Ohio Rev. Code § 4959.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4959 / § 4959.04
§ 4959.04. Temporary crossings
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 Senate Bill 197 - 122nd General Assembly In the case of a railroad in process of construction or a proposed railroad which passes through enclosed land, the company or person having control of the railroad during its construction shall provide suitable crossings for the owner or occupant of each farm, make and keep in repair fences along the line of the railroad through the enclosed fields, and protect crops growing thereon. When the company or person agrees with the owner of the lands through which a railroad passes that the owner is to build and keep in repair any portion of the fencing, and if such fencing is destroyed or damaged by fire from passing trains or by the elements, the company or person owning or operating the railroad shall rebuild or repair such fence if the property holder demands it. If the company fails to construct a fence after having received written notice to do so from the owner or occupant of lands through which the railroad passes, after thirty days from the time of serving the notice upon the agent of such company nearest such lands, the owner or occupant may proceed to construct it, and the company shall be liable to the person for the cost thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.08
§ 4901.08. Quorum
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A majority of the public utilities commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the public utilities commission. No vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all powers of the commission. The act of a majority of the commission, when in session as a board, is the act of the commission. Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner designated for such purpose by the commission, and every finding, order, or decision made by a commissioner so designated, pursuant to such investigation, inquiry, or hearing, and approved and confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in its office, is the finding, order, or decision of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.43
§ 4913.43. Annual report
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall submit to the general assembly an annual report of the previous year's activities under this chapter. Each report shall be submitted on or before April 1. Each report shall be made publicly available on the commission's web site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.123 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.123
§ 4927.123. Exemption for incumbent local exchange carriers
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Exchange area" has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code. "Line loss" refers to the number of access lines, whether residential or commercial, for which a customer of an incumbent local exchange 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 under division (B) of this section if the carrier demonstrates that both of the following apply: (1) The carrier has experienced at least fifty per cent line loss in the exchange area since January 1, 2002. (2) One of the following applies: (a) The carrier increased the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for the exchange area within the twelve months prior to September 13, 2010. (b) The commission made a determination that the exchange area qualified for alternative regulation of basic local exchange service under Chapter 4901:1-4 of the Ohio Administrative Code as that chapter existed on September 13, 2010. (c) The carrier filed an application for the exchange area that was approved or deemed approved under division (B)(3)(b) of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code. (D) On the thirty-first day after the filing of an application under division (B) of this section, the commission shall be deemed to have found that the application meets the requirements of division (C) of this section unless the commission, within thirty days after the filing of the application, issues an order finding that the requirements have not been met. (E) If an application for an exchange area is approved or deemed approved under this section, the incumbent local exchange carrier that filed the application shall be exempt from the requirements of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code for the exchange area to which the application applies, except that the carrier may not alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service below the carrier's incremental cost. "Incremental cost" has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the rights of any person to file a complaint with the commission under section 4927.21 of the Revised Code, or the rights of the commission to initiate such a complaint, against an incumbent local exchange carrier who has been granted an exemption under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.10
§ 4928.10. Minimum service requirements for competitive services
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly For the protection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised 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 which it is subject to certification. Rules adopted under this section shall include a prohibition against unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable acts and practices in the marketing, solicitation, and sale of such a competitive retail electric service and in the administration of any contract for service, and also shall include additional consumer protections concerning all of the following: (A) Contract disclosure. The rules shall include requirements that an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code do both of the following: (1) Provide consumers with adequate, accurate, and understandable pricing and terms and conditions of service, including any switching fees, and with a document containing the terms and conditions of pricing and service before the consumer enters into the contract for service; (2) Disclose the conditions under which a customer may rescind a contract without penalty. (B) Service termination. The rules shall include disclosure of the terms identifying how customers may switch or terminate service, including any required notice and any penalties. (C) Minimum content of customer bills. The rules shall include all of the following requirements, which shall be standardized: (1) Price disclosure and disclosures of total billing units for the billing period and historical annual usage; (2) To the maximum extent practicable, separate listing of each service component to enable a customer to recalculate its bill for accuracy; (3) Identification of the supplier of each service; (4) Statement of where and how payment may be made and provision of a toll-free or local customer assistance and complaint number for the electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator, as well as a consumer assistance telephone number or numbers for state agencies, such as the commission, the office of the consumers' counsel, and the attorney general's office, with the available hours noted; (5) Other than for the first billing after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, highlighting and clear explanation on each customer bill, for two consecutive billing periods, of any changes in the rates, terms, and conditions of service. (D) Disconnection and service termination, including requirements with respect to master-metered buildings. The rules shall include policies and procedures that are consistent with sections 4933.121 and 4933.122 of the Revised Code and the commission's rules adopted under those sections, and that provide for all of the following: (1) Coordination between suppliers for the purpose of maintaining service; (2) The allocation of partial payments between suppliers when service components are jointly billed; (3) A prohibition against blocking, or authorizing the blocking of, customer access to a noncompetitive retail electric service when a customer is delinquent in payments to the electric utility or electric services company for a competitive retail electric service; (4) A prohibition against switching, or authorizing the switching of, a customer's supplier of competitive retail electric service without the prior consent of the customer in accordance with appropriate confirmation practices, which may include independent, third-party verification procedures. (5) A requirement of disclosure of the conditions under which a customer may rescind a decision to switch its supplier without penalty; (6) Specification of any required notice and any penalty for early termination of contract. (E) Minimum service quality, safety, and reliability. However, service quality, safety, and reliability requirements for electric generation service shall be determined primarily through market expectations and contractual relationships. (F) Generation resource mix and environmental characteristics of power supplies. The rules shall include requirements for determination of the approximate generation resource mix and environmental characteristics of the power supplies and disclosure to the customer prior to the customer entering into a contract to purchase and four times per year under the contract. The rules also shall require that the electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator provide, or cause its billing and collection agent to provide, a customer with standardized information comparing the projected, with the actual and verifiable, resource mix and environmental characteristics. This disclosure shall occur not less than annually or not less than once during the contract period if the contract period is less than one year, and prior to any renewal of a contract. (G) Customer information. The rules shall include requirements that the electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator make generic customer load pattern information available to other electric light companies on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis, and make customer-specific information available to other electric light companies on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis unless, as to customer-specific information, the customer objects. The rules shall ensure that each such utility, company, cooperative, or aggregator provide clear and frequent notice to its customers of the right to object and of applicable procedures. The rules shall establish the exact language that shall be used in all such notices.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.12
