COLUMBUS -
Tongren said in a letter to Jerome Solove, the agency's governing board chairman. It is my fear that this controversy will impede the future work of the office.
The board voted 5-2 yesterday to accept a resolution supporting his resignation.
The consumers of Ohio had lost confidence in the consumers' counsel and he couldn't effectively continue in that role said Helen MacMurray, a suburban Columbus board member who supported his resignation.
John Steinberger, a St. Paris board member who voted against accepting the resolution, said Tongren accomplished tremendous things on behalf of consumers.
I think it's unfortunate that one incident which has yet to be fully investigated
caused Rob to resign
he said.
Tongren was Ohio's second consumers' counsel since lawmakers created the post 26 years ago amid the energy crisis. His office represents residential customers in rate cases before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
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