NORMAN v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO

Nos. 79-475 and 79-486.

62 Ohio St. 2d 345 (1980)

NORMAN ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES. CINCINNATI GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Frost & Jacobs and Mr. W. Joseph Dehner, Jr., for Norman et al., appellants in case No. 79-475 and intervening appellees in case No. 79-486.

Mr. R. Gregory Park, for appellant Gallagher in case No. 79-475 and intervening appellee in case No. 79-486.

Mr. John D. Woliver, for appellant Malott in case No. 79-475 and intervening appellee in case No. 79-486.

Messrs. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Mr. Alan P. Buchmann, Mr. William J. Moran, Mr. James J. Mayer and Ms. Kathleen M. Brinkman, for Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., appellant in case No. 79-486 and intervening appellee in case No. 79-475.

Mr. William A. Spratley, consumers' counsel, Mr. Richard L. Goodman, Mr. Michael D. Cotleur and Ms. Gretchen J. Hummel, for intervenor-appellee Consumers' Counsel in case No. 79-486.

Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, Mr. Marvin Resnik and Mr. Thomas L. Mumaw, for appellee Public Utilities Commission in both cases.


CELEBREZZE, C. J.

Although the opinion and order of the Public Utilities Commission herein is written in terms of the specific parties before the commission, we determine that it must constitute statements of rate and charge policy. The commission is not a collection agency, but rather an overseer of the rates and charges of a utility as they apply to the utility's customers in general. We interpret the commission's...

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