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...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...

...(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...