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PUCO Issues Corrective Order Fining Broker and Suppliers Who have Failed to Remit Fiscal Assessment
On May 13, 2026 the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)) issued a finding and order rescinding its April 14, 2026 finding and order that levied a $1,000 civil forfeiture on multiple retail energy suppliers and brokers.
In the most recent order the “Commission directs all regulated entities and service providers who have not remitted their fiscal assessment based on the 2023 and/or 2024 report to do so by June 12, 2026; and, pursuant to R.C. 4905.54 and R.C. 4905.84, assesses a civil forfeiture of $1,000 against every company listed in the attachments to this Finding and Order that fails to comply with this Finding and Order.”
The Commission goes on to explain that “the April 14, 2026 Finding and Order incorrectly described the list of regulated entities as entities who had failed to file annual reports for 2023 and/or 2024. Instead, the Finding and Order should have identified the companies listed as those who had failed to remit their fiscal assessment based on their 2023 and/or 2024 annual reports. As such, we rescind our directive in the April 14, 2026 Finding and Order to the entities listed in the attachments to that Finding and Order to file annual reports for 2023 and/or 2024, as well as our order to assess a civil forfeiture against each of the listed companies.”
“The Commission now clarifies that a review of the Commission’s records reveals that those regulated entities listed in the attachments to this Finding and Order have failed to remit their annual assessment for their 2023 and/or 2024 annual reports. As each of the companies listed in the attachment have failed to remit their annual assessments, the Commission directs Staff to assess a civil forfeiture of $1,000 on these companies pursuant to R.C. 4905.54.”
PUCO established a deadline of June 12, 2026 for the listed companies to pay their assessment or be subject to potential additional forfeiture and warned that failure to pay the assessment by the deadline could subject the companies to revocation of their supplier or broker certificate
