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Motion for the PUCO to investigate AEP Ohio's practices for consumer disconnections, credit, collections and use of Smart Meters for remote disconnections, in light of AEP's June 11, 2021 reporting of its comparatively high disconnections of consumers and Motion for the PUCO to immediately suspend AEP Ohio's disconnections of consumers during a PUCO investigation or, as a secondary alternative to suspend AEP's use of Smart Meters for remote disconnections during a PUCO investigation and Motion for the PUCO to suspend all electric and gas utility disconnections of consumers during the upcoming winter heating season or as a secondary alternative to continue and expand consumer protections in future winter reconnect orders including by banning remote electric disconnections and Motion for the PUCO to require the electric and gas utilities to assess and report the impacts of disconnections in their service areas, especially any disproportionate impacts for diverse segments of the population including but not limited to at-risk and minority communities and the working poor, toward further consumer protection programs and the PUCO's assurance of energy justice and Memorandum in Support filed by W. Michael on behalf of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC, Office of Ohio Consumers' Counsel, Ohio Poverty Law Center and Pro Seniors, Inc. |
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