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...l provide a competitive retail electric service in this state if that service was deemed competitive or otherwise legally classified as competitive prior to the effective date of this section. (B) The standard service offer under section 4928.141 of the Revised Code shall continue to be provided to consumers in this state by electric utilities.

...ing date of competitive retail electric service, the public utilities commission shall ensure that the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code is effectuated. To the extent necessary, the commission shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Initial rules necessary for the commencement of the competitive retail electric service under this chapter shall be adopted within one hundred eighty days after...

...ing date of competitive retail electric service, an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code shall separately price competitive retail electric services, and the prices shall be itemized on the bill of a customer or otherwise disclosed to the customer. Although a competitive retail electric service ...

...extent of a competitive retail electric service it provides to a customer to whom it does not provide a noncompetitive retail electric service through transmission or distribution facilities it singly or jointly owns or operates. (B) No electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator shall provide a competitive retail electric service to a consumer in this state on and a...

...te as an electric utility, an electric services company, a billing and collection agent, or a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission and having the responsibility for maintaining reliability in all or part of this state on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service unless that person first does both of the following: (a) Consents irrevo...

...d Code specifying the necessary minimum service requirements, on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, of an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code regarding the provision directly or through its billing and collection agent of competitive retail electric services for ...

...ans any customer that receives electric service pursuant to a nonresidential tariff if the customer's demand for electricity does not exceed twenty-five kilowatts within the last twelve months. (2) "Small commercial customer" excludes any customer that does one or both of the following: (a) Manages multiple electric meters and, within the last twelve months, the electricity demand for at least one of the meters i...

...(A) As used in this section, "customer account information" means a unique electric distribution utility number or other customer identification number used by the utility to identify a customer and the customer's account record. (B) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to ensure that an electric distribution utility processes a customer's change in competitive retail electric supplier by using custome...

...(A) A competitive retail electric service supplier may offer alternative billing and payment structures as agreed upon in a service contract with a mercantile customer, without restriction to specific models, provided the supplier complies with applicable laws and regulations. The alternative billing and payment structure may include any of the following: (1) Daily, weekly, or milestone-based payments; (2) Online...

...uest from a competitive retail electric service supplier under a service agreement that explicitly authorizes an expedited return to an electric distribution utility's standard service offer, voluntarily entered into by a mercantile customer, a utility shall complete the request within three business days. (B) The electric distribution utility shall not be held liable for any disputes arising from the expedited ret...

...f the Revised Code that specify minimum service quality, safety, and reliability requirements for noncompetitive retail electric services supplied by an electric utility in this state, to the extent such authority is not preempted by federal law. The rules shall include prescriptive standards for inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the transmission and distribution systems of electric utilities; shall...

...The public utilities commission shall consult with electric distribution utilities to review the distribution infrastructure in this state and shall consult with regional transmission organizations and entities that own or control transmission facilities to review the transmission infrastructure in this state.

...e event of an interruption of electric service during a period of emergency or disaster, an electric distribution utility's service restoration plan shall give priority to hospitals that are customers of the electric distribution utility. (B) If requested by a hospital that is its customer, an electric distribution utility shall confer at least biennially with that hospital regarding power quality issues and...

...ing date of competitive retail electric service unless that entity is a member of, and transfers control of those facilities to, one or more qualifying transmission entities, as described in division (B) of this section, that are operational. (B) An entity that owns or controls transmission facilities located in this state complies with division (A) of this section if each transmission entity of which it is a member...

...Through a periodic filing with the public utilities commission in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, each electric utility that owns nuclear generation facilities located in this state shall demonstrate compliance with decommissioning requirements of the nuclear regulatory commission and public utilities commission and shall demonstrate adequ...

... 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, 4928.142, and 4928.143 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alternative supplier. A supplier is deemed under this section to ha...

...in its certified territory, a standard service offer of all competitive retail electric services necessary to maintain essential electric service to consumers, including a firm supply of electric generation service. To that end, the electric distribution utility shall apply to the public utilities commission to establish the standard service offer in accordance with section 4928.142 or 4928.143 of the Revi...

...bution utility may establish a standard service offer price for retail electric generation service that is delivered to the utility under a market-rate offer. (1) The market-rate offer shall be determined through a competitive bidding process that provides for all of the following: (a) Open, fair, and transparent competitive solicitation; (b) Clear product definition; (c) Standardized bid evaluation criteria...

...ised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure rate or price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall provide for the creation of regulatory assets pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, by authorizing the deferral of incurred costs equal to the amount not collected, plus carrying c...

...y to the proceeding, consumer, electric services company, or political subdivision and that is relevant to the proceeding, subject to such protection for proprietary or confidential information as is determined appropriate by the public utilities commission.

... providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.

...r 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...

...h utilities apply the same policies and charges to those customers. Initial rules shall be adopted not later than six months after the effective date of this section. The rules shall address the just and reasonable allocation to and utility recovery from the requesting customer or other customers of the utility of all costs of any such line extension and any requisite substation or related facility, includi...

...ing 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 of the Revised Code of any service for which it is subject to certification. (2) The commission also has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon c...