Industrial Customers Challenge PUCO Order Approving Toledo Edison's 2008 Termination of Discounted Rates

Argue 'Special Contracts' Guaranteed Lower Rates Until Transition Surcharge Cancelled

In the Matter of the Complaint of Worthington Industries, The Calphalon Corporation, Kraft Foods, Global, Inc., Brush Wellman, Inc., and Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, LLC v. The Toledo Edison Company, Case nos. 2009-1064, 2009-1065, 2009-1067, 2009-1071, 2009-1072

Appeals from Orders of the Public Utilities Commission

ISSUE: Did the Public Utilities Commission on Ohio (PUCO) act unreasonably or contrary to law when it approved the action of Toledo Edison in unilaterally terminating discounted "special contract" rate agreements with five large industrial customers in 2008 while continuing to include regulatory transition charges in the monthly bills of those customers?