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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio is investigating the behavior of gas and electric retail supplier SunSea Energy. The New Jersey company is facing allegations of noncompliance and a possible fine of $240,000.

The Data Center Coalition, a national organization representing data centers, is not happy with a decision state utility regulators made this week allowing AEP Ohio to charge that industry for power differently than other rate payers.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio gave AEP Ohio permission to charge data centers under different rules and rates than other utility customers. The utility will end it's moratorium on bringing new data centers online.

State regulators at the PUCO held hearings to determine if FirstEnergy broke state regulations during a 2019 corruption scandal. But the PUCO itself enabled some of the corruption.

There's an opening on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. For the first time, ethics paperwork was required at the beginning of the process, instead of in the middle.

Public utility regulators in Ohio found Connecticut-based Realgy Energy manipulated customer call recordings and lied to consumers. The company must pay a $355,000 fine.

AEP, the PUCO staff and the Ohio Consumers Counsel want data center companies to pay 85% of the electricity usage. The companies wanted to pay 75% of the cost.