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...of the contract's fixed rate; (3) The public utilities commission web site that, as a comparison tool, lists rates offered by competitive retail electric service suppliers; (4) A statement explaining that appearing on each customer's bill is a price-to-compare notice that lists the utility's standard service offer price. (B) The second notice shall include all the requirements as stated in division (A) of this...

...he customer's account record. (B) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to ensure that an electric distribution utility processes a customer's change in competitive retail electric supplier by using customer account information. A customer who consents to a change of supplier shall not be required to provide customer account information to the supplier if the customer provides a valid form of government...

...nt-based service structures. (B) The public utilities commission shall not prohibit a competitive retail electric service supplier from requiring electronic payment methods as a condition of service under a non-traditional billing agreement.

...the utility acts in accordance with the public utilities commission's rules. (C) The commission shall establish rules governing the process for an expedited return to the utility's standard service offer pursuant to this section, including the content of the certified request and any notice to the affected customer, and permitting electric distribution utilities to recover the administrative costs of processing req...

...nt of the transmission and distribution systems of electric utilities; shall apply to each substantial type of transmission or distribution equipment or facility; shall establish uniform interconnection standards to ensure transmission and distribution system safety and reliability and shall otherwise provide for high quality, safe, and reliable electric service; shall include standards for operation, reliability, an...

...The public utilities commission shall consult with electric distribution utilities to review the distribution infrastructure in this state and shall consult with regional transmission organizations and entities that own or control transmission facilities to review the transmission infrastructure in this state.

... their impact on the hospital. (C) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to carry out this section.

...eliability of the electric transmission system, ensuring comparable and nondiscriminatory transmission access and necessary services, minimizing system congestion, and further addressing real or potential transmission constraints. (C) To the extent that a transmission entity under division (A) of this section is authorized to build transmission facilities, that transmission entity has the powers provided in and is s...

...Through a periodic filing with the public utilities commission in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, each electric utility that owns nuclear generation facilities located in this state shall demonstrate compliance with decommissioning requirements of the nuclear regulatory commission and public utilities commission and shall demonstrate adequ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory of an electric distribution utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alterna...

...distribution utility shall apply to the public utilities commission to establish the standard service offer in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a standard service offer authorized in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code, shall serve as the utility's standard service offer for the purpose of compliance with this section, and th...

...ating in the bidding process. (2) The public utilities commission shall modify rules, or adopt new rules as necessary, concerning the conduct of the competitive bidding process and the qualifications of bidders, which rules shall foster supplier participation in the bidding process and shall be consistent with the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a competitive bidding proce...

...The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility price established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall provide for the creation of regu...

...ion as is determined appropriate by the public utilities commission.

...Nothing in sections 4928.141 to 4928.145 of the Revised Code precludes or prohibits an electric distribution utility providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.

...ity may use any electric energy storage system to participate in the wholesale market, if the utility purchased or acquired that system for distribution service.

...If an electric distribution utility has an existing electric security plan under which the commission had authorized the creation or continuation of riders, then, to the extent those riders will cease to exist after termination of the electric security plan, the electric distribution utility is authorized to create necessary regulatory assets or liabilities, along with carrying costs at the utility's weighted average...

... of the Revised Code and filed with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall provide that electric distribution service under the schedule is available to all consumers within the utility's certified territory and to any supplier to those consumers on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis. Distribution service rates and charges under the schedule shall be establ...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt and enforce rules prescribing a uniform, statewide policy regarding electric transmission and distribution line extensions and requisite substations and related facilities that are requested by nonresidential customers of electric utilities, so that, on and after the effective date of the initial rules so adopted, all such utilities apply the same policies and charges...

...(A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding the provision by an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 o...

...ation, advertising, billing and mailing systems, personnel, and training, without compensation based upon fully loaded embedded costs charged to the affiliate; and to ensure that any such affiliate, division, or part will not receive undue preference or advantage from any affiliate, division, or part of the business engaged in business of supplying the noncompetitive retail electric service. No such utility, affiliat...

...on does not prohibit the common use of employee benefit plans, facilities, equipment, or employees, subject to proper accounting and the code of conduct ordered by the commission as provided in division (A)(1) of this section. (E) Section 4905.61 of the Revised Code applies in the case of any violation of section 4928.17 of the Revised Code or of any rule adopted or order issued under that section.

...ongoing consumer education efforts, the public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall engage in cooperative agency efforts to educate consumers in this state regarding electric industry restructuring under this chapter.

...hority or board shall hold at least two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, the legislative authority or board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall summarize the plan and state the date, time, and location of each hearing. (D) No legi...

... the Revised Code may register with the public utilities commission to appear on the "do not aggregate" list. (B) The commission, by rule, shall establish a "do not aggregate" list. The commission shall maintain the "do not aggregate" list and make it publicly available on the commission's web site. (C) If a customer is enrolled in a governmental aggregation program at the time the customer first appears on the "do...