Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Public Utilities Commission

We affirm the commission’s order for the following reasons.

In its first proposition of law, OCC argues that the commission was without authority to adopt the alternative regulatory requirements on its own initiative, citing the language of R.C. 4927.04(B), which provides that alternative regulations may be established “[u]pon the application of any telephone company having fewer than fifteen thousand access lines.” (Emphasis added.) In its second proposition of law, OCC argues that because the commission lacked authority to adopt alternative regulatory requirements on its own initiative, the…