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...An assignee or financing party shall not be considered an electric distribution utility or person providing electric service by virtue of engaging in the transactions described in sections 4928.23 to 4928.2313 of the Revised Code.

...The public utilities commission shall employ a federal energy advocate to monitor the activities of the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies and to advocate on behalf of the interests of retail electric service consumers in this state. The attorney general shall represent the advocate before the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies. Among other duties assign...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, an electric utility supplying retail electric service in this state on that date shall file with the public utilities commission a plan for the utility's provision of retail electric service in this state during the market development period. This transition plan shall be in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule adopted under divis...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall establish reasonable procedures for expedited discovery in any proceeding initiated to consider a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, any person having a real and substantial interest in the transition...

...(A) Not later than two hundred seventy-five days after the date an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, but, in any event, not later than October 31, 2000, the public utilities commission shall issue a final order approving the transition plan as filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code or an order modifying and approving that plan. The order is subject to section...

...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 and the percentage of income payment plan rider authorized by section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of this division, the rate cap applicable to a customer receiving electric service pursuant to an arrangement approved by the commission under section 490...

...law or except to reflect any change in tax law or tax regulation that has a material effect on the electric utility. (B) Efforts shall be made to reach agreements with electric utilities in matters of litigation regarding property valuation issues. Irrespective of those efforts, the unbundled components for an electric utility's retail electric generation service and distribution service, as provided in division...

...The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint by any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting 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 p...

...(A)(1) Sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code provide an electric utility the opportunity to receive transition revenues that may assist it in making the transition to a fully competitive retail electric generation market. An electric Utility for which transition revenues are approved pursuant to sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code shall receive those revenues through both of the following mechan...

...Pursuant to a transition plan approved under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, an electric utility in this state may receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, beginning on the starting 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...

...Upon the filing of an application by an electric utility under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code for the opportunity to receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall determine the total allowable amount of the transition costs of the utility to be received as transition revenues under thos...

...(A) Upon determining under section 4928.39 of the Revised Code the allowable transition costs of an electric utility authorized for collection as transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall establish the transition charge for each customer class of the electric utility and, to the extent possible,...

...(A) Each state agency that provides employment assistance and job training programs, including the department of job and family services, 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 la...

...There is hereby established in the state treasury the electric partnership plan fund, into which shall be deposited all revenues remitted to the director of job and family services under this section, for the exclusive purposes of providing funding for the low-income customer assistance programs and paying the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program. Inte...

...(A) Beginning January 1, 2026, the percentage of income payment plan rider shall replace, for each electric distribution utility, the universal service rider in existence on the effective date of the amendment of this section by this act. The percentage of income payment plan rider shall be a rider on retail electric distribution service rates as such rates are determined by the public utilities commission pursuant t...

...(A) Beginning July 1, 2026, the director of job and family services shall administer the low-income customer assistance programs, except for the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. The director shall consolidate the administration of and redesign and coordinate the operations of the low-income customer assistance programs within the department to provide, to ...

...The public utilities commission 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.

...The winning bid or bids selected through the competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall meet all of the following requirements: (A) Be designed to provide 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 stand...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules 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.

...For the purpose of facilitating compliance with sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code, 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 establish...

...The public utilities commission shall administer the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, including by performing periodic audits of each electric distribution utility's percentage of income payment plan rider. The commission shall adopt rules for the administration of the percentage of income payment plan rider and shall cooperate with, and provide such ass...

...The director of job and family 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 ...

...The director of job and family services 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.

...(A) There is hereby created the public benefits advisory board, which 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 job and family services, the chairperson of the public utilities co...