§ 4928.12. Qualifying transmission entities
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no entity shall own or control transmission facilities as defined under federal law and located in this state on or after the starting 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 meets all of the following specifications: (1) The transmission entity is approved by the federal energy regulatory commission. (2) The transmission entity effects separate control of transmission facilities from control of generation facilities. (3) The transmission entity implements, to the extent reasonably possible, policies and procedures designed to minimize pancaked transmission rates within this state. (4) The transmission entity improves service reliability within this state. (5) The transmission entity achieves the objectives of an open and competitive electric generation marketplace, elimination of barriers to market entry, and preclusion of control of bottleneck electric transmission facilities in the provision of retail electric service. (6) The transmission entity is of sufficient scope or otherwise operates to substantially increase economical supply options for consumers. (7) The governance structure or control of the transmission entity is independent of the users of the transmission facilities, and no member of its board of directors has an affiliation, with such a user or with an affiliate of a user during the member's tenure on the board, such as to unduly affect the transmission entity's performance. For the purpose of division (B)(7) of this section, a "user" is any entity or affiliate of that entity that buys or sells electric energy in the transmission entity's region or in a neighboring region. (8) The transmission entity operates under policies that promote positive performance designed to satisfy the electricity requirements of customers. (9) The transmission entity is capable of maintaining real-time reliability of the electric transmission system, ensuring comparable and nondiscriminatory transmission access and necessary services, minimizing system congestion, and further addressing real or potential transmission constraints. (C) To the extent that a transmission entity under division (A) of this section is authorized to build transmission facilities, that transmission entity has the powers provided in and is subject to sections 1723.01 to 1723.08 of the Revised Code. (D) For the purpose of forming or participating in a regional regulatory oversight body or mechanism developed for any transmission entity under division (A) of this section that is of regional scope and operates within this state: (1) The commission shall make joint investigations, hold joint hearings, within or outside this state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in the holding of those investigations or hearings, or in the making of those orders, the commission is functioning under agreements or compacts between states, under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, as an agency of the United States, or otherwise. (2) The commission shall negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of other states for cooperative regulatory efforts and for the enforcement of the respective state laws regarding the transmission entity. (E) If a qualifying transmission entity is not operational as contemplated in division (A) of this section, division (A)(13) of section 4928.34 of the Revised Code, or division (G) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code, the commission by rule or order shall take such measures or impose such requirements on all for-profit entities that own or control electric transmission facilities located in this state as the commission determines necessary and proper to achieve independent, nondiscriminatory operation of, and separate ownership and control of, such electric transmission facilities on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.95
§ 4905.95. Notices, hearings and orders of commission
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section: (1) The public utilities commission, regarding any proceeding under this section, shall provide reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with rules adopted under section 4901.13 of the Revised Code. (2) Sections 4903.02 to 4903.082 , 4903.09 to 4903.16 , and 4903.20 to 4903.23 of the Revised Code apply to all proceedings and orders of the commission under this section and to all operators subject to those proceedings and orders. (B) If, pursuant to a proceeding it specially initiates or to any other proceeding and after the hearing provided for under division (A) of this section, the commission finds that: (1) An operator has violated or failed to comply with, or is violating or failing to comply with, sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code or the pipe-line safety code, the commission by order: (a) Shall require the operator to comply and to undertake corrective action necessary to protect the public safety; (b) May assess upon the operator forfeitures of not more than one hundred thousand dollars for each day of each violation or noncompliance, except that the aggregate of such forfeitures shall not exceed one million dollars for any related series of violations or noncompliances. In determining the amount of any such forfeiture, the commission shall consider all of the following: (i) The gravity of the violation or noncompliance; (ii) The operator's history of prior violations or noncompliances; (iii) The operator's good faith efforts to comply and undertake corrective action; (iv) The operator's ability to pay the forfeiture; (v) The effect of the forfeiture on the operator's ability to continue as an operator; (vi) Such other matters as justice may require. All forfeitures collected under this division or section 4905.96 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (c) May direct the attorney general to seek the remedies provided in section 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (2) An intrastate pipe-line transportation facility is hazardous to life or property, the commission by order: (a) Shall require the operator of the facility to take corrective action to remove the hazard. Such corrective action may include suspended or restricted use of the facility, physical inspection, testing, repair, replacement, or other action. (b) May direct the attorney general to seek the remedies provided in section 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (C) If, pursuant to a proceeding it specially initiates or to any other proceeding, the commission finds that an emergency exists due to a condition on an intrastate pipe-line transportation facility posing a clear and immediate danger to life or health or threatening a significant loss of property and requiring immediate corrective action to protect the public safety, the commission may issue, without notice or prior hearing, an order reciting its finding and may direct the attorney general to seek the remedies provided in section 4905.96 of the Revised Code. The order shall remain in effect for not more than forty days after the date of its issuance. The order shall provide for a hearing as soon as possible, but not later than thirty days after the date of its issuance. After the hearing the commission shall continue, revoke, or modify the order and may make findings under and seek appropriate remedies as provided in division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.39
§ 4909.39. Findings as to rate - valuation of property
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 156 - 113th General Assembly If the public utilities commission, after the hearing referred to in sections 4909.34 to 4909.36 of the Revised Code, is of the opinion that the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental, so fixed by ordinance is or will be unjust, unreasonable, or insufficient to yield reasonable compensation for the service, the commission shall fix and determine the just and reasonable rate, price, charge, toll, or rental to be charged, demanded, exacted, or collected by such public utility during the period so fixed by ordinance, which period shall not be less than two years, and order the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental so fixed substituted for the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental fixed by ordinance. The commission may find and declare that the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental, so fixed by ordinance, is just and reasonable, and ratify and confirm it. No rate, price, charge, toll, or rental so determined by the commission shall become effective until after the commission has ascertained and determined the valuation upon which such price, charge, toll, or rental is based. Such valuation, so determined, shall be at all times open to public inspection. Thereupon the commission shall make inquiry and investigation with respect to the ability of such public utility to furnish its product during such period. If it is found that the public utility is able to do so, the commission shall order it to continue to furnish such product for the period and at the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental so fixed and determined, and such public utility shall continue to furnish its product as provided in such order. If the commission, after the hearing provided for in this section and sections 4909.34 to 4909.36 of the Revised Code, is of the opinion that any provisions of the ordinance or ordinances appealed from or complained of other than the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental fixed by such ordinance or ordinances are or will be unjust or unreasonable or that the form and structure of the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental fixed by such ordinance or ordinances may be unfair or unreasonable, or may have the effect of causing any rate, price, charge, toll, or rental to be fixed by the commission to become unfair or unreasonable, the commission shall, in its order, strike out such unjust or unreasonable provisions, conditions, form, and structure of said ordinance or ordinances and shall substitute for them, if it deems it necessary, such provisions and conditions as it considers fair and reasonable, and make such changes in the form and structure of the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental fixed in such ordinance or ordinances as it considers fair and reasonable. In fulfillment of its duties under this section as to what constitutes an unjust, unreasonable, or insufficient rate, price, charge, toll, or rental, as to what constitutes a just and reasonable rate, price, charge, toll, or rental, as to what constitutes an unjust or unreasonable rate, price, charge, toll, or rental, or, insofar as the form and structure of any rate, price, charge, toll, or rental is concerned, as to what may have the effect of causing it to become unfair and unreasonable, the decision of the commission shall be based on the factors stated in section 4909.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.24
