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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from several Ohio utility companies, cementing a victory for the state's electric customers that secures more than $400 million in savings through 2031.
The decision upholds a ruling sought by the Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel (OCC), which had argued that utility customers were paying an unnecessary extra fee. The OCC, which represents residential utility customers, first raised the issue with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in early 2022.
The core of the dispute was a special profit incentive called the "RTO adder," a 50-basis-point charge that utility companies, including AEP, AES Ohio, Duke Energy, and FirstEnergy companies, added to customer bills for transmission investments. The fee was
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