Final Chapter of Ormet Plant Closing – Utica Could have Saved It Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio | Regulation May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 A sad footnote to a sad story. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) played a high stakes game of chicken with Monroe County, OH’s largest employer–the Ormet aluminum smelter plant that at one time employed 900 people–and lost… Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!) Related