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...The expenses of the public utilities commission in administering sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code shall be assessed by the commission against the affected electric suppliers on the following basis: (A) Expenses that relate to the preparation or review of maps to establish the certified territory of a single electric supplier in any area where there is no other electric supplier shall be assessed solel...

...tate treasury a fund to be known as the public utilities territorial administration fund. The funds collected under section 4933.88 of the Revised Code as assessments shall be credited to the public utilities territorial administration fund.

...Action of the public utilities commission pursuant to sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to review in accordance with Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code but during any appeal therefrom, the continuance of existing electric service is lawful.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4933.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4933.20, 4933.22, 4933.24, or 4933.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4933.21 or 4933.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4933.28 of the ...

...The public utilities commission may delegate to any of its officers or employees such of its duties or powers under this chapter as it considers to be appropriate to be exercised under its supervision and control. (A) The commission shall: (1) Estimate statewide and regional needs for energy for the forthcoming five- and ten-year periods which, in the opinion of the commission, will reasonably balance requirements ...

...The public utilities commission shall develop and maintain an effective program for the collection, verification, and analysis of energy data, statistics, and information. The program shall be developed and implemented so as to be coordinated and consistent with other governmental data collection and record keeping programs. Internal validation procedures shall be established to ensure to the extent practicable the a...

...e order. During an energy emergency the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county where violation of a rule adopted or order issued under this section occurs may bring an action for immediate injunction or other appropriate relief to secure prompt compliance. The court may issue an ex parte temporary order without notice which shall enforce the prohibitions, restrictions, or actions that are necessar...

...associated facilities as defined by the public utilities commission; facilities owned or operated by industrial firms, persons, or institutions that produce or transmit gas or natural gas, or electricity primarily for their own use or as a byproduct of their operations; gas or natural gas transmission lines and associated facilities over which an agency of the United States has certificate jurisdiction; facilities ow...

...The public utilities commission shall conduct a study to review the condition of reactive power in the state. The commission shall issue a report of its findings to the general assembly not later than one year after the effective date of this section.

...pt under section 3(a)(1) or (2) of the "Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935," 49 Stat. 810, 15 U.S.C.A. 79c, and the regulations adopted under the act.

...nee is an officer or employee. (F) The attorney general is the board's legal advisor, but shall designate, subject to the board's approval, one or more of the attorney general's assistants to discharge the duties of board attorney. (G) The board may call to its assistance, temporarily, with the consent of the member agency, any employee of a member agency to conduct studies, examinations, and investigations for the...

...(A)(1) The utility radiological safety board may request information from nuclear electric utilities or nuclear electric utility holding companies which it considers necessary to conduct investigations, examinations, and studies it may undertake, but shall not impose any undue burden on the utilities or holding companies in this regard. (2) The board may, either through its members or by persons authorized by it, ex...

... electric facilities, environmental and public health protection, and emergency management to promote nuclear safety and to mitigate the effects of a nuclear electric facility incident in the areas surrounding a nuclear electric facility. The board shall make recommendations to increase cooperation and coordination among the member agencies toward the promotion of nuclear safety and mitigation of the effects of a nuc...

... excluding receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale, for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made, or be made based upon the utility's decommissioning budget for the year of the assessment, if the utility is not engaged in the business of producing electricity using nuclear energy. On or before the first day of October in each year, the board shall notify each such utili...

... than a street light pole placed in the public way specifically designed and placed for aesthetic purposes and on which no appurtenances or attachments have been placed except for any of the following: (1) Electric lighting; (2) Specially designed informational or directional signage; (3) Temporary holiday or special event attachments. (F) "Eligible facilities request" has the same meaning as in 47 U.S.C. 1455(a)...

...(A) It is the public policy of this state to do all of the following: (1) Promote the public health, safety, and welfare regarding access to and the occupancy or use of public ways, to protect public and private property, and to promote economic development in this state; (2) Promote the availability of a wide range of utility, communication, and other services to residents of this state at reasonable costs, includ...

...(A) No person shall occupy or use a public way except in accordance with law. (B) In occupying or using a public way, no person shall unreasonably compromise the public health, safety, and welfare. (C)(1) No person shall occupy or use a public way without first obtaining, under this section or section 1332.24 or 4939.031 of the Revised Code, any requisite consent of the municipal corporation owning or controlling t...

... in, along, across, upon, and under the public way. An operator shall comply with generally applicable standards that are consistent with this chapter and adopted by a municipal corporation for construction and public safety in a public way. All structures and facilities shall be constructed and maintained so as not to impede or impair public safety or the legal use of the public way by the municipal corporation, the...

...poration that authorizes the use of the public way pursuant to section 4939.03 or 4939.031 of the Revised Code shall include the name of the person who owns or will own the facility or structure.

...es in, along, across, upon, and under a public way.

...(A) The time period required in section 4939.031 of the Revised Code may be tolled only: (1) By mutual agreement between the entity requesting consent and the municipal corporation; (2) In cases where the municipal corporation determines that the application is incomplete; or (3) If the number of requests for consent for small cell facilities or wireless support structures received is likely to result in difficult...

...Nothing in this chapter precludes a municipal corporation from applying its generally applicable health, safety, and welfare regulations when granting consent for a small cell facility or wireless support structure.

...Notwithstanding sections 4939.031 to 4939.037 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation shall approve within sixty days, and may not deny, an eligible facilities request under 47 C.F.R. 1.40001.

...s, expenses, fees to include reasonable attorney fees and costs of defense, proceedings, actions, demands, causes of action, liability and suits of any kind and nature, including personal or bodily injury or death, property damage or other harm for which recovery of damages is sought, to the extent that it is caused by the negligence of the operator who owns or operates small cell facilities and wireless service in ...

...e following activities conducted in the public way: (1) Routine maintenance of wireless facilities; (2) The replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities that are consistent with the municipal corporation's current design guidelines and that are either of the following: (a) Substantially similar to the existing wireless facilities; (b) The same size or smaller than the existing wireless facilities. ...