YOUNGSTOWN The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has issued an order on Thursday asking Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost to seek the appointment of a receiver for SOBE Thermal Energy Solutions.

This comes after PUCO staff filed a letter seeking the Commission open an investigation following reports that equipment essential to SOBE's operations was due to be repossessed for nonpayment.

The Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas recently granted Wabash Power Equipment Co. the right to the immediate possession of the Containerized Mobile Steam Plant SOBE uses to to provide heating and cooling services to its customers in downtown Youngstown.

The City of Youngstown and Wabash reached a temporary agreement earlier this week to keep the mobile plant on site at SOBE until September

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