§ 4909.24. Complaints and hearings
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Upon complaint of a person, firm, corporation, or association, of a mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, or of a body politic or municipal organization, that any of the rates, fares, charges, or classifications, or any joint rates are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any regulation or practice, affecting the transportation of persons or property, or any service in connection therewith, are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate, the public utilities commission may notify the railroad complained of that complaint has been made, and ten days after such notice proceed to investigate such charges as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code. Before making such investigation, the commission shall give the railroad and the complainants ten days' notice of the time and place such matters will be considered and determined, and such parties are entitled to be heard and to have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses. A railroad may make complaint with like effect as though made by any person, firm, corporation, or association, mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society, body politic, or municipal organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.27
§ 4903.27. Discovery limitation for rate application proceedings
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly For all cases involving an application pursuant to section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall not permit any new discovery beginning not later than two hundred fifteen days after the application is determined to be complete. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.20
§ 4933.20. Tampering with gas pipes and apparatus
Status: in_force

August 18, 1978 House Bill 605 - 112th General Assembly No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb, cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulating, operating, or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, conduits, pipelines, mains, service pipes, house pipes, display pipes, or other pipes of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas with intent to cause the escape of gas or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall maliciously enlarge or alter a mixer furnished or approved by a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas to or for a consumer of gas, or maliciously remove from its connection a mixer so furnished or approved. No person shall without express permission, consume for fuel the gas of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas without the use of a mixer so furnished or approved by such gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas, or tap, sever, or open a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of gas, or connect with such main or pipe any other main or pipe. This section does not apply to an agent or employee, for that purpose, of the owner, manufacturer, or operator of the devices or appliances referred to in this section. As used in this section, "gas" includes natural and artificial gas used for heating and illuminating purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.27
§ 4961.27. Directors may receive subscriptions in installments
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of directors of a railroad company which has expended in the construction of its railroad ten per cent of its authorized capital, and has obtained actual bona fide subscriptions to its capital stock to the amount of at least twenty per cent of it, may receive subscriptions to its capital stock, payable in such installments, dependent upon the completion of the whole or any part of its railroad so that cars may pass over it, as they deem expedient, and upon full payment thereof issue certificates of stock therefor. No subscriber to the stock authorized by this section is entitled to any of the privileges of a stockholder until his subscription is fully paid, nor for any purpose shall such subscriber be deemed a stockholder until the happening of the contingency upon which the installments on his subscription are made dependent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.03
§ 4905.03. Public utility company definitions
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter, any person, firm, copartnership, voluntary association, joint-stock association, company, or corporation, wherever organized or incorporated, is: (A) A telephone company, when engaged in the business of transmitting telephonic messages to, from, through, or in this state; (B) A for-hire motor carrier, when engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle for compensation, except when engaged in any of the operations in intrastate commerce described in divisions (B)(1) to (9) of section 4921.01 of the Revised Code, but including the carrier's agents, officers, and representatives, as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor-vehicle equipment and accessories; (C) An electric light company, when engaged in the business of supplying electricity for light, heat, or power purposes to consumers within this state, including supplying electric transmission service for electricity delivered to consumers in this state, but excluding a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission. An electric light company does not include a self-generator or mercantile customer self-power system. (D) A gas company, when engaged in the business of supplying artificial gas for lighting, power, or heating purposes to consumers within this state or when engaged in the business of supplying artificial gas to gas companies or to natural gas companies within this state, but a producer engaged in supplying to one or more gas or natural gas companies, only such artificial gas as is manufactured by that producer as a by-product of some other process in which the producer is primarily engaged within this state is not thereby a gas company. All rates, rentals, tolls, schedules, charges of any kind, or agreements between any gas company and any other gas company or any natural gas company providing for the supplying of artificial gas and for compensation for the same are subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. (E) A natural gas company, when engaged in the business of supplying natural gas for lighting, power, or heating purposes to consumers within this state. Notwithstanding the above, neither the delivery nor sale of Ohio-produced natural gas or Ohio-produced raw natural gas liquids by a producer or gatherer under a public utilities commission-ordered exemption, adopted before, as to producers, or after, as to producers or gatherers, January 1, 1996, or the delivery or sale of Ohio-produced natural gas or Ohio-produced raw natural gas liquids by a producer or gatherer of Ohio-produced natural gas or Ohio-produced raw natural gas liquids, either to a lessor under an oil and gas lease of the land on which the producer's drilling unit is located, or the grantor incident to a right-of-way or easement to the producer or gatherer, shall cause the producer or gatherer to be a natural gas company for the purposes of this section. All rates, rentals, tolls, schedules, charges of any kind, or agreements between a natural gas company and other natural gas companies or gas companies providing for the supply of natural gas and for compensation for the same are subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. The commission, upon application made to it, may relieve any producer or gatherer of natural gas, defined in this section as a gas company or a natural gas company, of compliance with the obligations imposed by this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code, so long as the producer or gatherer is not affiliated with or under the control of a gas company or a natural gas company engaged in the transportation or distribution of natural gas, or so long as the producer or gatherer does not engage in the distribution of natural gas to consumers. Nothing in division (E) of this section limits the authority of the commission to enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (F) A pipe-line company, when engaged in the business of transporting natural gas, oil, or coal or its derivatives through pipes or tubing, either wholly or partly within this state, but not when engaged in the business of the transport associated with gathering lines, raw natural gas liquids, or finished product natural gas liquids; (G) A water-works company, when engaged in the business of supplying water through pipes or tubing, or in a similar manner, to consumers within this state; (H) A heating or cooling company, when engaged in the business of supplying water, steam, or air through pipes or tubing to consumers within this state for heating or cooling purposes; (I) A messenger company, when engaged in the business of supplying messengers for any purpose; (J) A street railway company, when engaged in the business of