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...(A) Any competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider that fails to comply with Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code, any rule in this chapter, or any commission order adopted thereunder may, after opportunity for hearing, be subject to any and all of the following available under the law, including but not limited to: (1) Forfeiture to the state of not more than ten thousand dollars for each such failure. Each d...

...(A) Prior to applying for certification from the commission, a governmental aggregator seeking to form an opt-out aggregation shall complete all of the requirements specified in divisions (A) to (C) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code, including adopting an ordinance or resolution authorizing an opt-out aggregation, conducting a general or special election in accordance with division (B) of section 4928.20 of the...

...(A) Prior to applying for certification from the commission, a governmental aggregator seeking to form an opt-out aggregation shall complete all of the requirements specified in divisions (A) to (C) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code, including adopting an ordinance or resolution authorizing an opt-out aggregation, conducting a general or special election in accordance with division (B) of se...

...(A) Prior to including a customer's electric account or accounts in an aggregation, a governmental aggregator shall provide each customer written notice that the customer's account(s) will be automatically included in the aggregation unless the customer affirmatively opts out of the aggregation. The notice, clearly marked from the outside "important notice regarding your electric service" written in plain language, ...

...(A) Prior to including a customer's electric account or accounts in an aggregation, a governmental aggregator shall provide each customer written notice that the customer's account(s) will be automatically included in the aggregation unless the customer affirmatively opts out of the aggregation. The notice, clearly marked from the outside "important notice regarding your electric service" written...

...(A) This rule applies to a competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider that issues customers a consolidated electric bill that includes both electric utility and CRES provider charges for electric services. Nothing in this rule affects the obligations of the electric utility to provide disconnection notices. (B) A supplier agreement between an electric utility and a CRES provider must provide that if the CRE...

...(A) This rule applies to a competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider that issues customers a consolidated electric bill that includes both electric utility and CRES provider charges for electric services. Nothing in this rule affects the obligations of the electric utility to provide disconnection notices. (B) A supplier agreement between an electric utility and a CRES provider must pro...

...(A) As used in this rule, "renewable energy resource" has the meaning set forth 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 ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicant" means the person requesting interconnection service 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...

...(A) The rules in this chapter are 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...

...(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 ...

...(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...

...(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...

...(A) Level 1 qualifying criteria In order for the application to be approved by the EDU under the level 1 review procedure, the applicant's DER must meet the following requirements: (1) The DER uses inverter-based equipment that is certified in compliance with the IEEE and UL standards set forth in rule 4901:1-22-03 of the Administrative Code. (2) The DER has a nominal nameplate capacity...

...(A) Level 2 qualifying criteria In order for the application to be reviewed by the EDU under the level 2 review procedure, the applicant's DER must meet the following requirements: (1) The DER utilizes inverter-based equipment that is certified in compliance with the IEEE and UL standards set forth in rule 4901:1-22-03 of the Administrative Code. (2) The DER does not meet the level 1 interconnection review require...

...(A) Level 3 review qualifying criteria In order for the application to be approved by the EDU under the level 3 review procedure, one of the following conditions must apply: (1) The DER does not qualify or failed to meet the level 1 or level 2 interconnection review requirements. (2) The DER does not utilize equipment that is certified in compliance with the IEEE and UL standards as set...

...(A) Scoping meeting (1) A scoping meeting will be held within ten business days after the interconnection application is deemed complete, or as otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. The EDU and the applicant may bring to the meeting personnel, including system engineers and other resources as may be reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the meeting. (2) The purpose of the ...

...(A) The EDU shall provide the applicant with a standard interconnection agreement for the DER within five business days following completion of project review. If applicable, the applicant is responsible for the cost of the interconnection facilities and distribution upgrades identified in the facilities study. (B) The applicant shall have thirty business days or another mutually agreeable time f...

...All formal complaints brought by applicants or interconnection service customers pursuant to section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, will be handled according to the procedural standards set forth in Chapters 4901-1 and 4901-9 of the Administrative Code. Each EDU must provide to the commission utilities department the name and telephone number of a contact person to assist the commission staff with the resolution of inf...

...All formal complaints brought by applicants or interconnection service customers pursuant to section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, will be handled according to the procedural standards set forth in Chapters 4901-1 and 4901-9 of the Administrative Code. Each EDU must provide to the commission the name and telephone number of a contact person to assist the commission staff with the resolution of informal compl...

...(A) The rules contained in this chapter prescribe procedures for staff of the public utilities commission of Ohio to administer and enforce the electric reliability, customer service, and safety code set forth in Chapters 4901:1-21 and/or 4901:1-10 of the Administrative Code and commission orders issued thereunder. (B) This chapter also governs customer service, reliability, and safety proceedings of the public util...

...(A) After an inspection, investigation, or complaint, a staff notice of probable noncompliance may be issued. The staff notice of probable noncompliance may be issued with a proposed corrective action and/or a proposed forfeiture; (B) The staff may issue an amended notice of probable noncompliance, proposed corrective action, or proposed forfeiture at any time prior to the commencement of a compl...

...(A) After an inspection, investigation, or complaint, a staff notice of probable noncompliance may be issued. The staff notice of probable noncompliance may be issued with a proposed corrective action and/or a proposed forfeiture; (B) The staff may issue an amended notice of probable noncompliance, proposed corrective action, or proposed forfeiture at any time prior to the commencement of a compliance proceeding or ...

...(A) Staff notices of probable noncompliance, proposed corrective actions, proposed forfeitures, and amendments thereto under rule 4901:1-23-02 of the Administrative Code and investigative reports under rule 4901:1-23-05 of the Administrative Code shall be served on the electric utility or competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider by certified United States mail. Service is effective upon receipt by any empl...

...(A) If staff and the electric utility or competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider reach agreement regarding the violation of a rule within this chapter or Chapter 4901:1-21 or 4901:1-10 of the Administrative Code, the violation of a commission order, a proposed corrective action or remedy, or the amount of a forfeiture or other payment, then the agreement must be reduced to writing in a settlement agreemen...