CONSUMERS' COUNSEL v. PUB. UTIL. COMM.

Nos. 86-270 and 86-525.

32 Ohio St. 3d 263 (1987)

OFFICE OF CONSUMERS' COUNSEL, APPELLANT, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES. (TWO CASES.)

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Spratley, consumers' counsel, Bruce J. Weston, Evelyn R. Robinson, Michael P. Cotleur and G. James Van Heyde, for appellant.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Robert S. Tongren, Ann E. Henkener and James B. Gainer, for appellee.

Mark H. Longnecker, Jr., and Gary A. Garfield, for intervening appellee, Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co.

Donald W. Morrison and Kevin M. Sullivan, for intervening appellee, Ohio Bell Telephone Co.


Per Curiam.

The issues raised and propositions presented by the OCC in these cases are essentially identical. The OCC submits that the Cincinnati Bell order and the Ohio Bell order are unlawful and unreasonable in the following respects:

(1) the PUCO erred by failing to authorize negative working capital allowances as an offset to the companies' rate bases;

(2) as an alternative to the first proposition, the PUCO erred by failing to deduct the...

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