operating as a common carrier, a railway, wholly or partly within this state, with one or more tracks upon, along, above, or below any public road, street, alleyway, or ground, within any municipal corporation, operated by any motive power other than steam and not a part of an interurban railroad, whether the railway is termed street, inclined-plane, elevated, or underground railway; (K) A suburban railroad company, when engaged in the business of operating as a common carrier, whether wholly or partially within this state, a part of a street railway constructed or extended beyond the limits of a municipal corporation, and not a part of an interurban railroad; (L) An interurban railroad company, when engaged in the business of operating a railroad, wholly or partially within this state, with one or more tracks from one municipal corporation or point in this state to another municipal corporation or point in this state, whether constructed upon the public highways or upon private rights-of-way, outside of municipal corporations, using electricity or other motive power than steam power for the transportation of passengers, packages, express matter, United States mail, baggage, and freight. Such an interurban railroad company is included in the term "railroad" as used in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code. (M) A sewage disposal system company, when engaged in the business of sewage disposal services through pipes or tubing, and treatment works, or in a similar manner, within this state. As used in division (E) of this section, "natural gas" includes natural gas that has been processed to enable consumption or to meet gas quality standards or that has been blended with propane, hydrogen, biologically derived methane gas, or any other artificially produced or processed gas. As used in this section, "gathering lines" has the same meaning as in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code, and "raw natural gas liquids" and "finished product natural gas liquids" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the Revised Code. As used in this section, "self-generator" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, and "mercantile customer self-power system" has the same meaning as in section 4928.73 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.542 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.542
§ 4928.542. Winning bids; requirements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The winning bid or bids selected through the competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall meet all of the following requirements: (A) Be designed to provide reliable competitive retail electric service to percentage of income payment plan program customers; (B) Reduce the cost of the percentage of income payment plan program relative to the otherwise applicable standard service offer established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code; (C) Result in the best value for persons paying the percentage of income payment plan rider under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.20
§ 4957.20. Notice of intention to make improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before any work is done which is required in the making of a proposed crossing improvement, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall by ordinance or resolution require notice of its intention to make such improvement in accordance with the plans and specification to be given to the owner of each piece of property abutting upon any street, highway, or public place, the grade of which will be changed by the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.37
§ 4907.37. Unlawful preference
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No common carrier subject to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code shall make or give undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to a particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or to any particular description of traffic, or subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.19
§ 4901.19. Employees of commission - duties of secretary or other officer
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly The public utilities commission may appoint a secretary, attorney examiners, experts, engineers, accountants, and such other officers as it considers necessary, who shall be in the classified civil service except for persons in attorney examiner or supervisory policy-making positions, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission's discretion as to whether or not a position is an attorney examiner position or a supervisory policy-making position shall be exercised upon the affirmative vote of at least four commissioners. All vouchers for the payment of officers, experts, examiners, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, stenographers, clerks, and other employees of the commission shall be approved by two public utilities commissioners. The secretary, or such other officer as is designated by the commission, shall keep a complete record of all proceedings of the commission, issue all necessary process, writs, warrants, and notices, and keep all books, maps, documents, and papers ordered filed by the commission, or approved and confirmed by it and ordered filed. Such secretary or other officer shall be responsible to the commission for the custody and safe preservation of all documents in its office. Under the direction of the commission, the secretary or any other officer shall perform such duties as the commission prescribes. The secretary and attorney examiners may administer oaths in all parts of the state insofar as the exercise of such power is properly incidental to the performance of their duties or the duties of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.01
§ 4905.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Motor vehicle" and "public highway" have the same meanings as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Ohio coal research and development costs" means all reasonable costs associated with a facility or project undertaken by a public utility for which a recommendation to allow the recovery of costs associated therewith has been made under division (B)(7) of section 1551.33 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, capital costs, such as costs of debt and equity; construction and operation costs; termination and retirement costs; costs of feasibility and marketing studies associated with the project; and the acquisition and delivery costs of Ohio coal used in the project, less any expenditures of grant moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.41
§ 4907.41. Supply of cars
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon reasonable notice, each railroad shall furnish suitable cars for all persons who may apply therefor, for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight in carload lots, if it is within its power to do so. In case of insufficiency of cars at any time to meet all requirements, such cars as are available shall be distributed among the applicants therefor in proportion to their respective immediate requirements, without discrimination between shippers, or between competitive or noncompetitive places. Preference may be given to shipments of livestock and perishable property. The public utilities commission may enforce reasonable regulations for furnishing cars to shippers, switching, loading, and unloading cars, and the weighing of cars and freight offered for shipment over any railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.645 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.645
§ 4928.645. Use of renewable energy credits
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) An electric distribution utility or electric services company may use, for the purpose of complying with the requirements under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code, renewable energy credits any time in the five calendar years following the date of their purchase or acquisition from any entity, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) A mercantile customer; (2) An owner or operator of a hydroelectric generating facility that is located at a dam on a river, or on any water discharged to a river, that is within or bordering this state or within or bordering an adjoining state, or that produces power that can be shown to be deliverable into this state; (3) A seller of compressed natural gas that has been produced from biologically derived methane gas, provided that the seller may only provide renewable energy credits for metered amounts of gas. (B)(1) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules specifying that one unit of credit shall equal one megawatt hour of electricity derived from renewable energy resources, except that, for a generating facility of seventy-five megawatts or greater that is situated within this state and has committed by December 31, 2009, to modify or retrofit its generating unit or units to enable the facility to generate principally from biomass energy by June 30, 2013, each megawatt hour of electricity generated principally from that biomass energy shall equal, in units of credit, the product obtained by multiplying the actual percentage of biomass feedstock heat input used to generate such megawatt hour by the quotient obtained by dividing the then existing unit dollar amount used to determine a renewable energy compliance payment as provided under division (C)(2)(b) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code by the then existing market value of one renewable energy credit, but such megawatt hour shall not equal less than one unit of credit. Renewable energy resources do not have to be converted to electricity in order to be eligible to receive renewable energy credits. The rules shall specify that, for purposes of converting the quantity of energy derived from biologically derived methane gas to an electricity equivalent, one megawatt hour equals 3,412,142 British thermal units. (2) The rules also shall provide for this state a system of registering renewable energy credits by specifying which of any generally available registries shall be used for that purpose and not by creating a registry. That selected system of registering renewable energy credits shall allow a hydroelectric generating facility to be eligible for obtaining renewable energy credits and shall allow customer-sited projects or actions the broadest opportunities to be eligible for obtaining renewable energy credits. (C) Except for compressed natural gas that has been produced from biologically derived methane gas, energy generated by using natural gas as a resource is not eligible to obtain a renewable energy credit under this section. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.32
