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...hearing had upon due notice, make such findings as may be supported by proof as to whether any electric supplier operating in a certified territory, or providing electric service pursuant to division (C) of this section, is rendering or proposes to render physically adequate service to an electric load center and in the event the commission finds that such electric supplier is not rendering and does not propose to re...

...Annexation or incorporation by a municipal corporation or other unit of local government does not affect the right of an electric supplier to continue or extend electric service within its certified territory except insofar as that right is affected or modified by Article XVIII or any other article of the Ohio Constitution. Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law, the right of a municipal corporati...

...val shall be granted if the commission finds that the assignment or transfer is not contrary to the public interest. Upon the merger or consolidation of electric suppliers, the surviving or new electric supplier shall, without further action, succeed to all rights and authority previously granted under sections 4933.81 to 4933.84 of the Revised Code to the merged or consolidated electric suppliers.

...Any electric supplier that renders electric service in violation of sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to remedies and penalties provided by sections 4905.54, 4905.56, 4905.57, 4905.59, 4905.60, and 4905.61 and division (B) of section 4905.99 of the Revised Code.

... own, lease, or operate in any manner a public utility or to supply the service or product by means of a rate ordinance adopted under section 743.26 of the Revised Code or under Section 4, Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution in any portion of the state is not affected by sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code. When an electric system owned by a municipal corporation is sold, the purchaser thereof shall be consi...

...The expenses of the public utilities commission in administering sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code shall be assessed by the commission against the affected electric suppliers on the following basis: (A) Expenses that relate to the preparation or review of maps to establish the certified territory of a single electric supplier in any area where there is no other electric supplier shall be assessed solel...

...tate treasury a fund to be known as the public utilities territorial administration fund. The funds collected under section 4933.88 of the Revised Code as assessments shall be credited to the public utilities territorial administration fund.

...Action of the public utilities commission pursuant to sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to review in accordance with Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code but during any appeal therefrom, the continuance of existing electric service is lawful.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4933.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4933.20, 4933.22, 4933.24, or 4933.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4933.21 or 4933.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4933.28 of the ...

...n of energy; (2) Request any business, industry, trade association, or person doing business in this state to supply any information in their possession or that can reasonably be assumed to be readily accessible to them concerning the use, supply, source, allocation, or distribution of energy required pursuant to federal energy regulations; (3) Issue a subpoena to any officer or agent of any organization called upo...

...The public utilities commission shall develop and maintain an effective program for the collection, verification, and analysis of energy data, statistics, and information. The program shall be developed and implemented so as to be coordinated and consistent with other governmental data collection and record keeping programs. Internal validation procedures shall be established to ensure to the extent practicable the a...

...ssion shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, with the approval of the governor, defining various foreseen types and levels of energy emergency conditions for critical shortages or interruptions in the supply of electric power, natural gas, coal, or individual petroleum fuels and specifying appropriate measures to be taken at each level or for each type of e...

...ission; facilities owned or operated by industrial firms, persons, or institutions that produce or transmit gas or natural gas, or electricity primarily for their own use or as a byproduct of their operations; gas or natural gas transmission lines and associated facilities over which an agency of the United States has certificate jurisdiction; facilities owned or operated by a person furnishing gas or natural gas dir...

...commission shall issue a report of its findings to the general assembly not later than one year after the effective date of this section.

...pt under section 3(a)(1) or (2) of the "Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935," 49 Stat. 810, 15 U.S.C.A. 79c, and the regulations adopted under the act.

...nd the state, including agreements with individual state agencies to interact with the commission and the federal emergency management agency; and recommend policies and practices that promote safety, performance, emergency preparedness, and public health standards that are designed to meet the state's needs. (B) The governor shall appoint a chairperson of the board from among the members of the board. The board sha...

...(A)(1) The utility radiological safety board may request information from nuclear electric utilities or nuclear electric utility holding companies which it considers necessary to conduct investigations, examinations, and studies it may undertake, but shall not impose any undue burden on the utilities or holding companies in this regard. (2) The board may, either through its members or by persons authorized by it, ex...

...earinghouse for recommendations made by independent organizations or private citizens and review and investigate such recommendations. (6) Adopt and publish rules to conduct its business and regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, examinations, and studies it undertakes. (7) Provide an annual report to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives detailing t...

... excluding receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale, for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made, or be made based upon the utility's decommissioning budget for the year of the assessment, if the utility is not engaged in the business of producing electricity using nuclear energy. On or before the first day of October in each year, the board shall notify each such utili...

...he keeper of the national register, the individual who has been delegated the authority by the federal agency to list properties and determine their eligibility for the national register, in accordance with section VI.D.1.a.i-v of the nationwide programmatic agreement codified at 47 C.F.R. part 1, Appendix C; (2) A registered historic district as defined in section 149.311 of the Revised Code. (H) "Micro wireless f...

...(A) It is the public policy of this state to do all of the following: (1) Promote the public health, safety, and welfare regarding access to and the occupancy or use of public ways, to protect public and private property, and to promote economic development in this state; (2) Promote the availability of a wide range of utility, communication, and other services to residents of this state at reasonable costs, includ...

...(A) No person shall occupy or use a public way except in accordance with law. (B) In occupying or using a public way, no person shall unreasonably compromise the public health, safety, and welfare. (C)(1) No person shall occupy or use a public way without first obtaining, under this section or section 1332.24 or 4939.031 of the Revised Code, any requisite consent of the municipal corporation owning or controlling t...

... in, along, across, upon, and under the public way. An operator shall comply with generally applicable standards that are consistent with this chapter and adopted by a municipal corporation for construction and public safety in a public way. All structures and facilities shall be constructed and maintained so as not to impede or impair public safety or the legal use of the public way by the municipal corporation, the...

...poration that authorizes the use of the public way pursuant to section 4939.03 or 4939.031 of the Revised Code shall include the name of the person who owns or will own the facility or structure.

...es in, along, across, upon, and under a public way.