Update:  On May 30, 2014, Industrial Energy Users-Ohio and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) filed a motion requesting that the Commission set a hearing date for this matter.  The motion argued that DP&L’s amended supplemental application was unjust and unreasonable and that a hearing must be set in order to protect consumers’ interests.

Also on May 30, 2014, the Commission issued an entry permitting additional comments to be filed on DP&L’s amended supplemental application.  Comments on the amended supplemental application are due on June 30, 2014, and reply comments are due on July 15, 2014.

The Commission also granted in part, and denied in part, DP&L’s motion for a protective order concerning the timing and certain other details of discovery.  The Commission found that DP&L’s argument that discovery may not begin until a hearing date is set was unfounded, but that DP&L request for protection from discovery requests served on its affiliates had a sound basis in law.

On June 5, 2014, the OCC filed a reply in support of its motion to compel discovery.