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...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...

...tection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code that specify minimum service quality, safety, and reliability requirements for noncompetitive retail electric services supplied by an electric utility in this state, to the extent such authority is not preempted by federal law. The rules shall include prescriptive standards f...

...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.

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no entity shall own or control transmission facilities as defined under federal law and located in this state on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service unless that entity is a member of, and transfers control of those facilities to, one or more qualifying transmission entities, as described in division (B) ...

...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...

...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, 4928.142, and 4928.143 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alternative supplier. A supplier is deemed u...

...istribution utility shall apply to the public utilities commission to establish the standard service offer in accordance with section 4928.142 or 4928.143 of the Revised Code and, at its discretion, may apply simultaneously under both sections, except that the utility's first standard service offer application at minimum shall include a filing under section 4928.143 of the Revised Code. Only a standard serv...

...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 p...

...ion utility may file an application for public utilities commission approval of an electric security plan as prescribed under division (B) of this section. The utility may file that application prior to the effective date of any rules the commission may adopt for the purpose of this section, and, as the commission determines necessary, the utility immediately shall conform its filing to those rules upon their taking ...

...The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility rate or price established under sections 4928.141 to 4928.143 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure rate or price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall pro...

...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.

..., 2020, any mechanism authorized by the public utilities commission prior to the effective date of this section for retail recovery of prudently incurred costs related to a legacy generation resource shall be replaced by a nonbypassable rate mechanism established by the commission for recovery of those costs through December 31, 2030, from customers of all electric distribution utilities in this state. The nonbypass...

...No electric distribution utility 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...

...paration plan that is approved by the public utilities commission under this section, is consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code, and achieves all of the following: (1) The plan provides, at minimum, for the provision of the competitive retail electric service or the nonelectric product or service through a fully separated affiliate of the utility, and the plan includes sep...

...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.

...ority 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 ...

... 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...

...; (9) Any other similar costs that the public utilities commission finds appropriate. (F) "Financing order" means an order issued by the public utilities commission under section 4928.232 of the Revised Code that authorizes an electric distribution utility or an assignee to issue phase-in-recovery bonds and recover phase-in-recovery charges. (G) "Final financing order" means a financing order that has become...