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WVPSC Initial and Final Joint Staff Memorandum & Engineering Report — September 9, 2026 (Case No. 26-0715-S-P)

Public Service Commission Staff Attorney Brendan Doneghy's September 9, 2026 Joint Staff Memorandum and Technical Analyst Lisa Bailey's August 26, 2026 Engineering Memorandum recommending dismissal of the Worthington distressed-utility petition without a hearing. Shows Bailey omitting the sentence from Worthington's corrective plan stating initial resources were exhausted, relying on a telephone call with Acting Mayor Melvin Lindsey claiming "no new or unresolved customer complaints," and asserting the Utilities Division found no significant financial problems despite no Utilities Division review appearing in the docket.