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Low-Income PIPP Workshop Scheduled To Address Amended HB96
An Ohio Administrative Law Judge issues order announces a workshop to elicit feedback so that Commission Staff may receive suggestions from interested stakeholders before drafting rules and seeking comments on Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program.
As background HB 96 adopted amendments to sections of the Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) that prescribed requirements for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) program. Beginning January 1, 2026, the Universal Service Fund (USF) rider. will be replaced with the PIPP rider on retail electric distribution rates. The workshop offers interested parties to provide input prior to Staff drafting proposed rules for comment.
From the Entry:
{¶ 2} Before issuing any proposed rules, the administrative law judge (ALJ) finds it appropriate to require Staff to hold a workshop with interested stakeholders. At the workshop, Staff may elicit feedback on any proposed rules which Staff may have, and stakeholders may propose their own rules for consideration. Interested stakeholders should come to the workshop with technical experts prepared to provide appropriate feedback. After Staff has an opportunity to consider the feedback received at the workshop, proposed rules will be issued for comments and reply comments by interested parties.
{¶ 3} Accordingly, the ALJ finds that a workshop should be scheduled for September 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at the offices of the Commission, 180 East Broad Street, Hearing Room 11-B, Columbus, Ohio. Interested stakeholders should register at the lobby desk and then proceed to the 11th floor to participate in the workshop. This workshop is intended as an opportunity for Staff to receive suggestions from interested stakeholders before the draft rules are issued for comment. Nevertheless, any interested stakeholder that does not participate in the workshop may still file comments with the Commission once the draft rules have been issued.” [Emphasis added.]
Entry (08/26/2025)
25-823-EL-ORD
(In the Matter of the Consideration of Rules Pertaining to the Percentage of Income Payment Plan Riders of Ohio Electric Distribution Utilities)
