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...ppliers, by giving consumers effective choices over the selection of those supplies and suppliers; (4) Encourage innovation and market access for cost-effective supply- and demand-side natural gas services and goods; (5) Encourage cost-effective and efficient access to information regarding the operation of the distribution systems of natural gas companies in order to promote effective customer choice of natu...

...ion of the public utilities commission. Chapter 4905. with the exception of section 4905.10, Chapter 4909., Chapter 4935. with the exception of sections 4935.01 and 4935.03, and sections 4933.08, 4933.09, 4933.11, 4933.123, 4933.17, 4933.28, and 4933.32 of the Revised Code do not apply to any other service or goods provided by a natural gas company. Nothing in this chapter prevents the commission from exercising its...

...rmine whether a natural gas company has failed to comply with a separation plan or code of conduct prescribed under division (E) of this section. If, after notice and hearing as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, the commission is of the opinion that a natural gas company has failed to comply with such a plan or code, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Issue an order directing the company ...

...ans an exemption from all provisions of Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code with the exception of sections 4905.10, 4905.35, and 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, Chapters 4909., 4933., and 4935. of the Revised Code, with the exception of section 4935.03 of the Revised Code, and from any rule or order issued under the exempted provisions of those chapters. (B) The public utilities commission, upon an appli...

...A natural gas company shall notify the public utilities commission in writing before converting the use of any gathering facilities described in division (B)(2) of section 4929.041 of the Revised Code.

...rease in rates. After investigation, which may include a hearing at the discretion of the public utilities commission, the commission shall authorize the applicant to implement an alternative rate plan if the natural gas company has made a showing and the commission finds that all of the following conditions are met: (1) The natural gas company is in compliance with section 4905.35 of the Revised Code and is ...

...iate or continue a revenue decoupling mechanism shall be considered an application not for an increase in rates if the rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals are based upon the billing determinants and revenue requirement authorized by the public utilities commission in the company's most recent rate case proceeding and the plan also establishes, continues, or expands an energy efficien...

...under division (B) of this section must support commercial agreements entered into between the natural gas company and a large load customer.

...ompany system and infrastructure; (3) Supports economic development in the state by serving the large load customer, which is proven by a letter of support by an economic development entity, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 4929.163 of the Revised Code. (B) The monthly cost credit described in division (A)(2) of this section shall be determined pursuant to a separate infrastructure development rider regul...

...enue in any proceeding held pursuant to Chapter 4909. of the Revised Code.

...An alternative rate plan application filed and approved pursuant to sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall not be considered an application for an increase in rates.

...(A) A natural gas company shall file a commercial agreement with a large load customer entered into pursuant to a proposed or approved alternative rate plan under sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code with the public utilities commission. (B) A commercial agreement described in division (A) of this section shall be deemed automatically approved unless the commission determines within ninety days from ...

...(A) An application for an alternative rate plan filed pursuant to sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall be deemed approved ninety days after the date the natural gas company filed the application with the public utilities commission. The commission may suspend the approval of the application for good cause shown. (B) If the public utilities commission does not issue an order within ninety days fr...

...A natural gas company with an alternative rate plan approved under section 4929.053 of the Revised Code, or deemed approved under section 4929.057 of the Revised Code, shall, upon the approval of a commercial agreement under section 4929.056 of the Revised Code, file with the public utilities commission a written statement, on a form prescribed by the commission, agreeing to the following: (A) Any costs associated ...

...In carrying out sections 4929.04 and 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may prescribe different classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for different natural gas companies and for the natural gas services they provide, provided the classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions are reasonable and do not confer any undue economic, competitive, or market advantage or preference up...

...section 4903.10 of the Revised Code, whichever is later, the natural gas company shall do either of the following: (1) File with the public utilities commission a notice of its intention to implement the exemption or alternative rate plan as directed by the commission in its order, and a copy of its revised rate schedules; (2) Withdraw its exemption application or alternative rate plan request if the commission mod...

...29.05 of the Revised Code, ass to any such company, the commission, upon its own motion or upon the motion of any person adversely affected by such exemption or alternative rate regulation authority, and after notice and hearing and subject to this division, may abrogate or modify any order granting such an exemption or authority only under both of the following conditions: (1) The commission determines that the fin...

...dered in the determination of rates and charges for the company's nonexempt services, including rates and charges determined pursuant to section 4905.302 of the Revised Code.

...ion shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Initial rules shall be adopted within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.

...n may allow any automatic adjustment mechanism or device in a natural gas company's rate schedules that allows a natural gas company's rates or charges for a regulated service or goods to fluctuate automatically in accordance with changes in a specified cost or costs. (B) Upon an application filed under section 4909.18 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the commission may allow any automatic adjustment mechanism...

...all, upgrade, or replace information technology systems; (3) Any program reasonably necessary to comply with any rules, regulations, or orders of the commission or other governmental entity having jurisdiction. (B) An application submitted under division (A) of this section shall specify the total cost of the capital expenditure program. (C) If the commission finds that the capital expenditure program is con...

...Except as otherwise provided in the amendment of sections 4901.12, 4905.02, 4905.07, 4905.35, 4911.10, and 5727.33 and the enactment of sections 4929.01 to 4929.15 of the Revised Code by House Bill No. 476 of the 121st general assembly, the general assembly does not intend any modification to the existing powers of the public utilities commission under Title XLIX of the Revised Code.

...ted services and goods. Nothing in this chapter affects the right of appropriation of a natural gas company under law in support of its regulated services and goods.

...Sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code shall apply to transactions between a natural gas company and its customers that involve natural gas services or goods that are exempt from or otherwise not subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4929.03 to 4929.05 of the Revised Code.

...his section. If the natural gas company fails to provide the information requested within twenty days after the date of receipt of notice from the consumers' counsel, the consumers' counsel may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, adduce evidence, and require the production of relevant matter. (B) Within ten days after the date a subpoena has been served pursuant to division (A) of this section, an application to e...