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...(A) Upon the enrollment of each student and on an annual basis, the governing authority of each community school established under this chapter shall verify to the department of education and workforce the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school under section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. The school district may review the determination made by the community school under divisio...

...On or before the first day of November each year, the sponsor of each community school established under this chapter shall submit to the department of education and workforce, in accordance with guidelines adopted by the department for purposes of this section, a report that describes the special education and related services provided by that school to enrolled students during the previous fiscal year and the schoo...

...A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a community school employee's action or inaction in good faith compliance with section 3321.141 of the Revised Code. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community scho...

...A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for harm allegedly arising from a community school employee's prohibiting a student from using an inhaler described in section 3313.716 of the Revised Code because of the employee's good faith belief that the conditions of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of that section had not been satisfied. A ...

...A community school, community school governing authority, or community school employee is not liable in damages in a civil action for harm allegedly arising from a community school employee's prohibiting a student from using an autoinjector described in section 3313.718 of the Revised Code because of the employee's good faith belief that the conditions of division (B) of that section had not been satisfied. A communi...

...(A) A community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of a community school operator, including a coach or referee, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.539 of the R...

...ployee or contractor; (d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes epinephrine autoinjectors, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing authority, commun...

...(A) As used in this section, "inhaler" has the same meaning as in section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. (B) With the approval of its governing authority, a community school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A community school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (C) A community school, a memb...

...(A) A community school, member of a community school governing authority, community school employee or volunteer, community school operator, or employee or volunteer of a community school operator, including a coach, is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.5310 of the Revised Code, unl...

...cision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense to which a community school, community school governing authority, or community s...

...ployee or contractor; (d) A licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs who personally furnishes or prescribes injectable or nasally administered glucagon, provides a consultation, or issues a protocol pursuant to this section. (2) This division does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a community school or governing authority, member of a community school governing...

...(A) A community school established under this chapter that elects under section 3715.50 of the Revised Code to obtain and maintain a supply of an overdose reversal drug for use in an emergency situation shall comply with all provisions of section 3313.7119 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. (B) A community school may accept donations of money from any person or entity to purchase overdose reversal...

...The governing authority of a community school, other than an internet- or computer-based community school, may screen students for body mass index and weight status category. If a governing authority elects to require the screenings, it shall comply with section 3313.674 of the Revised Code in the same manner required of a school district board of education.

...del plan developed by the department of health under section 3701.851 of the Revised Code. (C) In regard to the use of an automated external defibrillator that is placed in a community school as specified in this section, and except in the case of willful or wanton misconduct or when there is no good faith attempt to activate an emergency medical services system in accordance with section 3701.85 of the Revised Cod...

...(A) Each community school established under this chapter shall participate in the statewide education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. All provisions of that section and the rules adopted under that section apply to each community school as if it were a school district, except as modified for community schools under division (B) of this section. Each community sch...

...(A) Subject to division (C) of this section, the governing authority of each community school shall establish a breakfast program pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act," 60 Stat. 230 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, and the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1771, as amended, if at least one-fifth of the pupils in the school are eligible under federal requirements for free breakfasts, and ...

...ity against risk; (4) A satisfactory health and safety inspection; (5) A satisfactory fire inspection; (6) A valid food permit, if applicable. (K) That the sponsor has conducted a pre-opening site visit to the school for the school year for which the assurances are provided; (L) That the school has designated a date it will open for the school year for which the assurances are provided that is in compl...

...Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall make no payment under section 3317.022 of the Revised Code to a community school opening for its first year of operation until the sponsor of that school confirms all of the following: (A) The school is in compliance with the provisions described in divisions (A), (H), (I), and (J)(3) of section 3314....

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Harmful to juveniles" has the same meaning as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obscene" has the same meaning as in division (F) of section 2907.01 of the Revised Code as that division has been construed by the supreme court of this state. (3) "Teacher of record" means a teacher who is responsible for the overall academic development and achievement of a student a...

...(A)(1) Each child enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school is entitled to a computer supplied by the school; however, the parent of any child enrolled in the school may waive this entitlement in the manner specified in division (A)(3) of this section. In no case shall an internet- or computer-based community school provide a stipend or other substitute to an enrolled child or the child's parent in ...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, each internet- or computer-based community school shall comply with the national standards for quality online learning developed under a project led by a partnership between quality matters, the virtual learning leadership alliance, and the digital learning collaborative, or any successor organization. (B) Each internet- or computer-based community school that initially...

