In re Application of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., for Approval of its Fourth Amended Corporate Separation Plan (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (“IGS”), a provider of competitive retail electric service, appeals as of right from orders of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio authorizing Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. (“Duke”), to amend its corporate separation plan, thereby allowing Duke to engage in a new line of business: the offering of various nonelectric products and services to its customers. IGS claims that the commission’s orders violate R.C. 4928.17, Ohio’s corporate-separation-plan statute, and R.C. 4903.09, a general statute requiring the commission to file written opinions “setting forth the…