Top-down PUCO reform needed to wring utility favoritism out of the regulatory process: editorial

The PUCO is way overdue for reforms, starting with how PUCO commissioners are chosen — so they truly reflect consumer interests and not just utility interests. And those reforms should include ethics rules and oversight with teeth of any improprieties by a PUCO staff too often itself subject to “regulatory capture,” writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.