§ 4905.32. Schedule rate collected
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No public utility shall charge, demand, exact, receive, or collect a different rate, rental, toll, or charge for any service rendered, or to be rendered, than that applicable to such service as specified in its schedule filed with the public utilities commission which is in effect at the time. No public utility shall refund or remit directly or indirectly, any rate, rental, toll, or charge so specified, or any part thereof, or extend to any person, firm, or corporation, any rule, regulation, privilege, or facility except such as are specified in such schedule and regularly and uniformly extended to all persons, firms, and corporations under like circumstances for like, or substantially similar, service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.18
§ 4955.18. Order of court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The court, by its order referred to in section 4955.16 of the Revised Code, shall define the manner in which the applicant is to do or let the work for such crossing and equitably apportion the initial expense of such construction or crossing and the expense of maintenance among the parties interested. A party feeling aggrieved by the decision of the court shall have the right of appeal as in other civil cases. Unless the companies agree upon the compensation to be paid for the land occupied by such crossing, the court shall submit that question to a jury as provided in other cases for the appropriation of private property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.11
§ 4901.11. Equipment and supplies
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission may procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus, and appliances, including telephone service, and may purchase from the interstate commerce commission blank forms for the use of railroads and other utilities in making their annual reports, necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the public utilities commission, which expenses shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.05
§ 4973.05. Agreements void
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All rules, regulations, stipulations, and agreements, declared unlawful by sections 4973.02 to 4973.04 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are void. A corporation, association, or person violating, or aiding or abetting the violation of such sections shall forfeit to the person thus wronged or deprived of his rights, not less than fifty nor over five hundred dollars for each offense, to be recovered by a civil action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.171
§ 4909.171. Basing waterworks rate charge on change in water cost imposed by local government
Status: in_force

January 6, 2004 Senate Bill 44 - 125th General Assembly (A) Any waterworks company or any sewage disposal system company may submit an application to the public utilities commission for an increase or decrease in any rate or charge for, respectively, water or sewage treatment, if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The water or sewage treatment is provided to the company by either of the following: (a) A municipal corporation or other local governmental unit of this state whose rates are not subject to regulation by the commission; (b) Another waterworks company, or another sewage disposal system company, that is a public utility and whose rates for the water, or the sewage treatment, have been approved by the commission pursuant to an application filed under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. (2) The change in rate or charge is based solely on a change in the cost to the company of the water or the sewage treatment. Sections 4909.18 and 4909.19 of the Revised Code do not apply to any application filed under this section. An application shall be accompanied by evidence of the new rates and charges charged the company by a provider described in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section. (B) Pursuant to the filing of an application under division (A) of this section by a waterworks company or a sewage disposal system company, the commission shall approve appropriate revisions in the schedule of the company filed under section 4905.30 of the Revised Code, which revisions shall reflect solely the change in the cost to the company of the water or the sewage treatment, as specified in division (A) of this section and no other cost, charge, or item, and shall not change the distribution of the revenue responsibility of the various classes of the company's customers. (C) An increase authorized pursuant to division (B) of this section shall not be effective until forty-five days after the date the waterworks company or the sewage disposal system company has provided affected customers with notification of the increase, in such form and by such method as the commission shall prescribe.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.09
§ 4939.09. [Former R.C. 4939.08, amended and renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Exceptions for prior franchises or agreements
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 4939.01 to 4939.08 of the Revised Code applies to a franchise or to any agreement with a public utility, cable operator, or operator, for the balance of its term, if the franchise or agreement meets all of the following, as applicable: (1)(a) With respect to a public utility or cable operator, the franchise was granted, or the agreement was authorized by ordinance or otherwise and was entered into, by a municipal corporation prior to July 2, 2002. (b) With respect to an operator, the agreement was authorized by ordinance or otherwise and was entered into by a municipal corporation and the operator prior to the effective date of the amendments to this section by S.B. 331 of the 131st general assembly. (2) The franchise or agreement authorizes the occupation or use of public ways. (3) The public utility or operator agrees with the applicable public way fees, or nonmonetary compensation, if any, or the cable operator pays the applicable fee or utilizes the credit, offset, or deduction specified in division (B)(4) of section 4939.05 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A) of section 4939.06 of the Revised Code, nothing in sections 4939.01 to 4939.08 of the Revised Code applies to an ordinance both governing public ways and enacted by a municipal corporation prior to September 29, 1999, unless, on or after that date, the ordinance is materially modified. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to operators and their facilities. (C) Nothing in sections 4939.01 to 4939.08 of the Revised Code authorizes a municipal corporation to levy a fee, other than a public way fee authorized by section 4939.05 of the Revised Code, on a pipeline company or an operator of a pipeline facility regulated under the "Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 3793, 49 U.S.C.A. 60101, or on an operating partner or affiliated business unit operating under guidelines of the federal energy regulatory commission as they relate to the construction and operation of a pipeline. (D) Nothing in sections 4939.01 to 4939.08 and this section of the Revised Code prohibits a municipal corporation from doing either of the following: (1) Charging a cable operator a franchise fee in accordance with the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," 98 Stat. 2779, 47 U.S.C.A. 542; (2) Allowing a credit, offset, or deduction against the payment of a construction permit fee for any franchise fee a cable operator pays to the municipal corporation. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.151
§ 4961.151. Validity of deeds
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly When any deed executed prior to October 2, 1953 or recorded after such date purporting to transfer title to real estate has been executed by an officer or officers other than the president of such railroad company, as provided by section 4961.15 of the Revised Code, such deed and the recordation thereof shall be deemed to have been properly executed as of October 2, 1953 and shall be valid in all respects. Any person claiming title adverse thereto, has the right within two years after October 2, 1953, or in the case of deeds recorded for more than twenty years prior to October 2, 1953, then within one year after such date, to institute proceedings to contest the validity of such deeds. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any suit or action pending on October 2, 1953 or which may have been adjudicated prior to such date in any court of this state, in which the validity of the making, execution, or acknowledgement of any such deed has been or may be challenged.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.21
§ 4973.21. Compensation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The compensation of policemen appointed or commissioned as provided in section 4973.17 of the Revised Code shall be paid by the company for which they respectively are appointed, and at such rates as are agreed upon by the parties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.22
§ 4973.22. Notice terminating services filed with secretary of state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a company no longer requires the services of a policeman appointed as provided in section 4973.17 of the Revised code, it may file in the office of the secretary of state a notice to that effect signed by its authorized officer, which notice shall be noted by the secretary of state upon the margin of the record where the commission is recorded, and thereupon the power of such policeman shall cease. No charge shall be made by the secretary of state for the filing of such notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.07
