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...shall be the average of total kilowatt hours sold by the utility or company in the preceding three calendar years to the following: (1) In the case of an electric distribution utility, any and all retail electric consumers whose electric load centers are served by that utility and are located within the utility's certified territory; (2) In the case of an electric services company, any and all retail electri...

...rchasers under division (C) of section 5727.81 of the Revised Code, the commission shall reduce both baselines described in section 4928.643 of the Revised Code to exclude the load and usage of those self-assessing purchasers. Upon the effective date of this reduction, both of the following shall apply: (1) Any electric distribution utility or electric services company serving such a self-assessing purchaser shall b...

...or metered amounts of gas. (B)(1) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules specifying that one unit of credit shall equal one megawatt hour of electricity derived from renewable energy resources, except that, for a generating facility of seventy-five megawatts or greater that is situated within this state and has committed by December 31, 2009, to modify or retrofit its generating unit or units to enable t...

...(A) Not later than January 1, 2015, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules governing the disclosure of the costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements of sections 4928.64 and 4928.66 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include both of the following requirements: (1) That every electric distribution utility list, on all cust...

...ll be the average of the total kilowatt hours the electric distribution utility sold in the preceding three calendar years. The baseline for a peak demand reduction under division (A)(1)(b) of this section shall be the average peak demand on the utility in the preceding three calendar years, except that the commission may reduce either baseline to adjust for new economic growth in the utility's certified territory. N...

... the same terms and conditions that the public utilities commission approved for the low-income program as it existed prior to the portfolio plan's termination, including the funding level originally allocated to the program. (B) A portfolio plan program re-established under division (A) of this section shall terminate on December 31, 2021. (C) The commission shall issue an order requiring electric distribution u...

...ection 4928.66 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall count and recognize compliance as follows: (A) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction achieved through actions taken by customers or through electric distribution utility programs that comply with federal standards for either or both energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements, including resources associated w...

...lan required under rules adopted by the public utilities commission and codified in Chapter 4901:1-39 of the Administrative Code or hereafter recodified or amended ; (2) Any plan implemented pursuant to division (G) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code.

...Beginning January 1, 2017, a customer of an electric distribution utility may opt out of the opportunity and ability to obtain direct benefits from the utility's portfolio plan. Such an opt out shall extend to all of the customer's accounts, irrespective of the size or service voltage level that are associated with the activities performed by the customer and that are located on or adjacent to the customer's pr...

...opt-out notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice provided to the utility shall include all of the following: (A) A statement indicating that the customer has elected to opt out; (B) The effective date of the election to opt out; (C) The account number for each customer account to which the opt out shall apply; (D) The physical location of the customer's load center; (E) The da...

...tility portfolio plans approved by the public utilities commission.

... notice of its intent to opt in to the public utilities commission and the electric distribution utility from which it receives service. (B) A customer that opts in under this section shall maintain its opt-in status for three consecutive calendar years before being eligible subsequently to exercise its right to opt out after giving the utility twelve months' advance notice.

...e opt-in notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice shall include all of the following: (A) A statement indicating that the customer has elected to opt in; (B) The effective date of the election to opt in; (C) The account number for each customer account to which the opt in shall apply; (D) The physical location of the customer's load center.

...nd underwriters laboratories. (C) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules relating to additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators that the commission determines are necessary to protect public and worker safety and system reliability. (D) An electric utility shall not require a customer-generator whose net metering system meets the standards and requirements provided for in...

...e extent permitted by federal law, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules establishing greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements, including participation in the climate registry, and carbon dioxide control planning requirements for each electric generating facility that is located in this state, is owned or operated by a public utility that is subject to the commission'...

...greement filed with and approved by the public utilities commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, an electric distribution utility shall not charge any person that is a customer of a municipal electric utility that is in existence on or before January 1, 2008, any surcharge, service termination charge, exit fee, or transition charge.

...(A) The public utilities commission may periodically review any green pricing program offered in this state as part of competitive retail electric service. At the conclusion of a review, the commission may make recommendations to improve or expand the program subject of the review. (B) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out purposes of this section.

...The public utilities commission shall study whether increased energy efficiency, demand response, generation, and transmission provide increased opportunities for customer choice. The commission shall include in the study an evaluation of emerging technologies. The commission shall commence the study not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this section. At the conclusion of the study, the co...

...The public utilities commission may, in cooperation with the department of transportation, work with other states to develop a multi-state study on the development of compressed natural gas infrastructures for transportation.

...or more mercantile customers. (D) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to implement this section that are applicable to electric distribution utilities. (E) Nothing in this section prohibits an electric distribution utility or an electric cooperative from charging a mercantile customer for distribution or transmission service used by a mercantile customer.

...Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the director of development services shall, in each fiscal year, submit a completed waiver request in accordance with section 96.83 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the United States department of health and human services and any other applicable federal agencies for the state to expend twenty-five per cent of federal low-income home ene...

...istribution utility shall file with the public utilities commission a rate schedule applicable to county fairs and agricultural societies that includes either of the following: (1) A fixed monthly service fee; (2) An energy charge on a kilowatt-hour basis. (B) The minimum monthly charge shall not exceed the fixed monthly service fee and the customer shall not be subject to any demand-based riders. (C) The el...

...that experienced outages of one or more hours in duration divided by the total number of customers served; (5) Average outage frequency and duration per circuit and substation; (6) Identification of circuits and substations with persistent reliability issues; (7) Planned and completed upgrades to enhance grid reliability. (E) The commission shall review and publish a statewide reliability report annually, sum...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each entity that owns or controls transmission facilities located in this state and is not a regional transmission organization shall create a heat map that includes both of the following: (1) For major transmission lines and substations, the additional power load the lines and substations can take at the time that the map is created, accounting for all signed...

... 4905.03 of the Revised Code, that is a public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code and excludes a retail natural gas supplier. (H) "Person," except as provided in division (N) of this section, has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, and includes this state and any political subdivision, agency, or other instrumentality of this state and includes the United States and ...