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...(A) If an electric distribution utility had a portfolio plan that terminated on December 31, 2020, pursuant to division (F) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code and included a program that benefited, and was limited to, low-income customers with an annual income at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, the utility shall re-establish the part of the portfolio plan that included the low-income p...

...For the purpose of measuring and determining compliance with the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall count and recognize compliance as follows: (A) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction achieved through actions taken by customers or through electric distribution utility programs that comply wit...

...As used in sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615 of the Revised Code: (A) "Customer" means either of the following: (1) Effective January 1, 2020, a mercantile customer as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any customer of an electric distribution utility to which either of the following applies: (a) The customer receives service above the primary voltage level as determined by the utility's tari...

...Beginning January 1, 2017, a customer of an electric distribution utility may opt out of the opportunity and ability to obtain direct benefits from the utility's portfolio plan. Such an opt out shall extend to all of the customer's accounts, irrespective of the size or service voltage level that are associated with the activities performed by the customer and that are located on or adjacent to the customer's pr...

...Any customer electing to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a verified written notice of intent to opt out to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-out notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice provided to the utility shall include all of the following: (A) A statement i...

...Upon a customer's election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code and commencing on the effective date of the election to opt out, no account properly identified in the customer's verified notice under division (C) of section 4928.6612 of the Revised Code shall be subject to any cost recovery mechanism under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code or eligible to participate in, or directly benefit f...

...(A) A customer subsequently may opt in to an electric distribution utility's portfolio plan after a previous election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply: (1) The customer has previously opted out for a period of at least three consecutive calendar years. (2) The customer gives twelve months' advance notice of its intent to opt in to the public utilities commi...

...Any customer electing to opt in under section 4928.6614 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a written notice of intent to opt in to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-in notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice shall include all of the following: (A) A statement indicating that the customer has elect...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an electric utility shall develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net metering. That contract or tariff shall be identical in rate structure, all retail rate components, and any monthly charges to the contract or tariff to which the same customer would be assigned if that customer were not a customer-generator. (2) An electric u...

...To the extent permitted by federal law, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules establishing greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements, including participation in the climate registry, and carbon dioxide control planning requirements for each electric generating facility that is located in this state, is owned or operated by a public utility that is subject to the commis...

...Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in an agreement 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 terminatio...

...(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.

...The public utilities commission shall study whether increased energy efficiency, demand response, generation, and transmission provide increased opportunities for customer choice. The commission shall include in the study an evaluation of emerging technologies. The commission shall commence the study not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this section. At the conclusion of the study, the co...

...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.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Mercantile customer member" means a mercantile customer connected to a mercantile customer self-power system. (2) "Mercantile customer self-power system" means one or more electric generation facilities, electric storage facilities, or both, along with any associated facilities, that meet all of the following: (a) Produce electricity primarily for the consumption of a mercantil...

...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...

...(A) Each electric distribution 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 r...

...(A) Not later than May 31, 2026, every electric distribution utility in the state shall develop and publicly share distribution system hosting capacity maps. The utility shall ensure that the maps are available on the utility's web site and shall be updated at least once per quarter. (B) The maps described in division (A) of this section shall include, at a minimum: (1) Total available distribution hosting capaci...

...(A) Except as provided 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...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, the "department of public welfare" and the "department of human services" mean the department of job and family services and the "director of public welfare" and the "director of human services" mean the director of job and family services. Except as provided in section 5160.011 of the Revised Code, whenever the department or director of public welfare or the department or direc...

...The director of job and family services is the executive head of the department of job and family services. All duties conferred on the various work units of the department by law or by order of the director shall be performed under such rules as the director prescribes, and shall be under the director's control.

...The assistant directors of the department of job and family services shall exercise the powers and perform the duties which the director of job and family services may order. The director is authorized to designate which assistant director shall act as director in the absence or disability of the director or in case of a vacancy in the position of director.

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary, in order to improve the timeliness of public assistance benefit deliveries, to maximize operational efficiencies, increase cost savings, and minimize fraud, the department of job and family services may contract with a third-party commercial consumer reporting agency, in accordance with the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., for...

...(A) The director of job and family services shall enter into the following data matching agreements: (1) An agreement with the department of rehabilitation and correction, under which the director of rehabilitation and correction is required to provide the director of job and family services with a searchable list, updated weekly, identifying all persons committed to the several institutions governed by the departm...

...(A) As used in this section, "public assistance benefits" means all of the following: (1) Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits; (2) Benefits funded in part by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant; (3) Cash assistance provided through the Ohio works first program; (4) Benefits provided by the medicaid program; (5) Publicly funded child care as defined in section 5104.01 of th...

...Financial institution" includes a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union authorized to do business under federal law or the laws of this state. (E) "Funds available" means the amount available to a fiduciary organization for the purpose of matching funds deposited by program participants. (F) "Individual development account" means a trust created or organized in the United ...

...erm of office, hold any other office of trust or profit or be an employee or officer of any public or private elementary or secondary school. Before entering on the duties of office, each member shall subscribe to the official oath of office. Each member of the state board of education shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code, together with the member's actual and ...

...ered to electing employees pursuant to trust or custodial accounts or pursuant to group or individual annuity contracts and certificates issued under group contracts. The options may include life insurance, annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, pooled investment funds, or other forms of investment, at the option of each electing employee. Notwithstanding this chapter, any retirement plan ...

