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“That initial proposal that AEP delivered a year ago to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio would have reduced rates for many small-businesses and raised rates for many large manufacturers. In the end, however, after settlement talks with a variety of companies and groups, the reverse happened, based on a Dispatch analysis of case records.” “More than 30 companies and groups sent lawyers to participate in the rate case. None of those groups exclusively represents small businesses.”So, when it mattered most, despite their charge to “reflect the viewpoints of and advocate for” the interests of small businesses, nobody from CSI was there when a cabinet agency authorized a plan that disproportionately affected the small business community.