In Re Application Seeking Approval of Ohio Power Company's Proposal to Enter Into an Affiliate Power Purchase Agreement for Inclusion in the Power Purchase Agreement Rider

*326 *325 {¶ 1} In early 2015, Appellee the Public Utilities Commission issued an order that approved a charge referred to as the Power Purchase Agreement Rider ("PPA Rider") as a component of intervening appellee Ohio Power Company's third electric-security plan ("ESP"). In its order in that proceeding (the "ESP

*327 case"), the commission did not allow the company to recover any costs through the PPA Rider at that time; it approved the PPA Rider only as a placeholder with a rate of zero. In a separate proceeding, the commission permitted Ohio Power to recover costs through the PPA Rider (the "PPA Rider…