...The department of education and workforce shall establish by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code standards for learning management software to be used by internet- and computer-based community schools.

...l shall enter into a contract with a nonpublic school to use or rent any facility space at the nonpublic school for the provision of instructional services to students enrolled in the internet- or computer-based community school. (B) If an internet- or computer-based community school has a contract with a nonpublic school as described in division (A) of this section, the department of education and workforce shall...

...d, issued for delivery, or renewed by a health insuring corporation in this state, and that makes coverage available for family members of a subscriber, also shall provide that coverage applicable to children is payable from the moment of birth with respect to a newly born child of the subscriber or subscriber's spouse. (B) Coverage for a newly born child is effective for a period of thirty-one days from the date of...

...eemed medically necessary by a treating health care provider for proper breast cancer screening in accordance with applicable American college of radiology guidelines, including magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or molecular breast imaging. (B) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code, every individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement providing basic health care s...

...3.48 of the Revised Code apply to every health insuring corporation that offers long-term care and that holds a certificate of authority under this chapter.

...estation of genetic disorders. (B) No health insuring corporation shall do either of the following: (1) Consider any information obtained from genetic screening or testing in processing an application for coverage for health care services under an individual or group policy, contract, or agreement or in determining insurability under such a policy, contract, or agreement; (2) Inquire, directly or indirectly, in...

...(A) No individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall limit or exclude coverage for any drug approved by the United States food and drug administration on the basis that the drug has not been approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of the particular indication for which the drug has been pres...

...(A) Each individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state that provides maternity benefits shall provide coverage of inpatient care and follow-up care for a mother and her newborn as follows: (1) The policy, contract, or agreement shall cover a minimum of forty-eight hours of inpatient care following a normal vaginal delivery and ...

...n enrollee under an individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement according to any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirements imposed by the policy, contract, or agreement. (2) "Drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Medication synchronization" means a pharmacy service that synchronizes the fill...

...al insured under an individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement according to any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirements imposed by the policy, contract, or agreement. (B) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code and subject to division (D) of this section, no individual or group health insuring corporation policy, ...

...ission. (B)(1) An individual or group health insuring corporation policy, contract, or agreement that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state and covers prescription drugs shall contain prior authorization requirements or other utilization review measures as conditions of providing coverage of an opioid analgesic prescribed for the treatment of chronic pain, except when the drug is prescribed un...

...t of the employee's premium rate to any health insuring corporation holding a certificate of authority pursuant to this chapter. The employee's authorization shall be evidenced by approval of the head of the department, division, office, or institution in which the employee is employed. (B) In the case of employees of the state, the employee's authorization shall be directed to and filed with the director of admini...

...Each health insuring corporation subject to this chapter may accept from governmental agencies, or from private persons, payments covering all or part of the cost of policies, contracts, and agreements entered into between the health insuring corporation and its subscribers or groups of subscribers.

...d States food and drug administration's publication titled approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations; (b) An interchangeable biological product, as defined in section 3715.01 of the Revised Code. (9)(a) For policies issued on or after January 1, 2017, upon written request, a health insuring corporation shall permit a retrospective review for a claim that is submitted for a service where prior ...

...Each health insuring corporation providing basic health care services shall implement a quality assurance program for use in connection with those policies, contracts, and agreements providing basic health care services. Each health insuring corporation required to implement a quality assurance program shall annually file a certificate with the superintendent of insurance certifying that its quality assurance progra...

... section 1751.73 of the Revised Code, a health insuring corporation shall do both of the following: (1) Develop and maintain the appropriate infrastructure and disclosure systems necessary to measure and report, on a regular basis, the quality of health care services provided to enrollees, based on a systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of relevant data. The health insuring corporation shall assure that a...

...A health insuring corporation may present evidence of compliance with the requirements of sections 1751.73 and 1751.74 of the Revised Code by submitting certification to the superintendent of insurance of its accreditation by an independent, private accrediting organization, such as the national committee on quality assurance, the national quality health council, the joint commission on accreditation of health care o...

...termination" means a determination by a health insuring corporation or its designee utilization review organization that an admission, availability of care, continued stay, or other health care service has been reviewed and, based upon the information provided, the health care service does not meet the requirements for benefit payment under the health insuring corporation's policy, contract, or agreement, and coverag...

