Update: On May 22, 2015, OMA Energy Group, jointly with a number of other intervenors, filed a motion for a procedural schedule under which the hearing for the matter would commence on January 19, 2016. On the same day, the Environmental Law and Policy Center also filed a motion for a procedural schedule which argued that AEP’s proposed schedule does not provide parties with sufficient time for discovery and the development of the type of record that allows the Commission to reach a just decision.

On May 27, 2015, AEP Ohio filed a memorandum contra the motions for procedural schedule described above, contending that a timely resolution of the case is critical, that the FirstEnergy ESP IV case is not comparable to this proceeding and cannot serve as a model for the procedural schedule in these matters, and that the Commission should not delay this proceeding to wait for FERC to make a decision on the PJM Capacity Performance proposal.