Update:  On November 14, 2012, the attorney examiner issued an entry establishing the procedural schedule for DP&L’s ESP.  Accordingly, the schedule is as follows: 1) intervention deadline – December 17, 2012; 2) intervenor testimony due – January 28, 2013; 3) PUCO Staff testimony due – February 4, 2013; and, 4) evidentiary hearing – February 11, 2013.  Further, if the hearing proceeds beyond the week of February 11, 2013, the parties will recess for the week of February 18, 2013, and the hearing will recommence the following week.

The joint parties, including the OMAEG, continue to await a PUCO decision regarding the rate stabilization charge, which is currently set to expire on December 31, 2012.  The OMAEG believes that this charge should not continue into next year while we participate in the hearing process and await a decision regarding DP&L’s new ESP proposal.