Opinion
No. 2014–1505.
06-20-2016
In re APPLICATION OF DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY to Establish a Standard Service Offer in the Form of an Electric Security Plan, etc.; Industrial Energy Users–Ohio et al., Appellants and Cross–Appellees; Dayton Power & Light Company et al., Appellees and Cross–Appellants; Public Utilities Commission, Appellee and Cross–Appellee.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick, L.L.C., Samuel C. Randazzo, Frank P. Darr, and Matthew R. Pritchard, for appellant and cross-appellee Industrial Energy Users–Ohio. Bruce J. Weston, Consumers' Counsel, and Maureen R. Grady and Terry L. Etter, Assistant Consumers' Counsel, for appellant and cross-appellee Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel. Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William L. Wright, Thomas W. McNamee, and Werner L. Margard III, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee and cross-appellee, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Judi L. Sobecki ; Faruki, Ireland & Cox, P.L.L., Charles J. Faruki, Jeffrey S. Sharkey, and Christopher C. Hollon, Dayton, for appellee and cross-appellant, Dayton Power & Light Company. Colleen L. Mooney, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy. Ellis Jacobs, urging reversal for amicus curiae Edgemont Neighborhood Coalition.
McNees, Wallace & Nurick, L.L.C., Samuel C. Randazzo, Frank P. Darr, and Matthew R. Pritchard, for appellant and cross-appellee Industrial Energy Users–Ohio.
Bruce J. Weston, Consumers' Counsel, and Maureen R. Grady and Terry L. Etter, Assistant Consumers' Counsel, for appellant and cross-appellee Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel.
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William L. Wright, Thomas W. McNamee, and Werner L. Margard III, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee and cross-appellee, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Judi L. Sobecki ; Faruki, Ireland & Cox, P.L.L., Charles J. Faruki, Jeffrey S. Sharkey, and Christopher C. Hollon, Dayton, for appellee and cross-appellant, Dayton Power & Light Company.
Colleen L. Mooney, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy.
Ellis Jacobs, urging reversal for amicus curiae Edgemont Neighborhood Coalition.
{¶ 1} The decision of the Public Utilities Commission is reversed on the authority of In re Application of Columbus S. Power Co., –––Ohio St.3d ––––, 2016-Ohio-1608, ––– N.E.3d ––– –.
O'CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O'DONNELL, KENNEDY, FRENCH, and O'NEILL, JJ., concur.
LANZINGER, J., dissents.