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...d Code, adjusted for any changes in the taxation of electric utilities and retail electric service under Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd General Assembly, the universal service rider authorized by section 4928.51 of the Revised Code, and the temporary rider authorized by section 4928.61 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of this division, the rate cap applicable to a customer receiving electric service pursuant to an ...

...ic utility's retail electric generation service and distribution service, as provided in division (A) of this section, are not subject to adjustment for the utility's market development period, except that the commission shall order an equitable reduction in those components for all customer classes to reflect any refund a utility receives as a result of the resolution of utility personal property tax valuation litig...

...ing date of competitive retail electric service, to determine whether an electric utility has failed to implement, in conformance with an order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code or in ongoing compliance with applicable provisions of the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code, a transition plan approved under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code. If, after reasonable notice and opportunity for ...

...ing date of competitive retail electric service and ending on the expiration date of its market development period as determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code: (a) Payment of unbundled rates for retail electric services by each customer that is supplied retail electric generation service during the market development period by the customer's electric distribution utility, which rates shall be specified i...

...ing date of competitive retail electric service. Except as provided in sections 4905.33 to 4905.35 of the Revised Code and this chapter, an electric utility that receives such transition revenues shall be wholly responsible for how to use those revenues and wholly responsible for whether it is in a competitive position after the market development period. The utility's receipt of transition revenues shall terminate a...

...allocable to retail electric generation service provided to electric consumers in this state. (C) The costs are unrecoverable in a competitive market. (D) The utility would otherwise be entitled an opportunity to recover the costs. Transition costs under this section shall include the costs of employee assistance under the employee assistance plan included in the utility's approved transition plan under section 49...

...omponent for retail electric generation service set in the utility's approved transition plan under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, and in no case shall the commission establish a transition charge in an amount less than zero. (B)(1) The commission may conduct a periodic review no more often than annually and, as it determines necessary, adjust the transition charges of the electric utility as initially establi...

...ams, including the bureau of employment services and the department of development, shall provide concentrated attention through those programs to assisting employees whose employment is affected by electric industry restructuring under this chapter. (B) To the extent not prohibited by federal law or any law of this state and except as otherwise provided in a labor contract or other agreement, no unencumbered money ...

...ished in the state treasury a universal service fund, into which shall be deposited all universal service revenues remitted to the director of development under this section, for the exclusive purposes of providing funding for the low-income customer assistance programs and for the consumer education program authorized under section 4928.56 of the Revised Code, and paying the administrative costs of the low-income cu...

...ral revenue fund appropriations for the Ohio energy credit program, will be insufficient to cover the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program and provide adequate funding for those programs, the director shall file a petition with the commission for an increase in the universal service rider. The commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hea...

...section excludes authority to prescribe service disconnection and customer billing policies and procedures and to address complaints against suppliers under the percentage of payment plan program, which excluded authority shall be exercised by the public utilities commission, in coordination with the director. Rules adopted by the director under this division for the percentage of income payment plan program sh...

...The director of development services shall aggregate percentage of income payment plan program customers for the purpose of establishing a competitive procurement process for the supply of competitive retail electric service for those customers. The process shall be an auction. Only bidders certified under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code may participate in the auction.

...The competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall be conducted until a winning bid is or winning bids are selected.

...de reliable competitive retail electric service to percentage of income payment plan program customers; (B) Reduce the cost of the percentage of income payment plan program relative to the otherwise applicable standard service offer established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code; (C) Result in the best value for persons paying the universal service rider under section 4928.52 of the Revised ...

...The director of development services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code. The rules shall ensure a fair and unbiased auction process and the performance of the winning bidder or bidders.

... request by the director of development services, the public utilities commission shall design, manage, and supervise the competitive procurement process required by section 4928.54 of the Revised Code. To the extent reasonably possible, and to minimize costs, the process may be designed based on any existing competitive procurement process for the establishment of the default generation supply price for electric dis...

...ance to, the director of job and family services as the director requires for administration of the low-income customer assistance programs.

...The director of development services shall establish an energy efficiency and weatherization program targeted, to the extent practicable, to high-cost, high-volume use structures occupied by customers eligible for the percentage of income payment plan program, with the goal of reducing the energy bills of the occupants. Acceptance of energy efficiency and weatherization services provided by the program shall be a con...

...The director of development may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing an education program for consumers eligible to participate in the low-income customer assistance programs. The education program shall provide information to consumers regarding energy efficiency and energy conservation.

...ing date of competitive retail electric service, the director of development shall provide a report every two years until 2008 to the standing committees of the general assembly that deal with public utility matters, regarding the effectiveness of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program, and the effectiveness of the advanced energy program created under sections 4928.61 to 4928...

...has the purpose of ensuring that energy services be provided to low-income consumers in this state in an affordable manner consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code. The advisory board shall consist of twenty-one members as follows: the director of development, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the consumers' counsel, and the director of the air quality development...

...of the public utilities commission, the Ohio consumers' counsel, and each member of the public benefits advisory board.

... advisory board may obtain professional services as the board determines appropriate. The professionals shall be promptly reimbursed by the director of development services for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under section 4928.581 of the Revised Code. The reimbursements constitute administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs for the purpose of divi...

...The director of development services, the public utilities commission, and each electric distribution utility shall promptly respond to requests by the public benefits advisory board for information needed to prepare the report required under section 4928.581 of the Revised Code.

... rider on retail electric distribution service rates as such rates are determined by the public utilities commission pursuant to this chapter. The rider shall be a uniform amount statewide, determined by the director of development, after consultation with the public benefits advisory board created by section 4928.58 of the Revised Code. The amount shall be determined by dividing an aggregate revenue target fo...