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Rule 4901:1-21-08 | Customer access, slamming complaints, and complaint handling procedures.
...(A) Customer access (1) Each competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider shall ensure customers reasonable access to its service representatives to make inquiries and complaints, discuss charges on customer bills, terminate competitive service, and transact any other pertinent business. (2) Telephone access shall be toll-free or local, and afford customers prompt answer times during ... |
Rule 4901:1-21-09 | Environmental disclosure.
...ion of environmental disclosure data. (1) Contents of environmental disclosure data shall include: (a) Approximate generation resource mix, which consists of the following: CRES providers shall specifically identify each of the following generation sources used in their generation of power: biomass power, coal-fired power, hydro power, natural gas-fired power, nuclear power, oil-fired power, other sources, solar p... |
Rule 4901:1-21-09 | Environmental disclosure.
...of environmental disclosure data. (1) Contents of environmental disclosure data shall include: (a) Approximate generation resource mix, which consists of the following: CRES providers shall specifically identify each of the following generation sources used in their generation of power: biomass power, coal-fired power, hydro power, natural gas-fired power, nuclear power, oil-fired power, ot... |
Rule 4901:1-21-10 | Customer information.
...r, except for the following purposes: (1) A CRES provider's collections and credit reporting activities. (2) Participation in programs funded by the universal service fund, pursuant to section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, such as the percentage of income payment plan programs. (3) Governmental aggregation, pursuant to section 4928.20 of the Revised Code. (4) Assignment of a customer contract to another CRES provi... |
Rule 4901:1-21-10 | Customer information.
... except for the following purposes: (1) A CRES provider's collections and credit reporting activities. (2) Participation in programs funded by the universal service fund, pursuant to section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, such as the percentage of income payment plan programs. (3) Governmental aggregation, pursuant to section 4928.20 of the Revised Code. (4) Assignment of a customer contra... |
Rule 4901:1-21-11 | Contract administration.
...al customers in compliance with rule 4901:1-21-06 of the Administrative Code. (C) CRES providers shall maintain copies of individual customer contracts for no less than two years after each such contract terminates. Copies may be saved in electronic formats if such preserves the image of the original signatures on signed documents. (D) In its administration of residential and small commercial contracts, a CRES prov... |
Rule 4901:1-21-11 | Contract administration.
...ustomers in compliance with rule 4901:1-21-06 of the Administrative Code. (C) CRES providers shall maintain copies of individual customer contracts for no less than two years after each such contract terminates. Copies may be saved in electronic formats if such preserves the image of the original signatures on signed documents. (D) In its administration of residential and small commercial contra... |
Rule 4901:1-21-12 | Contract disclosure.
...imited to, the following information: (1) If applicable, a notification that the electric utility may charge switching fees to the customer. (2) A notification that the customer has the right to request from the CRES provider, twice within a twelve-month period, up to twenty-four months of the customer's payment history without charge. (B) All CRES provider contracts with residential and small commercial customers... |
Rule 4901:1-21-12 | Contract disclosure.
...ed to, the following information: (1) If applicable, a notification that the electric utility may charge switching fees to the customer. (2) A notification that the customer has the right to request from the CRES provider, twice within a twelve-month period, up to twenty-four months of the customer's payment history without charge. (B) All CRES provider contracts with residential and sm... |
Rule 4901:1-21-13 | Net metering contracts.
...stent with the requirements of rules 4901:1-21-11 and 4901:1-21-12 of the Administrative Code. Such contract shall be made available upon request to qualifying customer generators. (1) A qualifying customer generator is one whose generating facilities are: (a) Fueled by solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, or hydropower, or use a microturbine or a fuel cell. (b) Located on a customer generator's premises. (c) Oper... |
Rule 4901:1-21-14 | Customer billing and payments.
... consolidated billing appear in rule 4901:1-21-18 of the Administrative Code. (B) A CRES provider may bill customers directly for competitive retail electric services or arrange for the electric utility to bill customers for such services according to a tariff approved by the commission. (C) Residential and small commercial customer bills issued by or for CRES providers shall be accurate and understandable, be rend... |
Rule 4901:1-21-14 | Customer billing and payments.
... consolidated billing appear in rule 4901:1-21-18 of the Administrative Code. (B) A CRES provider may bill customers directly for competitive retail electric services or arrange for the electric utility to bill customers for such services according to a tariff approved by the commission. (C) Residential and small commercial customer bills issued by or for CRES providers shall be accurate and und... |
Rule 4901:1-21-15 | Noncompliance with rules or orders.