... 3922. of the Revised Code apply to any health insuring corporation that provides or performs utilization review services in connection with its policies, contracts, and agreements covering basic health care services and to any designee of the health insuring corporation, or to any utilization review organization that performs utilization review functions on behalf of the health insuring corporation in connecti...

...A health insuring corporation that conducts utilization review shall prepare a written utilization review program that describes all review activities, both delegated and nondelegated, for covered health care services provided, including the following: (A) Procedures to evaluate the clinical necessity, appropriateness, efficacy, or efficiency of health care services; (B) The use of data sources and clinical review ...

...t agencies is confidential and is not a public record as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) Qualified providers shall administer the program and oversee review determinations. A clinical peer in the same, or in a similar, specialty as typically manages the medical condition, procedure, or treatment under review shall evaluate the clinical appropriateness of adverse determinations that are the subject...

...ond opinion that may be required (B) A health insuring corporation shall maintain written procedures for determining whether a requested service is a service covered under the terms of an enrollee's policy, contract, or agreement, making utilization review determinations, and notifying enrollees, participating providers, and health care facilities acting on behalf of enrollees, of its determinations. (C) For prospe...

...section 1751.83 of the Revised Code, a health insuring corporation may afford an enrollee an opportunity for an external review under section 3922.08 or 3922.10 of the Revised Code. If an external review is conducted pursuant to this section, the health insuring corporation is not required to afford the enrollee an opportunity for any of the reviews that were disregarded pursuant to this section, including the...

...or a concurrent review determination, a health insuring corporation shall give the provider or health care facility rendering the health care service an opportunity to request in writing on behalf of the enrollee a reconsideration of an adverse determination by the reviewer making the adverse determination. The provider or health care facility may not request a reconsideration without the prior consent of the enrolle...

...A health insuring corporation may present evidence of compliance with the requirements of sections 1751.77 to 1751.82 of the Revised Code by submitting evidence to the superintendent of insurance of its accreditation by an independent, private accrediting organization, such as the national committee on quality assurance, the national quality health council, the joint commission on accreditation of health care organiz...

...Each participating provider or health care facility submitting a claim shall cooperate with the utilization review program of a health insuring corporation or utilization review organization and shall provide the health insuring corporation or its designee access to an enrollee's medical records during regular business hours, or copies of those records at a reasonable cost.

...A health insuring corporation shall annually file a certificate with the superintendent of insurance certifying its compliance with sections 1751.77 to 1751.82 of the Revised Code.

...tion from the company's full books. The public utilities commission shall ensure appropriate protections against the disclosure of the company's trade secrets or proprietary information.

...When the public utilities commission deems it necessary to prevent injury to the business or interests of the public or of any public utility of this state in case of any emergency to be judged by the commission, it may temporarily alter, amend, or, with the consent of the public utility concerned, suspend any existing rates, schedules, or order relating to or affecting any public utility or part of any public utilit...

...ed to be a normal expense incurred by a public utility in the course of rendering service to the public, and may be recovered as such in accordance with an order of the public utilities commission. Any public utility required to pay any such increased excise tax levy may file with the public utilities commission revised rate schedules that will permit full recovery on an interim or permanent basis in its rates, of th...

...classification, charge, or rental of a public utility shall become effective until the public utilities commission, by order, determines it to be just and reasonable, except as provided in this section and sections 4909.18, 4909.19, and 4909.191 of the Revised Code. Such sections do not apply to any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or any regulation or practice affecting the same, of ...

...ompany may submit an application to the public utilities commission for an increase or decrease in any rate or charge for, respectively, water or sewage treatment, if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The water or sewage treatment is provided to the company by either of the following: (a) A municipal corporation or other local governmental unit of this state whose rates are not subject to regulation b...

... supply problems presenting significant health or safety issues to then existing customers, and main cleaning or relining; (2) In the case of a sewage disposal system company, replacement of an existing plant included in accounts 352, 352.1, 352.2, 353, 354, 355, 356, 362, 363, 364, 365, 372, 373, 374, and 375, as well as main extensions that resolve documented sewage disposal problems presenting significant health...

...n 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (B) A water-works company may do any of the following: (1) Replace lead customer-owned water service lines concurrently with a scheduled utility main replacement project, an emergency replacement, or company-initiated lead water service line replacement program; (2) Replace lead customer-owned water service lines...

...(A) A water-works company shall reimburse a customer who replaces the customer's customer-owned water service line, if both of the following occur: (1) The company confirms that the customer-owned water service line was composed of lead or other composition that was mandated or ordered to be replaced by law or a state or federal regulatory agency; (2) The customer submits the reimbursement request to the company ...

