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Article: CG&E RATE PLAN IS UNFAIR TO CONSUMERS.(Editorial)(Column)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 16, 2004
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Byline: Janine Migden-Ostrander
Over the objections of Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, Cincinnati Gas & Electric will be raising the generation rate on electric bills by at least 20 percent beginning in 2006, according to our estimates.
This will cost the average residential customer over $100 per year. Beyond the initial increases, the door is wide open for CG&E to ask the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for additional rate increases in 2007 and 2008.
My office has been actively representing the interests of Cincinnati-area residential consumers against these rate hikes. However, in spite of our vigorous opposition, the PUCO has ...