AEP Ohio’s proposal at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to establish a new rate class for data centers has seen recent activity over the past week.

The proposal would create two new classes of customers without evidence of need and without a proper cost of service study, setting a discriminatory precedent against one business type. The OMA Energy Group has filed testimony in the case urging the PUCO to reject AEP Ohio’s proposal, which is unreasonable and anti-competitive.

As part of a customer coalition, OMA Energy Group filed a joint settlement before the PUCO last week to resolve the proposal. While the majority of parties involved in the case supported the settlement, AEP Ohio has urged the PUCO to reject it.

OMA Energy Group members will be provided with a memo on the joint settlement.