...arrangement shall not be payable from a trust that is part of the system unless the trust is maintained solely for the purpose of providing such benefits. The board shall adopt rules to administer an arrangement established under this section.

...achers' savings fund and the employers' trust fund, respectively. If the total disability benefit paid was less than the amount of the accumulated contributions of the member transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund at the time of the member's disability retirement, then the difference shall be transferred from the annuity and pension reserve fund to another fund as required. In determining the amount of a...

...ion shall be credited to the employers' trust fund. The board shall credit to the employers' trust fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(2) and (3) and (C)(2) and (3) of this section. (H) At the request of the state teachers retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system shall certify to the state teachers retirement system a copy of the records of the servic...

...ion shall be credited to the employers' trust fund. The board shall credit to the employers' trust fund the amounts described in divisions (B)(4)(b), (B) )(4)(c), (C) )(4)(a)(ii), and (C)(4)(b) of this section. (K) The state teachers retirement system shall withdraw credit obtained under this section and refund all amounts paid or transferred to obtain the credit if either of the following occurs: (1) The member fa...

... system may transfer to the employers' trust fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 3307.28 of the Revised Code. If the state teachers retirement board elects to make a transfer under this section, the portion transferred shall not exceed the percentage of compensation of members described in this section for whom the contributions are being made that is determined by the board's ac...

...arrangement shall not be payable from a trust that is part of the system unless the trust is maintained solely for the purpose of providing such benefits. The board shall adopt rules to administer an arrangement established under this section.

...loyees' savings fund and the employers' trust fund, respectively. If the total disability benefit paid is less than the amount of the accumulated contributions of the member transferred into the annuity and pension reserve fund at the time of the member's disability retirement, the difference shall be transferred from the annuity and pension reserve fund to another fund as may be required. In determining the amount o...

...system shall transfer to the employers' trust fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 3309.49 of the Revised Code. The portion shall equal the percentage of compensation of members for whom the contributions are being made that is determined by an actuary appointed by the school employees retirement board to be necessary to mitigate any negative financial impact on the system of membe...

...ement with the treasurer of state and a trustee selected by the treasurer of state, which trustee shall be a bank or trust company authorized to exercise corporate trust powers within the state. Under that agreement, the trustee shall purchase bonds that have been approved for issuance by the electors of those school districts to pay the school districts' respective portions of their projects under Chapter 3318. of ...

...ng written notice with the Ohio tuition trust authority. (1) If the contract is terminated and the beneficiary is under eighteen years of age, the authority shall use actuarially sound principles to determine the amount of the refund. (2) If the contract is terminated because of the death or permanent disability of the beneficiary, the amount of the refund shall be equal to the greater of the following: (a) One ...

...n the determination of the Ohio tuition trust authority that the program is not financially feasible. Upon termination, all amounts held in program accounts shall be returned to account owners, to the extent possible, and any unclaimed assets in the program shall be transferred to the unclaimed funds trust fund and disposed of in accordance with section 169.05 of the Revised Code.

...ner as it may provide, but the board of trustees of Ohio university may accept support from other sources. The board of trustees may receive, hold, and manage any gift, grant, bequest, or devise of funds or property, real or personal, absolutely or in trust, to promote any of the purposes of the college. The board may enter into agreements as may be desirable in the conduct of the affairs of the college and may, in b...

...dministered by the respective boards of trustees of the state institution of higher education; provided, that such fees, deposits, charges, receipts, income and revenue, to the extent required by resolutions, trust agreements, indentures, leases, and agreements adopted, made, or entered into under Chapter 154. or section 3345.07, 3345.11, or 3345.12 of the Revised Code, shall be held, administered, transferred, and a...

...n, and upon such terms, conditions, and trusts consistent with law as the board deems expedient and proper for that end.

... funds under the control of a board of trustees of a community college district, regardless of the source thereof, may be deposited by such board to its credit in banks or trust companies designated by it. Such banks or trust companies shall furnish security for every such deposit to the extent and in the manner provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code, but no such deposit shall otherwise be subject to se...

... shall cease to exist when the board of trustees of Shawnee state university commences the exercise of its powers. Thereupon, the board of trustees of Shawnee state university shall have control of all lands, buildings, property, and equipment held by the board of trustees of Shawnee state community college for the institution or in trust for the institution, whether for the general or special use of the institution ...

... or disposition of any property held in trust by a library agency in a manner contrary to the terms of such trust. Article IX. Appropriations and Aid. (A) Any public library agency party to a library agreement may appropriate funds to the interstate library district established thereby in the same manner and to the same extent as to a library wholly maintained by it and, subject to the laws of the state in which su...

... Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 3377.08 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may, by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Such righ...

...ies authority bonds and notes or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited among funds as the authority determine...

...nds from an inter vivos or testamentary trust or decedent's estate, and the payment by any person other than the person to whom the services are rendered for the personal services of another person, which contribution is made, received, or used for the purpose of influencing the results of an election. Any loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, or transfer of funds or of anythin...

...ties authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the bonds, moneys in the funds of the lake facilities authority in excess of current needs may be invested as permitted by sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code or invested in linked deposit programs established by resolution of the board of directors in accordance with section 135.80 of the Revised Code. Income from all investments of mone...

...udgment is established in the form of a trust to benefit the child or youth or the child or youth's family or guardians, the department may waive its right of subrogation against all or part of the trust. Any settlement, compromise, award, or judgment that excludes the costs of goods and services paid under division (E) of section 3701.023 of the Revised Code shall not preclude the department from enforcing its subro...