OHIO UTILITIES CO. v. P. U. C.

No. 78-849.

58 Ohio St. 2d 153 (1979)

OHIO UTILITIES COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Mr. Sheldon A. Taft, and Mr. Richard J. Giovanetti, for appellant.

Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general. Mr. Marvin I. Resnik, Mr. Thomas L. Mumaw, Mr. Kevin F. Duffy and Ms. Judith B. Sanders, for appellee.

Mr. William A. Spratley, consumers' counsel, Mr. Orla E. Collier and Mr. John Hopkins, for intervenor appellee.


SWEENEY, J.

Ohio Utilities raises 14 propositions of law in this appeal, some of which involve discretionary decisions by the Public Utilities Commission. For the sake of brevity, we will limit our discussion to the five most significant issues.

I.

Appellant first challenges the authority of the commission to proceed with the instant investigation as it did. In initiating this investigation, appellee...

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