Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Public Utilities Commission

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the commission’s order authorizing Ohio Edison’s accrual of AFUDC for the period of time between the date that the facilities were put in service and the date that Ohio Edison filed the rate-increase application (the “date certain”) is unlawful or unreasonable. This appeal does not concern the propriety of the proposed accounting change as it affects matters other than ratemaking, the inclusion of the labor and material costs in Ohio Edison’s rate base, the accrual of AFUDC prior to the date that the project was placed into service, or the accrual…