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...No public utility shall knowingly engage in a persistent practice or pattern of conduct of violating division (B) of section 4905.72 of the Revised Code.

...n agent designated or authorized by the public utility to accept payment, the payment shall not be considered past due regardless of whether or not it is received in the company offices by the due date.

... Revised Code, or, as authorized by the public utilities commission, any affiliate of such a company, that provides any telephone service program implemented after March 27, 1991, to aid persons with communicative impairments in accessing the telephone network shall be allowed a tax credit for the costs of any such program under section 5733.56 of the Revised Code. Relative to any such program, the commission, in acc...

...tation and among those carriers in the public interest; (B) Promote safe and secure service by motor carriers, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, and unfair or destructive competitive practices; (C) Improve the relations between, and coordinate transportation by and regulation of, motor carriers and other carriers; (D) Develop and preserve a highway transportation system properl...

...ules shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. (E) Require the filing of reports and other data by motor carriers; (F) Adopt reasonable rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code applying to each motor carrier in this state; (G) Supervise and regulate motor carrie...

...ovider" means an entity selected by the public utilities commission as the provider of telecommunications relay service for this state as part of the commission's intrastate telecommunications relay service program certified pursuant to federal law. (B) For the sole purpose of funding telecommunications relay service, the commission shall, not earlier than January 1, 2009, impose on and collect from each servi...

...quest of an electric light company, the public utilities commission shall provide information and assistance to the electric light company in obtaining any bonus, extension, or other Phase I sulfur dioxide emission allowance that the company may be eligible to receive from the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under Title IV of the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 104 Stat. 2584, 4...

...in the biomass energy program fund, the public utilities commission shall maintain a program to promote the development and use of biomass energy. (B) The biomass energy program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money received by the commission for the program maintained under this section shall be credited to the fund, and used for that program.

... section 4781.01 of the Revised Code; a public or publicly subsidized housing project; an apartment complex; a condominium complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (C) "Gathering line" and the "gathering of gas" have the same meaning as in the Natural Gas Pipe...

...For the purpose of protecting the public safety with respect to intrastate pipe-lines used by any operator: (A) The public utilities commission shall: (1) Adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules to carry out sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, including rules concerning pipe-line safety, drug testing, and enforcement procedures. The commission shall adopt these rules only after notice and opportu...

...comply with the applicable pipe design requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart C: (i) A gas gathering pipeline; (ii) A processing plant gas stub pipeline. (b) The commission shall also require the operator to do all of the following regarding that pipeline: (i) Design, install, construct, initially inspect, and initially test the pipeline in accordance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 if the pipeline is n...

...ection 4905.10 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall assess against all operators an amount equal to the appropriation in each fiscal year from the pipe-line safety fund. The assessment against each operator shall be based on the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during the calendar year next preceding the assessment. The commission shall not assess against any operator an ...

...Each operator shall do all of the following: (A) Comply with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. For the purpose of that compliance, the act or omission of any officer, employee, or agent of an operator, while acting within the scope of his duties or employment, is deemed the act or omission of the operator. (B) Establish and maintain any record, make any report, and provi...

...to perform a safety inspection when the public interest so requires, when an operator of a master-meter system has violated or failed to comply with division (B) of this section or has failed to conduct any safety inspection required by sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code, or upon request of the operator of the master-meter system. When the commission directs or orders a safe...

...ivision (C) of this section: (1) The public utilities commission, regarding any proceeding under this section, shall provide reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with rules adopted under section 4901.13 of the Revised Code. (2) Sections 4903.02 to 4903.082, 4903.09 to 4903.16, and 4903.20 to 4903.23 of the Revised Code apply to all proceedings and orders of the commission under t...

... the written request of or order by the public utilities commission, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against an operator in the name of the state to enforce orders of the commission issued under section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, including orders assessing forfeitures under division (B)(1) of that section, and for other appropriate relief, including a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4905.52 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4905.56 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4905.74 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...cate of environmental compatibility and public need issued by the power siting board under section 4906.10 of the Revised Code or a construction certificate issued by the board under rules adopted under division (E) or (F) of section 4906.03 of the Revised Code. (E) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas that is toxic or corrosive. (F) "Natural gas liquids finished product pipeline" means a pipeline that ...

...)(1) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, from ...

...(A) For the purposes of this section and section 4906.022 of the Revised Code: (1) "Immediate family member" means a person's: (a) Spouse; (b) Brother or sister of the whole, or of the half, blood, or by marriage; (c) Children, including adopted children; and (d) Parents. (2) "Material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever an app...

...ll be designated in accordance with the requirements set forth in division (C) of section 4906.021 of the Revised Code.

...ignee under this section shall meet the requirements of division (E) of section 4906.021 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A voting ad hoc member of the power siting board under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from any limitations on ex parte communications. (B) If such an ad hoc member communicates with a party, including any party who is an intervenor, to a board proceeding, the ad hoc member and the party shall disclose the following to the board: (1) The date of the conversation; (2) All participants in ...

...No present or former voting ad hoc member of the power siting board shall disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, information acquired in the course of official duties that is confidential because of either of the following: (A) Statutory law; (B) Notice the ad hoc member received designating the information as confidential and both of the following apply: (1) The status of the proceedings, or the ...

...Primarily needed to attract or meet the requirements of a specific customer or specific customers; (c) Necessary to maintain reliable electric service as a result of the retirement or shutdown of an electric generating facility located within the state; or (d) A rebuilding of an existing transmission line. (2) An electric generating facility that uses waste heat or natural gas and is primarily within the curre...