Court: Gas Companies’ Claims About Compensation Are Utilities Commission’s Purview

( January 27, 2026, 8:41 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that class action claims brought by natural gas producers against an energy company related to allegations that it sold or used the natural gas the producers delivered to the energy company’s pipeline without providing compensation are a matter that falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state public utilities commission....