§ 4927.07. Withdrawal of service
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided under the notice requirements of section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, a telephone company may withdraw any telecommunications service if it gives at least thirty days' prior notice to the public utilities commission and to its affected customers. (B) Except as provided under the notice requirements of section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, a telephone company may abandon entirely telecommunications service in this state if it gives at least thirty days' prior notice to the commission, to its wholesale and retail customers, and to any telephone company wholesale provider of its services. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any of the following: (1) Pole attachments under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (2) Conduit occupancy under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (3) Interconnection and resale agreements approved under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq., as amended. (D) Except as provided in section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier may not withdraw or abandon basic local exchange service. (E) Neither a telephone company nor an incumbent local exchange carrier may, without first filing a request with the commission and obtaining commission approval, withdraw any tariff filed with the commission for pole attachments or conduit occupancy under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code or abandon service provided under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.122
§ 4927.122. Upward alterations of rates
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly Subject to section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall allow upward alterations to the rate for basic local exchange service by an incumbent local exchange carrier by any amount necessary in order to comply with the eligibility requirements prescribed by the federal communications commission for the federal universal service high-cost program. Upward alterations may be ordered to be phased in over a period not to exceed three years if the commission determines that a phase-in is necessary to protect the public interest.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.39
§ 4905.39. Power to require additions and extensions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may, upon the filing of an application by any person, firm, or corporation, require of any public utility, by ordinance or otherwise, such additions or extensions to its distributing plant within such municipal corporation as the legislative authority deems reasonable and necessary in the interest of the public, and, subject to section 4951.06 of the Revised Code, such municipal corporation may designate the location and nature of all such additions and extensions, the time within which they must be completed, and all conditions under which they must be constructed and operated. Such requirements and orders of the legislative authority shall be subject to review by the public utilities commission, as provided in sections 4909.34 and 4909.39 of the Revised Code. The legislative authority and commission, in determining the practicability of such additions and extensions, shall take into consideration the supply of the product furnished by such public utility available, the returns upon the cost and expense of constructing such extensions, and the amount of revenue to be derived from such extensions, as well as the earning power of the public utility as a whole.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.10
§ 4973.10. Engineers addicted to drink not to be employed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person or company operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state, directly or by or through a representative, shall knowingly suffer or permit a person to run or in any capacity to operate a railroad locomotive on any part of its railroad in this state who is intoxicated or in the habit of becoming intoxicated, or knowingly continue the employment of a person in such capacity after he becomes or is intoxicated while in charge of such locomotive. For every violation of this section, the person or company operating such railroad shall forfeit to the state two hundred dollars to be recovered in its name in an action to be prosecuted in any county through which the railroad runs, by the prosecuting attorney of such county, who shall be entitled to twenty-five per cent of the recovery. The balance shall be paid into the county treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.08
§ 4933.08. Gas meter must be sealed and stamped
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No gas meter shall be set unless it is tested by a meter-prover, sealed, and stamped as provided in section 4933.11 of the Revised Code. A company authorizing the setting of a meter, or allowing it to be used by a consumer of gas, without being so sealed and stamped, shall forfeit not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered upon the complaint of such consumer, in the name of the state, before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.03
§ 4911.03. Qualifications
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly (A) No person may be appointed consumers' counsel unless he is admitted to the practice of law in this state and is qualified by knowledge and experience to practice in public utility proceedings. (B) No person who is in the employ of or acting in an official capacity with any public utility, subject to regulation by the public utilities commission or who is pecuniarily interested in, or holds stocks or bonds of any such utility or is a candidate for elective public office may be appointed to the office of the consumers' counsel or be appointed or employed by the counsel. If any such appointed or employed person becomes, subsequent to his initial appointment or employment, the owner of such stocks or bonds, or otherwise becomes pecuniarily interested in such utility, he shall divest himself, within a reasonable time, of such ownership or interest. If he fails to do so, his tenure shall be terminated. If any such appointed or employed person becomes a candidate for elective public office his tenure shall be terminated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4937.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4937 / § 4937.01
§ 4937.01. Utility radiological safety definitions
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code: (A) "Hazard" has the same meaning as in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code. (B) "Member agency" means the state agency of which a member of the utility radiological safety board is an officer. (C) "Nuclear electric facility" means any facility operated by a nuclear electric utility using nuclear energy to produce electricity and any facility for the storage of spent nuclear fuel arising from such production. (D) "Nuclear electric facility incident" means any hazard within the state which is associated with a nuclear electric facility and requires, pursuant to sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, emergency management to mitigate its effects. (E) "Nuclear electric utility" includes every person, their agents, assignees, or trustees, within this state engaged in the business of producing electricity using nuclear energy, or in the storage of spent nuclear fuel arising from such production. (F) "Nuclear electric utility holding company" means any company that holds an equity interest in a nuclear electric utility and is part of an electric utility holding company system exempt under section 3(a)(1) or (2) of the "Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935," 49 Stat. 810, 15 U.S.C.A. 79c, and the regulations adopted under the act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.057 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.057
§ 4909.057. Deferral of post-in-service carrying costs
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Upon application of the acquiring company, the public utilities commission may authorize 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 until the investment has been in service for a three-year period, until the acquiring company's next rate case that includes the investment, or until the inclusion of the investment in a charge authorized under section 4909.172 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs first. (B) Upon application of the acquiring company, the public utilities commission may authorize the acquiring company to defer any depreciation expense related to the post-acquisition improvements described in division (A) of this section to be recovered over the life of the assets commencing with the first rate case including the acquisition. This depreciation deferral shall continue until the associated investment has been in service for a three-year period, until the acquiring company's next rate case that includes the investment, or until the inclusion of the investment in a charge authorized under section 4909.172 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs first.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.171
§ 4973.171. Felony conviction precludes or terminates employment
Status: in_force

