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...The rates, terms, and conditions for basic local exchange service and for installation and reconnection fees for basic local exchange service shall be tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission.

...s any other services and bundles or packages of services at the prevailing prices, less the lifeline discount. (2) The carrier also shall offer special payment arrangements to lifeline service customers that have past due bills for regulated local service charges, with the initial payment not to exceed twenty-five dollars before service is installed, and the balance for regulated local service charges to be paid ove...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and direct-dial services for persons with communication disabilities.

...(A)(1) The rates, terms, and conditions for 9-1-1 service provided in this state by a telephone company or a telecommunications carrier and each of the following provided in this state by a telephone company shall be approved and tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission and shall be subject to the applicable laws, including rules or regulations adopted and orders issued by ...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall not establish any requirements for the unbundling of network elements, for the resale of telecommunications service, or for network interconnection that exceed or are inconsistent with or prohibited by federal law, including federal regulations. (B) The commission shall not establish pricing for such unbundled elements, resale, or interconnection that is inconsistent ...

...(A) Except as provided in sections 4927.07 and 4927.124 of the Revised Code, a telephone company shall provide at least fifteen days' advance notice to its affected customers of any material change in the rates, terms, and conditions of any retail service required to be tariffed by the public utilities commission or the federal communications commission, any wholesale service as to which there is no other applicabl...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding the rates, terms, and conditions of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from a telephone instrument set aside for use by inmates or juvenile offenders by authorities of a secured correctional facility.

...(A) The public utilities commission may investigate or examine the books, records, or practices of any telephone company, but only to the extent of the commission's jurisdiction over the company under sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code. Subject to that limitation, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Through its commissioners or by inspectors or employees authorized by it, examine the books...

...To the extent subject to the public utilities commission's jurisdiction under this chapter, all of the following shall comply with every order, direction, and requirement of the commission made under authority of this chapter: (A) Every telephone company, including every wireless service provider; (B) Every telecommunications carrier; (C) Every provider of internet protocol-enabled services, including voice ...

...(A) Any person may file with the public utilities commission, or the commission may initiate, a complaint against a telephone company other than a wireless service provider, alleging that any rate, practice, or service of the company is unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or in violation of or noncompliance with any provision of sections 4927.01 to 4927.20 of the Revised Code or a rule or order adopt...

...e public utilities commission. (2) No agency, commission, or political subdivision of this state shall enact, adopt, or enforce, either directly or indirectly, any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, standard, order or other provision having the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the effect of regulating, the rates, terms, or conditions of any broadband internet access service, or otherwise treats provider...

...upply from generation resources and voltage control service; reactive supply from transmission resources service; regulation service; frequency response service; energy imbalance service; operating reserve-spinning reserve service; operating reserve-supplemental reserve service; load following; back-up supply service; real-power loss replacement service; dynamic scheduling; system black start capability; and network ...

...mall generation facilities; (D) Encourage innovation and market access for cost-effective supply- and demand-side retail electric service including, but not limited to, demand-side management, time-differentiated pricing, waste energy recovery systems, smart grid programs, and implementation of advanced metering infrastructure; (E) Encourage cost-effective and efficient access to information regarding the operati...

...ation, power marketing, and power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric utility are competitive retail electric services that the consumers may obtain subject to this chapter from any supplier or suppliers. In accordance with a filing under division (F) of section 4933.81 of the Revised Code, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, or power brokerage ...

... economic, competitive, or market advantage or preference upon any electric utility.

...(A) Except as provided in sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, no electric utility shall provide a competitive retail electric service in this state if that service was deemed competitive or otherwise legally classified as competitive prior to the effective date of this section. (B) The standard service offer under section 4928.141 of the Revised Code shall continue to be provided to consumers in th...

...(A)(1) A competitive retail electric service supplied by an electric services company, or by an electric utility consistent with section 4928.141 of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to supervision and regulation by a municipal corporation under Chapter 743. of the Revised Code or by the public utilities commission under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code, except sections 4905.1...

...s that an electric utility is or has engaged in the abuse of market power and that that abuse is not adequately mitigated by rules and practices of any independent transmission entity controlling the transmission facilities. Any such measure shall be taken only to the extent necessary to protect customers in the area from the particular abuse of market power and to the extent the commission's authority is not preempt...

...e, or governmental aggregator may repackage the service on or after the starting date and offer it on a bundled basis with other retail electric services to meet consumer preferences. Such repackaging by an electric utility shall be subject to sections 4905.33 to 4905.35 of the Revised Code. Repackaging by such an electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator shall be subject to the limi...

...c utilities commission regarding its managerial, technical, and financial capability to provide that service and providing a financial guarantee sufficient to protect customers and electric distribution utilities from default. Certification shall be granted pursuant to procedures and standards the commission shall prescribe in accordance with division (C) of this section, except that certification or certification re...

...ices company, a billing and collection agent, or a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission and having the responsibility for maintaining reliability in all or part of this state on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service unless that person first does both of the following: (a) Consents irrevocably to the jurisdiction of the courts of t...

...y or through its billing and collection agent of competitive retail electric services for which it is subject to certification. Rules adopted under this section shall include a prohibition against unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable acts and practices in the marketing, solicitation, and sale of such a competitive retail electric service and in the administration of any contract for service, and also shall include a...

... one or both of the following: (a) Manages multiple electric meters and, within the last twelve months, the electricity demand for at least one of the meters is twenty-five kilowatts or more; (b) Has, at the customer's discretion, aggregated the demand for the customer-managed meters. (B) The consumer protections described in section 4928.10 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted pursuant to that section app...

... (1) To use clear and unambiguous language in order to enable the customer to make an informed decision; (2) To design the notices in a way to ensure that they cannot be confused with marketing materials. (F) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under section 4928.101 of the Revised Code is not subject to section...

...(A) As used in this section, "customer account information" means a unique electric distribution utility number or other customer identification number used by the utility to identify a customer and the 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 custome...