...Any public utility desiring to establish any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or to modify, amend, change, increase, or reduce any existing rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or any regulation or practice affecting the same, shall file a written application with the public utilities commission. Except for actions under section 4909.16 of the Revised Code, no public ut...

...(A) As used in this section, "electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than December 31, 2029, and at least every three years thereafter, each electric distribution utility shall file a rate case application regarding distribution service under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code.

...section 4909.18 of the Revised Code the public utility shall forthwith publish notice of such application, in a form approved by the public utilities commission, once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published and in general circulation throughout the territory in which such public utility operates and directly affected by the matters referred to in said application. The notice shall include instructio...

...(A) If the public utilities commission, under division (D) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, incorporated proposed adjustments to revenues and expenses into the commission's determination under that section, the public utility shall, not later than ninety days after actual data for all of the incorporated adjustments becomes known, submit to the commission proposed rate or charge adjustments that provide for th...

...ection 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may approve the following: (A) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all energy-intensive customers to implement economic development, job growth, job retention, or interruptible rates that enhance distribution and transmission grid reliability and promote economic development. (B) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all mercantile custom...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall determine whether an application for an increase filed under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code is complete not more than forty-five days after the application is filed. If the commission does not issue a determination within the time period required by this section, the application shall be deemed complete by operation of law. (B) For purposes of section 4909.421 of the R...

...onger distance. Upon application to the public utilities commission, such company or person may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the commission to charge less for a longer than for shorter distances for transportation of freight of like kind, and the commission may prescribe the extent to which such designated company or person may be relieved from the operation of this section.

...termine the minimum freight weight. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.

...When passengers or property are transported over two or more connecting railroads between points in this state, and the railroad companies have made joint rates for the transportation of such passengers or property, such rates and all charges in connection therewith shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust and unreasonable charge is prohibited. A less charge by each of such railroads for its proportion of suc...

...r the supervision and regulation of the public utilities commission.

...or that any service is inadequate, the public utilities commission may notify the railroad complained of that complaint has been made, and ten days after such notice proceed to investigate such charges as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code. Before making such investigation, the commission shall give the railroad and the complainants ten days' notice of the time and p...

...de of more than one rate or charge, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings thereon, and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately, and at such times as it prescribes. No complaint shall necessarily be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.

...inatory, or the service inadequate, the public utilities commission may fix and order substituted therefor, such rate, fare, charge, or classification as it determines is to be just and reasonable, which shall be charged, imposed, and followed in the future. The commission may also make such orders respecting such regulation, practice, or service as it determines is reasonable, which shall be observed and followed in...

...If the public utilities commission believes that any rate or charge may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and that an investigation relating thereto should be made, it may investigate them upon its own motion. Before such investigation it shall present to the railroad a statement in writing setting forth the rate or charge to be investigated. Thereafter, on ten days' notice to the railroad of the time and ...

...7., and 4909. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission finds that any existing rate, fare, charge, or classification, any joint rate, or any regulation or practice affecting the transportation of persons or property, or service in connection therewith, is unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate, it shall determine and by order fix a reasonable rate, fare, charge, ...

...ion 4909.28 of the Revised Code, of the public utilities commission shall be delivered to an officer or station agent of each railroad affected thereby, and shall take effect within such time thereafter as the commission prescribes.

... for other hearings has been given, the public utilities commission may rescind, alter, or amend an order fixing any rate, fare, charge, or classification, or any other order made by the commission with respect to a railroad. Certified copies of such orders shall be served and take effect as provided for original orders.

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory of an electric distribution utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alterna...

...distribution utility shall apply to the public utilities commission to establish the standard service offer in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a standard service offer authorized in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code, shall serve as the utility's standard service offer for the purpose of compliance with this section, and th...

...ating in the bidding process. (2) The public utilities commission shall modify rules, or adopt new rules as necessary, concerning the conduct of the competitive bidding process and the qualifications of bidders, which rules shall foster supplier participation in the bidding process and shall be consistent with the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a competitive bidding proce...

...The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility price established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall provide for the creation of regu...

...ion as is determined appropriate by the public utilities commission.

...Nothing in sections 4928.141 to 4928.145 of the Revised Code precludes or prohibits an electric distribution utility providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.

...No electric distribution utility may use any electric energy storage system to participate in the wholesale market, if the utility purchased or acquired that system for distribution service.

