4905.02 Public utility defined.

As used in this chapter, “public utility” includes every corporation, company, copartnership, person, or association, their lessees, trustees, or receivers, defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including all public utilities that operate their utilities not for profit, except the following:

(A) Electric light companies that operate their utilities not for profit;

(B) Public utilities, other than telephone companies, that are owned and operated exclusively by and solely for the utilities’ customers, including any consumer or group of consumers purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas exclusively by and solely for the consumer’s or consumers’ own intended use as the end user or end users and not for profit;

(C) Public utilities that are owned or operated by any municipal corporation;

(D) Railroads as defined in sections 4907.02 and 4907.03 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 09-17-1996