April 14, 2006 House Bill 81 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The secretary of state shall not appoint or commission a person as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions under division (A) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code; for a railroad company under division (B) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code; or for a hospital under division (D) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The secretary of state shall revoke the appointment or commission of a person appointed or commissioned as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions; for a railroad company; or for a hospital under division (A), (B), or (D) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code if that person does either of the following: (i) Pleads guilty to a felony; (ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that person under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (b) The secretary of state shall suspend the appointment or commission of a person appointed or commissioned as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions; for a railroad company; or for a hospital under division (A), (B), or (D) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code if that person is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the person files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person does not file a timely appeal, the secretary of state shall revoke the appointment or commission of that person as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions; for a railroad company; or for a hospital. If the person files an appeal that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the secretary of state shall reinstate the appointment or commission of that person as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions; for a railroad company; or for a hospital. A person whose appointment or commission is reinstated under division (B)(2)(b) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that person's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the person of the felony. (3) Division (B) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. (4) The suspension or revocation of the appointment or commission of a person as a police officer for a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions; for a railroad company; or for a hospital under division (B)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) A judge of a municipal court or county court that has territorial jurisdiction over an amusement park shall not appoint or commission a person as a police officer for the amusement park under division (E) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2) The judge shall revoke the appointment or commission of a person appointed or commissioned as a police officer for an amusement park under division (E) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code if that person does either of the following: (a) Pleads guilty to a felony; (b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to that person under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (3) The judge shall suspend the appointment or commission of a person appointed or commissioned as a police officer for an amusement park under division (E) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code if that person is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the person files an appeal from that conviction and that conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person does not file a timely appeal, the judge shall revoke the appointment or commission of that person as a police officer for an amusement park. If the person files an appeal that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the judge shall reinstate the appointment or commission of that person as a police officer for an amusement park. A person whose appointment or commission is reinstated under division (C)(3) of this section shall not receive any back pay unless that person's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the person of a felony. (4) Division (C) of this section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. (5) The suspension or revocation of the appointment or commission of a person as a police officer for an amusement park under division (C)(2) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.221
§ 4903.221. Intervention by party who may be adversely affected by commission proceeding
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly Any other person who may be adversely affected by a public utilities commission proceeding may intervene in such proceeding, provided: (A) That such other person files a motion to intervene with the commission no later than: (1) Any specific deadline established by order of the commission for purposes of a particular proceeding; or, if no such deadline is established; (2) Five days prior to the scheduled date of hearing. The public utilities commission may, in its discretion, grant motions to intervene which are filed after the deadlines set forth in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for good cause shown. (B) That the commission, in ruling upon applications to intervene in its proceedings, shall consider the following criteria: (1) The nature and extent of the prospective intervenor's interest; (2) The legal position advanced by the prospective intervenor and its probable relation to the merits of the case; (3) Whether the intervention by the prospective intervenor will unduly prolong or delay the proceedings; (4) Whether the prospective intervenor will significantly contribute to full development and equitable resolution of the factual issues.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.06
§ 4911.06. Consumers' counsel considered state officer
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly The consumers' counsel shall be considered a state officer for the purpose of section 24 of Article II, Ohio constitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2310 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2310
§ 4928.2310. Default; sequestration and payment of revenues for benefit of bondholders, assignees, and financing parties
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) If an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order defaults on any required payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, a court, upon application by an interested party and without limiting any other remedies available to the applicant, shall order the sequestration and payment of the revenues for the benefit of bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties. The court order shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceedings with respect to the electric distribution utility or any affiliate. (2) Notwithstanding division (A)(1) of this section, customers of an electric distribution utility shall be held harmless for the electric distribution utility's failure to remit any required payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, and such failure shall in no way affect the phase-in-recovery property or the rights to impose, collect, and adjust the phase-in-recovery charges under sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code. (B) Phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order and the interests of an assignee, bondholder, or financing party in that property under a financing agreement are not subject to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge, or defense by the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order or any other person, including as a result of the electric distribution utility's failure to provide past, present, or future services, or in connection with the bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding of the electric distribution utility, any affiliate, or any other entity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.235 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.235
§ 4928.235. Duration of final financing order
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) A final financing order shall remain in effect until the phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order and all financing costs related to the bonds have been paid in full. (2) A final financing order shall remain in effect and unabated notwithstanding the bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency of the electric distribution utility or any affiliate of the electric distribution utility or the commencement of any judicial or nonjudicial proceeding on the final financing order. (B) A final financing order is irrevocable and the public utilities commission may not reduce, impair, postpone, or terminate the phase-in-recovery charges authorized in the final financing order or impair the property or the collection or recovery of phase-in costs. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, under a final financing order, the electric distribution utility retains sole discretion regarding whether to assign, sell, or otherwise transfer phase-in-recovery property, or to cause phase-in-recovery bonds to be issued, including the right to defer or postpone such assignment, sale, transfer, or issuance. (2) Subsequent to a financing order being issued or becoming final and taking effect, but before phase-in-recovery bonds have been issued, if market conditions are such that customers will not realize cost savings from the issuance of the phase-in-recovery bonds, the electric distribution utility shall not proceed with the securitization under the issued or final financing order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.14
§ 4957.14. Petition to court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Either the municipal corporation or the railroad company, after the expiration of three months from the passage of the ordinance referred to by section 4957.12 of the Revised Code, may apply to the court of common pleas by petition accompanied by the necessary plans prepared by the municipal corporation or company, asking that any grade crossing be abolished. Such plans must show the grades to be established for such streets, the changes to be made in the location of streets, alleys, roads, or ways, the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below railroad tracks, the number, character, and location of piers, abutments, and supports to be permanently located in the streets, alleys, roads, or ways in the municipal corporation, and the change of grade to be made in any railroad tracks, including sidetracks and switches.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.17
§ 4905.17. Construction accounts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall keep informed of all new construction, extensions, and additions to the property of public utilities, and may prescribe the necessary forms, regulations, and instructions to the officers and employees of such public utilities for the keeping of construction accounts. Such construction accounts shall clearly distinguish all operating expenses and new construction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.04
