• Be the regulator: How would you decide these Ohio cases on electricity rates?
  • Account
  • Donate
Clean energy journalism for a cooler tomorrow

Be the regulator: How would you decide these Ohio cases on electricity rates?

Regulatory proceedings have big impacts on how much Ohioans pay for their electric service.
By Kathiann M. Kowalski

  • Link copied to clipboard
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Credit: PUCO

Regulatory proceedings have big impacts on how much Ohioans pay for their electric service.

How would you decide some of Ohio’s cases on electricity rates? Each of the following problems is drawn from a real case decided by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or the Ohio Supreme Court.

The PUCO’s five commissioners are appointed by the governor for rotating five-year terms, while the court’s seven justices are elected. As of March, five of the seven justices on the court were Republicans, and two were Democrats.

Decide how you would resolve each problem. Then see how your answer compares to what actually happened.

To charge, or not to charge? You decide.

This article is part of a joint investigative project by Eye on Ohio and the Energy News Network.

Kathiann M. Kowalski is a contributing reporter at Canary Media who covers Ohio.

read next