Title: In re Application of Dayton Power & Light Co.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In 
re Application of Dayton Power & Light Co., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-3490.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-3490 
IN RE APPLICATION OF DAYTON POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY TO 
ESTABLISH A STANDARD SERVICE OFFER IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRIC 
SECURITY PLAN, ETC.; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY USERS-OHIO ET AL., APPELLANTS 
AND CROSS-APPELLEES;  DAYTON POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ET AL., 
APPELLEES AND CROSS-APPELLANTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, 
APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLEE. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as In re Application of Dayton Power & Light Co., Slip Opinion 
No. 2016-Ohio-3490.] 
Decision of Public Utilities Commission reversed on the authority of In re 
Application of Columbus S. Power Co. 
(No. 2014-1505—Submitted June 14, 2016—Decided June 20, 2016.) 
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Public Utilities Commission, Nos. 12-426-
EL-SSO, 12-427-EL-ATA, 12-428-EL-AAM, 12-429-EL-WVR, and  
12-672-EL-RDR. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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{¶ 1} The decision of the Public Utilities Commission is reversed on the 
authority of In re Application of Columbus S. Power Co., ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2016-
Ohio-1608, ___ N.E.3d ___. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, KENNEDY, FRENCH, and 
O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
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McNees, Wallace & Nurick, L.L.C., Samuel C. Randazzo, Frank P. Darr, 
and Matthew R. Pritchard, for appellant and cross-appellee Industrial Energy 
Users-Ohio. 
Bruce J. Weston, Consumers’ Counsel, and Maureen R. Grady and Terry L. 
Etter, Assistant Consumers’ Counsel, for appellant and cross-appellee Office of the 
Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and William L. Wright, Thomas W. 
McNamee, and Werner L. Margard III, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee 
and cross-appellee, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. 
Judi L. Sobecki; Faruki, Ireland & Cox, P.L.L., Charles J. Faruki, Jeffrey S. 
Sharkey, and Christopher C. Hollon, for appellee and cross-appellant, Dayton 
Power & Light Company. 
Colleen L. Mooney, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Partners for 
Affordable Energy. 
Ellis Jacobs, urging reversal for amicus curiae Edgemont Neighborhood 
Coalition. 
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