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...A hearing regarding a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code is a special statutory proceeding under division (C) of Civil Rule 1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Any civil proceeding under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, except that a complaint regarding pole attachment disputes with respect to sections 4926.01 to 4926.60 of t...

...Before a court of common pleas may order any remedy under section 4926.57 of the Revised Code regarding a pole attachment complaint filed with respect to sections 4926.01 to 4926.60 of the Revised Code, the court shall determine, and a complainant shall establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, each of the following: (A) That any rate, term, or condition complained of is not just and reasonable or a denial of ...

...(A) The complainant under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code has the burden of establishing a prima facie case that the rate, term, or condition complained of is not just and reasonable or that the denial of access was unlawful. (B) In a case involving a denial of access, the electric cooperative has the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the denial was lawful, once a prima facie case...

...In a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code, if an electric cooperative claims that the proposed rate is lower than its incremental costs, the cooperative has the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, its incremental costs.

...In a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code, there is a rebuttable presumption that each of the following is just and reasonable: (A) The time frame to grant or deny access, if it is within the time frame established by the federal communications commission; (B) The process for make-ready work, if it is in accordance with the process for make-ready work under 47 U.S.C. 224 and the federal commu...

...(A) If, pursuant to a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code, a court of common pleas determines that any rate, term, or condition described in the complaint is not just and reasonable, it may do, but is not limited to doing, any of the following: (1) Terminate the rate, term, or condition and prescribe a just and reasonable rate, term, or condition; (2) Require entry into a pole attachment agr...

...A court of common pleas determination resolving a complaint under sections 4926.39 to 4926.57 of the Revised Code shall be issued in the form of a final appealable order.

...rea is changed with the approval of the public utilities commission; (b) Consists of all of the following services: (i) Local dial tone service; (ii) For residential end users, flat-rate telephone exchange service; (iii) Touch tone dialing service; (iv) Access to and usage of 9-1-1 services, where such services are available; (v) Access to operator services and directory assistance; (vi) Provision of a ...

... telecommunications services. (B) The public utilities commission shall consider the policy set forth in this section in carrying out this chapter.

... 4927.21 of the Revised Code. (3) The requirements of sections 4905.10, 4905.14, and 4911.18 of the Revised Code shall apply to a wireless service provider. (4) The commission has such authority as is necessary to enforce division (B) of this section. (C) For purposes of sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code, sections 4903.02, 4903.03, 4903.24, 4903.25, 4905.04, 4905.05, 4905.06, 4905.13, 4905.15, ...

...utage reporting consistent with federal requirements. Except as provided in division (B) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, the commission has power and jurisdiction under this section over a telecommunications carrier to the extent necessary to perform the obligations described in this section. Nothing in this chapter limits the commission's authority under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. ...

...ission shall adopt rules governing the requirements of this division.

...aterial exclusions or limitations. The public utilities commission may prescribe, by rule, a commission review process to determine when disclosing such information is not practicable, and therefore nondisclosure does not result in an unfair or deceptive act or practice. (2) Any written service solicitation, marketing material, offer, contract, or agreement, as well as any written response from the company to...

... least thirty days' prior notice to the public utilities commission and to its affected customers. (B) Except as provided under the notice requirements of section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, a telephone company may abandon entirely telecommunications service in this state if it gives at least thirty days' prior notice to the commission, to its wholesale and retail customers, and to any telephone company wholesale p...

...pplicable industry standards. (B) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing the following standards for the provision of basic local exchange service, and shall adopt no other rules regarding that service except as expressly authorized in this chapter: (1) Basic local exchange service shall be installed within five business days of the receipt by a telephone company of a completed applicat...

...Every telephone company providing telephone exchange service shall maintain access to 9-1-1 service on a residential customer's line for a minimum of fourteen consecutive days immediately following any disconnection for nonpayment of a customer's telephone exchange service.

...the withdrawal or abandonment; (2) The requirements contained in division (A) of section 4927.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a residential customer to whom notice has been given under this section will be unable to obtain reasonable and comparatively priced voice service upon the carrier's withdrawal or abandonment of basic local exchange service, the customer may file a petition with the public utilities commissio...

...l law or rules; (3) The carrier-access requirements under section 4927.15 of the Revised Code; (4) Any right or obligation under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (5) Any state law or rule adopted under this title related to wholesale rights or obligations. (B) The amendments to section 4927.15 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly shall not affect the obligations and rights describ...

...l or abandonment restrictions, buildout requirements, or any other regulatory requirement or restriction that is not generally applicable to the service or the provider in other contexts.

...(B)(1) of this section shall notify the public utilities commission of that fact within one hundred twenty days of receiving knowledge thereof. (3) The commission by rule may establish a process for determining a necessary successor telephone company to provide service to real estate described in division (B)(1) of this section when the circumstances described in that division cease to exist. (4) An incumbent local...

...ve found that the application meets the requirements of that division unless the commission, within thirty days after the filing of the application, does either of the following: (i) Issues an order finding that the requirements of division (B)(3)(a) of this section have not been met; (ii) Suspends the automatic approval for good cause shown. The commission shall then act to approve or deny the application not late...

...Subject to section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers may alter its rates for basic local exchange service upward by any amount and at any time.

...in order to comply with the eligibility requirements prescribed by the federal communications commission for the federal universal service high-cost program. Upward alterations may be ordered to be phased in over a period not to exceed three years if the commission determines that a phase-in is necessary to protect the public interest.

...es commission for an exemption from the requirements of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code for an exchange area, subject to division (E) of this section. (C) The commission shall approve an application under division (B) of this section if the carrier demonstrates that both of the following apply: (1) The carrier has experienced at least fifty per cent line loss in the exchange area since January 1, 2002. (2) One...

...ot less than thirty days' notice to the public utilities commission and to affected customers. (B) Division (A) of this section also applies to an incumbent local exchange carrier altering its rates for basic local exchange service in an exchange area for which the carrier has been granted an exemption under section 4927.123 of the Revised Code.