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...(A) If an electric distribution utility has executed a contract before April 1, 2014, to procure renewable energy resources and there are ongoing costs associated with that contract that are being recovered from customers through a bypassable charge as of September 12, 2014, that cost recovery shall, regardless of the amendments to section 4928.64 of the Revised Code by H.B. 6 of the 133rd general assembly, continue ...

...(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) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each entity 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 map is created, accounting for all signed...

...(A) The public utilities commission, upon the application of a natural gas company, after notice, after affording the public a period for comment, and in the case of a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers after a hearing and in the case of a natural gas company with fewer than fifteen thousand customers after a hearing if the commission considers a hearing necessary, shall exempt, by order, any...

...al 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.

...hearing at the discretion of the public utilities commission, the commission shall authorize the applicant to implement an alternative rate plan if the natural gas company 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 s...

...e 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 shall be co...

...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.

...he following: (1) File with the public utilities commission a notice of its intention to implement the exemption or alternative rate plan as directed by the commission in its order, and a copy of its revised rate schedules; (2) Withdraw its exemption application or alternative rate plan request if the commission modifies or does not approve as filed the exemption application or the alternative rate plan request. (...

...(A) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction over every natural gas company that has been granted an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 of 4929.05 of the Revised Code, ass to any such company, the commission, upon its own motion or upon the motion of any person adversely affected by such exemption or alternative rate regulation authority, and after notice and hearing and subject to...

...ing in this section prevents the public utilities commission from exercising its authority under section 4905.302 of the Revised Code, provided, however, that the designation of the supplies for the exempt service and the cost of the designated supplies shall not be considered in the determination of rates and charges for the company's nonexempt services, including rates and charges determined pursuant to section 49...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Initial rules shall be adopted within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.

...n filed under this section, the public utilities commission may allow any automatic adjustment mechanism or device in a natural gas company's rate schedules that allows a natural gas company's rates or charges for a regulated service or goods to fluctuate automatically in accordance with changes in a specified cost or costs. (B) Upon an application filed under section 4909.18 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code, t...

...ay file an application with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18, 4929.05, or 4929.11 of the Revised Code to implement a capital expenditure program for any of the following: (1) Any infrastructure expansion, infrastructure improvement, or infrastructure replacement program; (2) Any program to install, upgrade, or replace information technology systems; (3) Any program reasonably necessary t...

...on to the existing powers of the public utilities commission under Title XLIX of the Revised Code.

...bject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4929.03 to 4929.05 of the Revised Code.

...ood cause, may be filed with the public utilities commission. The commission shall rule on the application within ten days after the date of its filing. (C) A person subpoenaed under this section shall comply with the terms of the subpoena, unless, as provided under division (B) of this section, the parties agree to modify the terms of the subpoena or unless the commission has modified or quashed the subpoena, exten...

...may file an application with the public utilities commission for approval of an infrastructure development rider to recover prudently incurred infrastructure development costs of one or more economic development projects approved under section 4929.163 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall approve a maximum of one infrastructure development rider per company. (C) The commission shall not accept an applica...

... by the natural gas company, the public utilities commission shall approve a regulatory deferral, including carrying costs at the company's cost of long-term debt as approved in its most recent rate case or as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, for the infrastructure development rider revenue requirement in any year in which the approved customer charge exceeds or is expected to exceed the limitat...

...l file an annual report with the public utilities commission. The report shall do both of the following: (1) Detail the infrastructure development costs related to the applicable economic development project or projects; (2) Set forth the rider rate for the twelve months following the annual report. (B) The commission annually shall submit to the general assembly, in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revise...

...Any property installed or constructed by a natural gas company to enable the provision of natural gas service to an economic development project approved under section 4929.163 of the Revised Code shall be considered used and useful in rendering public utility service for purposes of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code.

...The public utilities commission may, at its discretion, conduct a financial audit of a natural gas company that has established an infrastructure development rider under section 4929.161 of the Revised Code to determine if the infrastructure development costs incurred by the natural gas company and collected pursuant to the rider are in conformance with the commission's orders.

...out first being certified by the public utilities commission regarding its managerial, technical, and financial capability to provide that service and providing reasonable financial assurances sufficient to protect customers and natural gas companies from default. Certification shall be granted pursuant to procedures and standards the commission shall prescribe in accordance with rules adopted under section 4929.10 o...