Update: On June 27, 2013, the attorney examiner issued an entry establishing a procedural schedule. Accordingly, parties must file motions to intervene, comments, and objections to Ormet’s request to amend its existing unique arrangement that it has with AEP-Ohio. As previously reported, Ormet requests approval of its “emergency relief” by July 31, 2013. These major issues include the following:
- Shorten the duration of the unique arrangement by three years so that it terminates on December 2015 rather than 2018;
- Receive an advancement of the payment of the remaining $92.5 million in economic development discounts previously approved by the PUCO so that they are received by December 2014 rather than 2017;
- Lift the prohibition which forbids Ormet from purchasing power from standard service tariffs as of the January 2014 billing cycle; and
- Fix the price per MWh of the standard service electricity it purchases for the five billing months remaining in calendar year 2013 to reflect $45.89 per MWh.
OMAEG counsel recommends filing a motion to intervene and objecting to Ormet’s request by July 5, 2013.