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...egration into the electric distribution utility's demand-response, energy efficiency, or peak demand reduction programs as provided under division (A)(2)(c) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (i) A resource that has the effect of improving the relationship between real and reactive power; (ii) A resource that makes efficient use of waste heat or other th...

...nning in 2009, an electric distribution utility shall implement energy efficiency programs that achieve energy savings equivalent to at least three-tenths of one per cent of the total, annual average, and normalized kilowatt-hour sales of the electric distribution utility during the preceding three calendar years to customers in this state. An energy efficiency program may include a combined heat and power system pla...

...) As used in this chapter: (1) "Major utility facility" means: (a) An electric transmission line and associated facilities of a design capacity of one hundred twenty-five kilovolts or more; (b) A gas or natural gas transmission line and associated facilities designed for, or capable of, transporting gas or natural gas at pressures in excess of one hundred twenty-five pounds per square inch. "Major utility fa...

...ct to division (B) of this section, the utility radiological safety board may apportion among and assess against each nuclear electric utility in this state against which an assessment may be made under section 4905.10 of the Revised Code an amount no greater than the maximums specified in the applicable main operating appropriations act. The assessment shall be made in proportion to the intrastate gross receipts of ...

...s, or rate increase moratoria, a public utility subject to the rate-making jurisdiction of the commission may file an application with the commission for, and the commission shall then authorize by order, timely and full recovery of a public way fee levied upon and payable by the public utility both after January 1, 2002, and after the test year of the public utility's most recent rate proceeding or the initial effec...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" means each person referred to as a telephone company, telegraph company, electric company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, water-works company, water transportation company, heating company, rural electric company, railroad company, combined company, or energy company. (B) "Gross receipts" means the entire receipts for business done by any person from ope...

...itutes the taxable property of a public utility, interexchange telecommunications company, or public utility property lessor that shall be assessed by the tax commissioner: (1) For tax years before tax year 2006: (a) In the case of a railroad company, all real property and tangible personal property owned or operated by the railroad company in this state on the thirty-first day of December of the preceding y...

...(A) Any public utility subject to an excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code whose tax equals or exceeds fifty thousand dollars shall make each payment required under division (B) of section 5727.31 of the Revised Code for the second ensuing and each succeeding year electronically as prescribed by division (C) of this section. If the tax in each of two consecutive years is less than fifty thousan...

... fees, or penalties due from any public utility have remained unpaid for a period of ninety days, or whenever any public utility has failed for a period of ninety days to make any report or return required by law, or to pay any penalty for failure to make or file such report or return, the attorney general, upon the request of the tax commissioner, shall file a petition in the court of common pleas in the count...

...erty on the tax list of real and public utility property for current expense purposes for tax year 2008, including taxes charged and payable from emergency levies charged and payable under section 5709.194 of the Revised Code and excluding taxes levied for joint vocational school district purposes; (e) Fifty per cent of the school district's taxes charged and payable against all property on the tax list of real an...

...ation that has entered into a municipal utility district contract or any party succeeding to such a municipal corporation. (2) "Contract for utility services" means a contract under which a municipal corporation agrees to provide to another municipal corporation water, sewer, electric, or other utility services necessary to the public health, safety, and welfare. (3) "Municipal utility district contract" means a ...

...(A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in the service on a limited basis and if it does so, it shall register the location of its underground utility facilities by identifying the mu...

...rotection service shall provide to each utility with underground utility facilities located at the excavation site, notice of the proposed excavation. (C) In the case of an interstate hazardous liquids pipeline or interstate gas pipeline, the excavator shall comply with the special notice requirements of the public safety program of the owner of the pipeline as indicated in the plans or otherwise provided to t...

...arents. (2) "Material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever an application is made to the power siting board for a certificate or a material amendment to an existing certificate for a utility facility, the board shall include two voting ad hoc members to represent the interests of the residents of the area in which the utility facility is t...

...uary 1, 2009, an electric distribution utility shall provide consumers, on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis within 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 u...

...ectric service supplied by an electric utility from any adverse effect of the utility's provision of a product or service other than retail electric service. (B) The commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, to determine whether an el...

... are issued by an electric distribution utility or an assignee under a final financing order, the proceeds of which are used directly or indirectly to recover, finance, or refinance phase-in costs and financing costs, and that are secured by or payable from revenues from phase-in-recovery charges. (D) "Bondholder" means any holder or owner of a phase-in-recovery bond. (E) "Financing costs" means any of the fol...

...filing of an application by an electric utility under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code for the opportunity to receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall determine the total allowable amount of the transition costs of the utility to be received as transition revenues under those section...

...(A) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.201 shall implement lifeline service throughout the carrier's traditional service area for its eligible residential customers. (1) Lifeline service shall consist of all of the following: (a) Monthly access line service at a recurring discount to the monthly basic local exchange service rate that provides for th...

...ter meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility has been tampered with is prima-facie evidence that the person who is obligated to pay for the service rendered through the meter, conduit, or attachment and is in possession or control of the meter, conduit, or attachment at the time the tampering occurred has cause...

...(A) The state shall reimburse a utility for the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by the construction of a highway project only in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser estate in the real property it occupies in the event that the utility possesses a vested interest in such property. The utility shall pres...

...with respect to an assessment of public utility property taxes. (B) On receipt of the notification, the auditor shall determine whether there has been an underpayment or overpayment of taxes by the public utility. In the case of an underpayment of taxes, the auditor shall notify the county treasurer of the amount, and the treasurer shall proceed to collect the underpayment as required by law. In the case of an over...

...e Revised Code do not prohibit a public utility from filing a schedule or establishing or entering into any reasonable arrangement with another public utility or with one or more of its customers, consumers, or employees, and do not prohibit a mercantile customer of an electric distribution utility as those terms are defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code or a group of those customers from establishing a reas...

...valuation report of the property of the utility. Such report shall include all the kinds and classes of property, with the value of each, owned, held, or projected to be owned or held during the test period, by the utility for the service and convenience of the public. (B) Such report shall contain the following facts in detail: (1) The original cost of each parcel of land owned in fee and projected to be owned ...

...(A) The utility radiological safety board may: (1) Conduct any investigations, examinations, or studies requested by the governor or which it considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities or duties under sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code. (2) Formulate a recommendation regarding whether the governor should enter into any agreement with the federal nuclear regulatory commission p...