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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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    Public utilities suspend disconnections of
    customers during the health emergency
    The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has asked
    public utilities to suspend their disconnections of consumers
    for nonpayment, due to the health emergency.
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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
    View OCC's annual report to the legislature.
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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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The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel (OCC), the residential utility consumer advocate, represents the interests of 4.5 million households in proceedings before state and federal regulators and in the courts. The state agency also educates consumers about electric, natural gas, telephone and water issues.

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Consumer News

Friday, May 22, 2020
Editorial: "In disgusting turn, shareholders reap the profits from ratepayer payouts intended to keep Ohio’s nuclear plants afloat" – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thursday, May 21, 2020
"A second wave of pain: Looming utility shutoffs" – Energy Wire
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Opinion - "Ohio siting board’s poison pill to kill pioneering Lake Erie wind project shows a state in thrall to major energy interests" – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Editorial: Another misguided vote to keep Ohio’s energy dirty - Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Aqua Ohio seeks 3.5% surcharge on customers for system improvements – Columbus Dispatch
Friday, May 15, 2020
Editorial: "FirstEnergy's bad math" – Toledo Blade
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
"Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Opponents Criticize Company's Stock Buyback" - WVXU Cincinnati
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
"With Ohio bailout law secured, FirstEnergy Solutions successor moves to increase share buybacks by $300 million" - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thursday, April 16, 2020
"States' Eyes Peeled as Frontier Declares Bankruptcy; Some Cautiously Optimistic" – Communications Daily
Friday, April 3, 2020
"Coronavirus: Pandemic highlights home internet access issues in rural Clark County" – Springfield News-Sun
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The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel (OCC), the residential utility consumer advocate, represents the interests of 4.5 million households in proceedings before state and federal regulators and in the courts. The state agency also educates consumers about electric, natural gas, telephone and water issues.

 

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