East Ohio Gas Co. v. Limbach

Appellant East Ohio Gas first challenges the constitutionality of Section 29 of Am. Sub. H.B. No. 100, which suspended the application of R.C. 4909.161 as to the increased tax levy imposed by the bill. Appellant asserts that in calculating its expenses as part of the ratemaking process, it reasonably relied to its detriment on the assurance contained in R.C. 4909.161 that it could recover any increased tax liability. Appellant contends that pursuant to Section 28, Article II of the Ohio Constitution, the General Assembly is estopped from retroactively altering the law upon which the company…