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...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...

...tablished by the court; (5) Order a refund or payment, as appropriate. (B) A refund or payment ordered under this section may not exceed the difference between the actual amount paid under the unjust and unreasonable rate, term, or condition and the amount that would have been paid under the rate, term, or condition established by the court for the period described in the complaint, provided that the period durin...

...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.

...ercise authority under federal law, the public utilities commission has no authority over any interconnected voice over internet protocol-enabled service or any telecommunications service that is not commercially available on September 13, 2010, and that employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, unless the commission, upon a finding that the exercise of the comm...

...arriers eligible for universal-service funding under 47 U.S.C. 214(e); (E) Administration of truth-in-billing; (F) Administration of customer proprietary network information under 47 U.S.C. 222 and federal regulations adopted thereunder; (G) Outage reporting consistent with federal requirements. Except as provided in division (B) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, the commission has power and jurisdictio...

... first obtaining a certificate from the public utilities commission, and no wireless service provider shall operate in this state without first being registered with the commission. A telephone company not holding such a certificate on the effective date of this section, or a wireless service provider not so registered on that date, shall file, respectively, a certification application or registration with th...

...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.

...undred twenty days' prior notice to the public utilities commission and to its affected customers of 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 ...

...(A) Section 4927.10 of the Revised Code and the amendments to sections 4927.01, 4927.02, 4927.07, and 4927.11 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly shall not affect any of the following: (1) Any contractual obligation, including agreements under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252, as amended; (2) Any right or obligation under federal law or rules; ...

...ny other provision of this chapter, the public utilities commission shall not, in connection with any proceeding pursuant to section 4927.07 or 4927.10 of the Revised Code, impose on any provider of telecommunications service, wireless service, or internet protocol-enabled services any notice requirement, withdrawal or abandonment restrictions, buildout requirements, or any other regulatory requirement or restriction...

...(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...

...al exchange carrier and approved by the public utilities commission. "Incremental cost" has the meaning as defined by the commission. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section and division (A) of section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in sections 4927.121, 4927.122, and 4927.123 of the Revised Code: (1) If an incumbent local exchange carrier, within the twelve months prior to September 13, ...

...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.

...ction 4927.124 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall allow upward alterations to the rate for basic local exchange service by an incumbent local exchange carrier by any amount necessary 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 ...

...local exchange carrier may apply to the public utilities 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 los...

...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.

...anner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission.

...advisory board composed of staff of the public utilities commission, the office of the consumers' counsel, consumer groups representing low-income constituents, two representatives from the Ohio association of community action agencies, and, except as provided in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section. The pu...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and direct-dial services for persons with communication disabilities.