Ohio Revised Code Search

... Code and provides basic local exchange service, as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (H)(1) of this section: (1) No person shall acquire control, directly or indirectly, of a domestic telephone company or a holding company controlling a domestic telephone company or of a domestic electric utility or a holding company controlling a domestic electric utility unless th...

...ion of passengers and property, and any service in connection therewith, which such railroad has established and which are in force at such time between all points in this state upon its railroad, or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it. Such schedules shall be open to public inspection. Such schedules shall plainly state the places upon such railroad or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it in th...

... telephone companies; (H) Railway mail service employees, post-office inspectors, custom inspectors, and immigration inspectors; (I) News carriers on trains, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the railroad is interested, persons injured in wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons. As used in this section, "employee" includes furloughed, pensioned, and superann...

... the acquiring company to defer post-in-service carrying costs on any improvements made to the company that is acquired after an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code. Such costs shall be calculated at the acquiring company's weighted average cost of debt as determined in its last rate case. Such deferrals shall commence after the date on which the expenditure was incurred and shall continue u...

... driver provides transportation network services if such a policy has been established or with any applicable law regarding nondiscrimination or the accommodation of service animals. (B) No transportation network company shall charge any additional fee for providing transportation network company services to a person with a disability on the basis of the disability. (C) A transportation network company shall provid...

...e 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.

...e 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 that is not generally applicable to the service or the provider in other contexts.

...e carrier has terminated local exchange service. (B) Not earlier than the date that is exactly four years after the effective date of this section , an incumbent 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...

...es, terms, and conditions of any retail service required to be tariffed by the public utilities commission or the federal communications commission, any wholesale service as to which there is no other applicable notice requirement, and any change in the company's operations that are not transparent to customers and may impact service. (B) A telephone company shall inform its customers of the commission's toll-free ...

...(A) If a competitive retail electric service supplier offers a residential or small commercial customer a contract for a fixed introductory rate that converts to a variable rate upon the expiration of the fixed rate, the supplier shall send two notices to each residential and small commercial customer that enters into such a contract. Each notice shall provide all of the following information to the customer: (1) T...

... utility purchases electric generation service from a competitive retail electric service provider, the electric distribution utility shall collect the phase-in-recovery charges directly from that customer. (2) If a customer of the electric distribution utility subsequently receives retail electric distribution service from another electric distribution utility operating in the same service area, including by ...

...has the purpose of ensuring that energy services be provided to low-income consumers in this state in an affordable manner consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code. The advisory board shall consist of twenty-one members as follows: the director of development, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the consumers' counsel, and the director of the air quality development...

... advisory board may obtain professional services as the board determines appropriate. The professionals shall be promptly reimbursed by the director of development services for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under section 4928.581 of the Revised Code. The reimbursements constitute administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs for the purpose of divi...

... rider on retail electric distribution service rates as such rates are determined by the public utilities commission pursuant to this chapter. The rider shall be a uniform amount statewide, determined by the director of development, after consultation with the public benefits advisory board created by section 4928.58 of the Revised Code. The amount shall be determined by dividing an aggregate revenue target fo...

...bined heat and power system placed into service or retrofitted on or after the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 315 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012, or a waste energy recovery system placed into service or retrofitted on or after September 10, 2012, except that a waste energy recovery system described in division (A)(38)(b) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code may be include...

...thereafter, the director of development 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 ...

...rovide a competitive retail natural gas service on or after thirteen months following the effective date of this section to a consumer in this state without 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. I...

...pany shall recover any interest charge, service charge, or fee, whether or not a percentage is utilized for its computation, for billings made pursuant to this section. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the customer from paying an undercharge or any portion thereof in a time shorter than that stated in this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a gas, natural gas, or ...

...ctric supplier. Such map shall show the service areas of municipally owned electric systems as of the date the map is drawn. The service area of each municipally owned electric system shall include all of the incorporated area of said system and that territory within a line substantially equidistant between its existing distribution lines and the nearest existing distribution line of any electric supplier in every di...

..., law enforcement, or emergency medical services. The rules shall be designed to protect the public health and safety and prevent unnecessary or avoidable damage to property. They shall encourage the equitable distribution of available electric power and fuel supplies among all geographic regions in the state. (B) The governor may, after consultation with the chairperson of the commission, declare an energy emerg...

...es planned to be added or taken out of service in the next ten years, including, to the extent the information is available, prospective sites for transmission line locations; (4) For gas and natural gas, a projection of anticipated supply, supply prices, and sources of supply over the forecast period; (5) A description of proposed changes in the transmission system planned for the next five years; (6) A mon...

...ge of utility, communication, and other services to residents of this state at reasonable costs, including the rapid implementation of new technologies and innovative services; (3) Promote the rapid deployment of small cell facility infrastructure and related capital investment in this state by ensuring that municipal corporations grant or deny consent to install, operate, modify, or replace wireless facilities in ...

...2nd General Assembly, a cable or video service provider shall not be required to obtain permits from a municipal corporation or to pay fees, with the exception of work permits and associated fees, to place, operate, maintain, or replace micro wireless facilities pursuant to an existing franchise or video service authorization under Chapter 1332. of the Revised Code; nor shall a holder of an existing franchise or vid...

...decisions with respect to, the person's service, customer demand, or quality of service to or from a particular area or site as a condition for approval of the request; (B) Require a person to submit information about the need for the small cell facility or the associated wireless support structure, including additional wireless coverage, capacity, or increased speeds, as a condition for approval of the request; (C...

... prohibiting, the provision of wireless service to any location. (C) Adopt reasonable written design guidelines with objective, technologically feasible criteria that reasonably match the aesthetics and character of the immediate area regarding all of the following: (1) The location of any ground-mounted small cell facilities; (2) The location of a small cell facility on a wireless support structure; (3) The ...