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...(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...

...(A) The commission may initiate a compliance or other proceeding upon its own initiative, or after an incident has occurred, after a complaint is filed pursuant to section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or after a staff notice of probable noncompliance is served. (B) The commission shall conduct such compliance or other proceedings in accordance with Chapter 4901-1 of the Administrative Code. (C) Unless otherwise ord...

...(A) The commission may initiate a compliance or other proceeding upon its own initiative, or after an incident has occurred, after a complaint is filed pursuant to section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or after a staff notice of probable noncompliance is served. (B) Such compliance or other proceedings will be conducted in accordance with Chapter 4901-1 of the Administrative Code. (C) Unless ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Abandonment" means ceasing to provide competitive retail electric service(s) to one or more classes of customers in one or more electric distribution service territories prior to the expiration of customers' contracts. (B) "Aggregation" means combining the electric load of multiple retail customers through an agreement with the customers or formation of a governmental aggregation pursu...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Abandonment" means ceasing to provide competitive retail electric service(s) to one or more classes of customers in one or more electric distribution service territories prior to the expiration of customers' contracts. (B) "Aggregation" means combining the electric load of multiple retail customers through an agreement with the customers or formation of a government...

...(A) No person shall offer, contract, or provide a competitive retail electric service in this state without a valid certificate. (B) Nothing in this rule is intended to prohibit a person from conducting market research or advertisements designed solely to ascertain and raise customer awareness and/or improve name recognition. (C) Enforcement of any rule in this chapter or commission order adopted thereunder will be...

...Any CRES provider or governmental aggregator that fails to file an application for certification renewal pursuant to rule 4901:1-24-09 of the Administrative Code prior to the expiration date on the certificate must file a new application for certification in a new case and may request, no later than sixty days after the expiration date on the certificate, to extend its previous certificate during the pendency of the ...

...Any CRES provider or governmental aggregator that fails to file an application for certification renewal pursuant to rule 4901:1-24-09 of the Administrative Code prior to the expiration date on the certificate must file a new application for certification under the existing certification case number and may request, no later than sixty days after the expiration date on the certificate, to extend its previou...

...(A) An application for certification shall be made on forms supplied by the commission. The application forms shall provide for sufficient information to enable the commission to assess an applicant's managerial, financial, and technical capability to provide the service it intends to offer and its ability to comply with commission rules or orders adopted pursuant to Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code. (B) The applic...

...(A) Motions filed by an applicant (e.g., motions for extension of the certificate and motions for protective order) must be filed by an attorney authorized to practice law in the state of Ohio. (B) An out-of-state attorney may seek permission to appear pro hac vice before the commission in any case upon the filing of a motion, consistent with rule 4901-1-08 of the Administrative Code.

...(A) An applicant may file financial statements, financial arrangements, and forecasted financial statements under seal. If these exhibits are filed under seal, they will be afforded protective treatment for a period of six years from the date of the certificate for which the information is being provided. (B) An applicant may file a motion for a protective order covering information not covered under paragraph (A) o...

...(A) An applicant may file financial statements, financial arrangements, forecasted financial statements, credit reports, and credit ratings under seal. If these exhibits are filed under seal, they will be afforded protective treatment for a period of six years from the date of the certificate for which the information is being provided. (B) An applicant may file a motion for a protective orde...

...(A) No less than thirty and no more than sixty calendar days prior to the expiration date indicated on the competitive retail electric service provider's certificate, the provider shall file an application with the commission for certification renewal on forms supplied by the commission. (B) Any renewal application filed fewer than thirty calendar days prior to the expiration date indicated on the certificate, but n...

...(A) After notice and the opportunity for a hearing, the commission may, upon its own motion or upon complaint, suspend, rescind, or conditionally rescind a competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider's certificate, in whole or in part, for good cause shown. (B) If the commission suspends a CRES provider's certificate: (1) The commission will notify the CRES provider of the reasons and effective dates for su...

...(A) Pursuant to a tariff filed with the commission in accordance with rule 4901:1-10-29 of the Administrative Code, an electric utility may require a retail electric generation service provider to issue and maintain financial security with the electric utility to protect the electric utility in the event that the retail electric generation service provider fails, in whole or in part, to deliver contracted retail gene...

...(A) In accordance with sections 4905.10, 4911.18, and division (F) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, each competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider is subject to an annual assessment based upon its intrastate gross receipts or gross earnings (collectively "gross revenue") associated with the provision of each CRES which it is certified to provide. (B) Each CRES provider that provides retail electric ...

...In addition to penalties specified in rule 4901:1-24-13 of the Administrative Code, any person subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code that fails to comply with any rule in this chapter or with sections 4928.01 to 4928.10 of the Revised Code or any commission order issued thereunder may be subject to any and all remedies available under the law, including but not limited to the following: ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Aggregation service" means the act of combining the electric load of multiple customers for the purposes of supplying or arranging for the supply of competitive retail electric generation service to those customers. (B) "Aggregated group" means the municipal corporation, board of township trustees, or board of county commissioners that, by ordinance or resolution, a...

...(A) On a quarterly basis, each electric utility power marketer, independent power producer, and governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code shall submit market monitoring data to the commission or its staff, in an electronic format via the commission's website and according to the instructions on the commission's website. (B) On a quarterly basis, e...

...(A) "Mediation" is a voluntary, alternative dispute resolution process available to resolve formal complaints pending at the commission that are between nonmercantile, nonresidential customers, on the one hand, and electric utilities, electric service companies, electric cooperatives, or governmental aggregators, on the other hand. Under this mediation process, a neutral third party, who is in...

...(A) "Mediation" is a voluntary, alternative dispute resolution process available to resolve formal complaints pending at the commission that are between nonmercantile, nonresidential customers, on the one hand, and electric utilities, electric service companies, electric cooperatives, or governmental aggregators, on the other hand. Under this mediation process, a neutral third party, who is independent of the parties...

...(A) Any party to a pending formal complaint may ask the commission to mediate that matter. (B) To request mediation, a party to the pending formal complaint shall notify the chief of the electric section of the commission's legal department in writing. The party seeking mediation shall simultaneously serve a copy of the mediation request on the other party in the case. The request shall contain the following informa...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Abandonment" means to cease being a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator in this state. (B) "Applicant" means a person who files an application for certification or certification renewal under this chapter. (C) "Application form" means a form, approved by the commission, that an applicant seeking certification or certification renewal as a retail natural gas supplier...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Abandonment" means to cease being a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator in this state. (B) "Applicant" means a person who files an application for certification or certification renewal under this chapter. (C) "Application form" means a form, approved by the commission, that an applicant seeking certification or certification renewal as a retail ...

...(A) No retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator shall offer, contract for, or supply competitive retail natural gas service in this state without a valid certificate. (B) Nothing in this rule is intended to prohibit a person from conducting market research or advertisements designed solely to ascertain and raise public awareness and/or improve name recognition. (C) Enforcement of any rule in this chap...