City to PUCO: Change or ax heating hikes
The city of Youngstown requested the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio vacate or modify an order that granted significant rate increases to SOBE Thermal Energy Systems LLC, which provides steam heat for most of downtown, and grant it permission to intervene in the matter. Law Director Adam Buente, on behalf of the city, made the requests in a filing Friday with the PUCO. The city’s request — like one made June 16 by the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel — to intervene will be considered by the commission or by a PUCO administrative judge. The OCC is the statewide legal ...