...If an electric distribution utility has an existing electric security plan under which the commission had authorized the creation or continuation of riders, then, to the extent those riders will cease to exist after termination of the electric security plan, the electric distribution utility is authorized to create necessary regulatory assets or liabilities, along with carrying costs at the utility's weighted average...

... of the Revised Code and filed with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall provide that electric distribution service under the schedule is available to all consumers within the utility's certified territory and to any supplier to those consumers on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis. Distribution service rates and charges under the schedule shall be establ...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt and enforce rules prescribing a uniform, statewide policy regarding electric transmission and distribution line extensions and requisite substations and related facilities that are requested by nonresidential customers of electric utilities, so that, on and after the effective date of the initial rules so adopted, all such utilities apply the same policies and charges...

...(A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding the provision by an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 o...

...separation plan that is approved by the public utilities commission under this section, is consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code, and achieves all of the following: (1) The plan provides, at minimum, for the provision of the nonelectric product or service through a fully separated affiliate of the utility, and the plan includes separate accounting requirements, the code of con...

..., nothing in this chapter prevents the public utilities commission from exercising its authority under Title XLIX of the Revised Code to protect customers of retail electric service supplied by an electric utility from any adverse effect of the utility's provision of a product or service other than retail electric service. (B) The commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon com...

...ongoing consumer education efforts, the public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall engage in cooperative agency efforts to educate consumers in this state regarding electric industry restructuring under this chapter.

...hority or board shall hold at least two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, the legislative authority or board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall summarize the plan and state the date, time, and location of each hearing. (D) No legi...

... the Revised Code may register with the public utilities commission to appear on the "do not aggregate" list. (B) The commission, by rule, shall establish a "do not aggregate" list. The commission shall maintain the "do not aggregate" list and make it publicly available on the commission's web site. (C) If a customer is enrolled in a governmental aggregation program at the time the customer first appears on the "do...

... (9) Any other similar costs that the public utilities commission finds appropriate. (F) "Financing order" means an order issued by the public utilities commission under section 4928.232 of the Revised Code that authorizes an electric distribution utility or an assignee to issue phase-in-recovery bonds and recover phase-in-recovery charges. (G) "Final financing order" means a financing order that has become fin...

...c distribution utility may apply to the public utilities commission for a financing order that authorizes the following: (1) The issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds, in one or more series, to recover uncollected phase-in costs; (2) The imposition, charging, and collection of phase-in- recovery charges, in accordance with the adjustment mechanism approved by the commission under section 4928.232 of the Revised Co...

...(A) Proceedings before the public utilities commission on an application submitted by an electric distribution utility under section 4928.231 of the Revised Code shall be governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code, but only to the extent that chapter is not inconsistent with this section or section 4928.233 of the Revised Code. Any party that participated in the proceeding in which phase-in costs were approved und...

...32 of the Revised Code may apply to the public utilities commission for rehearing of an order within thirty days after the date of the issuance of the order. (B) Within sixty days after the issuance of an order after rehearing or a decision denying an application for rehearing, any party to the proceeding may file a notice of appeal with the supreme court. Any such notice of appeal shall be served as provide...

...(A) The phase-in-recovery property created in a final financing order may be transferred, sold, conveyed, or assigned to any person or entity not affiliated with the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order or to any affiliate of the electric distribution utility created for the limited purpose of acquiring, owning, or administering that property, issuing phase-in-recovery bonds under ...

... financing order is irrevocable and the public utilities commission may not reduce, impair, postpone, or terminate the phase-in-recovery charges authorized in the final financing order or impair the property or the collection or recovery of phase-in costs. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, under a final financing order, the electric distribution utility retains sole discretion regar...

...subject to a final financing order, the public utilities commission may commence a proceeding and issue a subsequent financing order that provides for retiring and refunding phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order if the commission finds that the subsequent financing order satisfies all of the requirements of section 4928.232 of the Revised Code. Effective on retirement of the refunded ph...

...(A) The public utilities commission, in exercising the commission's powers and carrying out the commission's duties regarding regulation and ratemaking, may not do any of the following: (1) Consider phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order to be the debt of the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order; (2) Consider the phase-in-recovery charges imposed, charged, ...

...nal financing order shall file with the public utilities commission, at least annually, or more frequently as provided in the final financing order, a schedule applying the approved adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery charges authorized under the final financing order, based on estimates of consumption for each customer class and other mathematical factors. The electric distribution utility shall subm...