...he law, including but not limited to: (1) Forfeiture to the state of not more than ten thousand dollars for each such failure. Each day's continuance of the violation is a separate offense. (2) Suspension, rescission, conditional rescission, or revocation of the CRES provider's certificate or denial of a request for renewal of a certificate. (3) Rescission of a customer contract. (4) Restitution or damages to the... |
Rule 4901:1-21-16 | Formation and operation of an opt-out governmental aggregation.
...inimum, contain all of the following: (1) A detailed description of services that the governmental aggregator is to provide under the aggregation, noting whether the service is to be provided directly by the governmental aggregator or by a party contracted by the governmental aggregator. (2) A description of the processes that the governmental aggregator will use to determine the rates that will be charged, inclu... |
Rule 4901:1-21-16 | Formation and operation of an opt-out governmental aggregation.
...um, contain all of the following: (1) A detailed description of services that the governmental aggregator is to provide under the aggregation, noting whether the service is to be provided directly by the governmental aggregator or by a party contracted by the governmental aggregator. (2) A description of the processes that the governmental aggregator will use to determine the rates that ... |
Rule 4901:1-21-17 | Opt-out disclosure requirements.
...nguage, shall, at a minimum, include: (1) A summary of the actions that the governmental entity took to authorize the aggregation. (2) A description of the services that the governmental aggregator will provide under the aggregation. (3) Disclosure of the price that the governmental aggregator will charge customers for electric generation service. For fixed-rate contracts, the governmental aggregator shall prov... |
Rule 4901:1-21-17 | Opt-out disclosure requirements.
...nguage, shall, at a minimum, include: (1) A summary of the actions that the governmental entity took to authorize the aggregation. (2) A description of the services that the governmental aggregator will provide under the aggregation. (3) Disclosure of the price that the governmental aggregator will charge customers for electric generation service. For fixed-rate contracts, the government... |
Rule 4901:1-21-18 | Consolidated billing requirements.
...e at least the following information: (1) The customer's name, billing address, and service address. (2) The electric utility's twenty-four hour, local or toll-free number for reporting service emergencies. (3) The dates of the service period covered by the bill. (4) Current electric charges, separated from gas charges, if these charges appear on the same bill, but only to the extent that the biller provides both... |
Rule 4901:1-21-18 | Consolidated billing requirements.
... least the following information: (1) The customer's name, billing address, and service address. (2) The electric utility's twenty-four hour, local or toll-free number for reporting service emergencies. (3) The dates of the service period covered by the bill. (4) Current electric charges, separated from gas charges, if these charges appear on the same bill, but only to the extent that ... |
Rule 4901:1-21-19 | Disclosures of Renewable Energy Resource Compliance Costs.
...th in division (A)(37) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Each competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider shall list on all customer bills sent by the CRES provider that do not include electric distribution utility (EDU) charges the individual customer cost of compliance with the renewable energy resource requirements for the applicable billing period. (1) The cost of compliance with the renewable... |
Rule 4901:1-22-01 | Definitions.
... and may be any of the following: (1) A customer-generator as defined by division (A)(29) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) A self-generator as defined by division (A)(32) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (3) The owner or operator of a distributed energy resource as defined in paragraph (L) of this rule. (B) "Application" means a request to an electric distribution utility... |
Rule 4901:1-22-02 | Scope and application.
... intended to do all of the following: (1) Make compliance within this chapter not unduly burdensome or expensive for any applicant in accordance with division (A) of section 4928.11 of the Revised Code. (2) Establish uniform nondiscriminatory, technology-neutral procedures for interconnecting DERs to an EDU's system in a manner that protects public and worker safety and system reliability. ... |
Rule 4901:1-22-04 | General provisions.
...(A) Prohibitions (1) In accordance with the EDU's code of conduct adopted pursuant to section 4928.17 of the Revised Code, an EDU or its affiliates shall not use, without the customer's consent, such knowledge of proposed interconnection service to prepare competing proposals to the interconnection service that offer either discounted rates in return for not providing the interconnection service ... |
Rule 4901:1-22-05 | Application requirements for interconnection.
...(A) Application forms (1) Each applicant for interconnection to an EDU's system shall complete either of the following: (a) A "short form" application for interconnection of a DER that is twenty-five kilowatts or less and utilizes equipment that is certified in compliance with IEEE and UL standards, as set forth in rule 4901:1-22-03 of the Administrative Code. (b) A standard application for int... |
Rule 4901:1-22-06 | Level 1 simplified review procedure.
...(A) Level 1 qualifying criteria In order for the application to be approved by the EDU under the level 1 simplified review procedure, the applicant's generating facility must meet the following requirements: (1) The generation facility must use inverter-based equipment that is certified in compliance with IEEE 1547 standard and UL 1741 standard, as set forth in rule 4901:1-22-03 of the Administrative Code. (2) The... |