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...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.

...mmission shall prepare a report of its findings and make the report available on its web site.

...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.

...The director of job and family 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 energy assistance programs funds from the home energy assistanc...

...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...

...e system average interruption frequency index, representing the average number of interruptions per customer; (2) The customer average interruption duration index, representing the average interruption duration or average time to restore service per interrupted customer; (3) Customers experiencing multiple interruptions, which identifies customers experiencing at least five interruptions annually divided by the t...

...d in division (C) of this section, each public utility, as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, 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 ma...

... 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 ...

...ency and energy conservation. (B) The public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall follow the policy specified in this section in exercising their respective authorities relative to sections 4929.03 to 4929.30 of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in Chapter 4929. of the Revised Code shall be construed to alter the public utilities commission's construction or application of division ...

... are subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. Chapter 4905. with the exception of section 4905.10, Chapter 4909., Chapter 4935. with the exception of sections 4935.01 and 4935.03, and sections 4933.08, 4933.09, 4933.11, 4933.123, 4933.17, 4933.28, and 4933.32 of the Revised Code do not apply to any other service or goods provided by a natural gas company. Nothing in this chapter prevents the c...

...s section, and provided the commission finds that the natural gas company is in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code and that either of the following conditions exists: (1) The natural gas company is subject to effective competition with respect to the commodity sales service or ancillary service; (2) The customers of the commodity sales service or an...

...n by a natural gas company and upon a finding of good cause shown, the commission may, by order, waive the prohibition described in division (E)(1) of this section. The natural gas company shall bear the burden of proof that the waiver is just and reasonable, which shall constitute good cause. (F) The commission shall have continuous jurisdiction to enforce any terms that it imposes in a regulatory exemption. ...

...A natural gas company shall notify the public utilities commission in writing before converting the use of any gathering facilities described in division (B)(2) of section 4929.041 of the Revised Code.

...has made a showing and the commission finds that all of the following conditions are met: (1) The natural gas company is in compliance with section 4905.35 of the Revised Code and is in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code. (2) The natural gas company is expected to continue to be in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specifie...

... revenue requirement authorized by the public utilities commission in the company's most recent rate case proceeding and the plan also establishes, continues, or expands an energy efficiency or energy conservation program. (B) An alternative rate plan filed by a natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code and seeking authorization to continue a previously approved alternative rate plan shal...

...sed Code may file an application to the public utilities commission for an alternative rate plan to serve large load customers. (C) An alternative rate plan established under division (B) of this section must support commercial agreements entered into between the natural gas company and a large load customer.

... the Revised Code from paying direct or indirect costs, including any stranded costs, associated with the large load customer's share of infrastructure investments made under any commercial agreements entered into under that plan; (2) Provides any commercial agreement entered into under the plan, once the large load customer begins natural gas service and monthly payments to the natural gas company, shall require a...

...Any payment received from a large load customer pursuant to a commercial agreement under an alternative rate plan filed and approved under sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall not be considered revenue in any proceeding held pursuant to Chapter 4909. of the Revised Code.

...An alternative rate plan application filed and approved pursuant to sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall not be considered an application for an increase in rates.

...d 4929.053 of the Revised Code with the public utilities commission. (B) A commercial agreement described in division (A) of this section shall be deemed automatically approved unless the commission determines within ninety days from the date of the filing that the commercial agreement is inconsistent with the requirements of this section or sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code. (C) A natural gas c...

... company filed the application with the public utilities commission. The commission may suspend the approval of the application for good cause shown. (B) If the public utilities commission does not issue an order within ninety days from the date an alternative rate plan application is suspended pursuant to division (A) of this section, the company's proposed alternative rate plan shall be deemed approved by operati...

...an, shall not be recovered, directly or indirectly, from the company's other customers; (B) There shall be no increase in the company's base rates as a direct or indirect result of any provision of an approved commercial agreement or the alternative rate plan.

...04 and 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may prescribe different classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for different natural gas companies and for the natural gas services they provide, provided the classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions are reasonable and do not confer any undue economic, competitive, or market advantage or preference upon any natural gas company.