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Pandemic Update: Utilities Ask Puco To
Allow Consumer Disconnections To Resume
Utilities are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
(PUCO) for permission to resume consumer disconnections
for nonpayment of service.
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“Ohio should lead with its heart and keep Ohioans
connected to utility services for the time being."
~ Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Bruce Weston
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Summer Crisis Assistance
The Summer Crisis Program can provide assistance
to qualifying consumers of Ohio utilities to help pay
an electric bill, repair central air conditioning, and/or
purchase an air conditioner or fan.
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Ohio Consumers' Counsel Advocates for Change
to Require Refunds of Improper Utility Charges
Read how consumers have been denied $1.2 billion
in utility refunds since 2009.
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Protecting Consumers from Unwanted
Telemarketing and Scams
OCC’s website contains materials instructing consumers
how to avoid being charged for services or enrolled in
programs without their knowledge or approval.
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Is your money for natural gas going up in smoke?
Based on recent prices, most consumers can save money
buying natural gas through their utility (Columbia, Dominion,
Duke, Vectren) instead of from an energy marketer.
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Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel
2019 Annual Report
"I am grateful for and inspired by this job to give millions of Ohio
consumers a voice among the powerful corporate interests –
and undue influence – of public utilities. At OCC we put
Consumers First."
~ Ohio Consumers' Counsel Bruce Weston
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Consumer Protections from Door-to-Door
Energy Sales
You don’t have to open your home’s front door when energy marketers
come knocking. And you have the right to call your electric and gas
utilities to stop them from sharing your contact information
with energy marketers.
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