extension Rider (SSR-E). The supplemental briefs are intended to address the impact of the Ohio Supreme Court’s recent decision reversing the PUCO’s approval of DP&L’s Service Stability Rider (SSR). The Court reasoned that the SSR was unlawful because it allowed DP&L to collect the equivalent of transition revenue. The Court’s decision bolsters the argument that the SSR-E should not be implemented because it would likewise enable DP&L to collect the equivalent of transition revenue. DP&L maintains the Court’s decision on the SSR is not controlling with respect to the SSR-E because the decision did not address two issues pertaining to statutory interpretation. If approved, the SSR-E would authorize DP&L to charge customers up to $45.8 million.

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