And to what Senator Wilkin just said, there were various ways to operate outside of rate cases where you'd have to open your books and the PUCO would have to actually have you true up what you should actually be charging for your rates. These riders allowed [companies] to operate outside of the rate making process. typically. And many of these companies had avoided coming in for rate cases for in some cases over a decade because of the fact that they realized, well, we can … (07:18–07:24)
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Asserts that companies used riders to avoid the rate making process.
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