§ 4925.04. Driver qualifications
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 403 - 135th General Assembly (A) Prior to authorizing a person to act as a transportation network company driver, a transportation network company shall do all of the following: (1) Require the person to submit an application to the transportation network company that includes at least all of the following: (a) The person's address; (b) The person's age; (c) The person's driver's license number and information on the person's driving history; (d) A copy of the certificate of motor vehicle registration for the vehicle the person will use to provide transportation network company services; (e) Proof of automobile insurance. (2) Conduct a background check on each applicant, including both of the following: (a) A search of a multi-state/multi-jurisdiction criminal records database, or a similar nationwide criminal records database, and validation of any records through a primary source search; (b) A search of the United States department of justice national sex offender public web site; (3) Obtain and review a driving history report with regard to each applicant. (B) A transportation network company shall not authorize a person to act as a transportation network company driver if any of the following apply to the person: (1) The person does not possess a valid driver's license. (2) The person does not possess a valid certification of motor vehicle registration for the motor vehicle that the person intends to use to provide transportation network company services. (3) The person does not possess automobile liability insurance for the vehicle that the person intends to use to provide transportation network company services that meets the requirements of section 3942.02 of the Revised Code unless the transportation network company provides such insurance on behalf of the driver. (4) The person has not attained the age of nineteen. (5) Within the past three years, the person has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, more than three violations of section 4511.194 , 4511.204 , 4511.21 , 4511.211 , 4511.251 , 4511.29 , 4511.30 , 4511.39 , 4511.46 , 4511.47 , 4511.711 , or 4511.75 of the Revised Code or an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state, or of the United States, that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (B)(5) of this section. (6) Within the past three years, the person has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any serious vehicle-related offense, including a violation of division (B) of section 2921.331 of the Revised Code or a violation of section 4510.11 , 4510.111 , 4510.12 , 4510.14 , 4510.16 , 4510.18 , 4511.20 , or 4511.201 of the Revised Code or an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state, or of the United States, that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (B)(6) of this section. (7) Within the past seven years, the person has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any of the following: (a) Operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of both, in violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code; (b) The commission of any felony offense while operating, or being a passenger in, a motor vehicle; (c) A theft or fraud offense in violation of section 2911.01 or 2911.02 of the Revised Code or any provision of Chapter 2913. of the Revised Code; (d) A property damage offense in violation of section 2909.02 , 2909.03 , 2909.05 , 2909.06 , 2909.07 , 2909.09 , 2909.10 , or 2909.101 of the Revised Code; (e) A sex offense in violation of any provision of Chapter 2907. of the Revised Code; (f) An offense of violence as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code; (g) An act of terrorism as defined in section 2909.21 of the Revised Code; (h) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state, or of the United States, that is substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (B)(7) of this section. (8) A search of the United States department of justice national sex offender public web site indicates that the person is identified as a sex offender. (C) A transportation network company shall terminate the authorization of a person to act as a transportation network company driver on behalf of the company if any of the conditions specified in division (B) of this section apply to that person according to that person's annual background check conducted in accordance with section 4925.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.35
§ 4981.35. Interstate high speed intercity rail passenger network compact - interstate rail passenger advisory council
Status: in_force

June 24, 1986 Senate Bill 289 - 116th General Assembly The "Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into by the state of Ohio with all other states legally joining therein the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE HIGH SPEED INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGERNETWORK COMPACT Article IPolicy and Purpose Because the beneficial service of and profitability of a high speed intercity rail passenger system would be enhanced by establishing such a system which would operate across state lines, it is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share jointly the administrative and financial responsibilities of preparing a feasibility study concerning the operation of such a system connecting major cities in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Article IICooperation The states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, and Kentucky, hereinafter referred to as participating states, agree to, upon adoption of this compact by the respective states, jointly conduct and participate in a high speed intercity rail passenger feasibility study by providing such information and data as is available and may be requested by a participating state or any consulting firms representing a participating state or the compact. It is mutually understood by the participating states that such information shall not include matters not of public record or of a nature considered to be privileged and confidential unless the state providing such information agrees to waive the confidentiality. The participating states further agree to: (A) Make available to each other and to any consulting firm representing the member states or the compact such assistance as may be legal, proper and available, including but not limited to personnel, equipment, office space, machinery, computers, engineering and technical advice and services; and (B) Provide such financial assistance for the implementation of the feasibility study as may be legal, proper and available. Article IIIInterstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council There is hereby created an interstate rail passenger advisory council, the membership of which shall consist of two representatives from each participating state, one representative from each state shall hold a bachelor of science degree in either engineering or transportation science, and shall be appointed by the governor of the participating state and the other shall be the chairman of the state's railroad authority, but in the event said state does not have a railroad authority, the second member shall be the director of the participating state's transportation agency. The members shall select designees who shall serve in the absence of the members. The advisory council shall meet within thirty days after ratification of this agreement by at least two participating states and establish rules for the conduct of the advisory council's business. The advisory council shall coordinate all aspects of the high speed intercity rail passenger feasibility study relative to interstate connections and shall do all other things necessary and proper for the completion of the feasibility study. Article IVEffective Date This compact shall become effective upon the adoption of the compact into law by two or more of the participating states. Thereafter, it shall enter into force and effect as to any other participating state upon the enactment thereof by such state. This compact shall continue in force with respect to a participating state and remain binding upon such state until six months after such state has given notice to each other participating state of the repeal thereof. Such withdrawal shall not be construed to relieve any participating state from any obligation incurred prior to the end of the state's participation in the compact as provided herein. Article VConstruction and Severability This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any participating state, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters."
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.06
§ 4999.06. Running passenger trains with less than full crew
Status: in_force

January 1, 1976 House Bill 205 - 111th General Assembly No superintendent, trainmaster, or other employee of a railroad shall send or cause to be sent outside of yard limits, a passenger train of not more than five cars, any one of which carries passengers, with a crew consisting of less than one engineer, one fireman, one conductor, and one brakeman. If four of said cars are day coaches carrying passengers, or if in a train of more than five cars, three or more cars are day coaches carrying passengers, of if in a train of more than six cars, four cars carrying passengers, or if in a train of more than seven cars, two or more cars are carrying passengers, of if any train, six or more cars are carrying passengers, such crew shall consist of at least one additional brakeman, regularly employed as such. When such train consists of more than two cars, either of which carries passengers, no such superintendent, trainmaster, or other employee shall require a brakeman to perform the duties of baggage master or express agent. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars for each offense. For the purpose of this section, a combination mail or baggage and passenger car is a day coach, but straight dining cars and private cars are not cars carrying passengers. This section does not apply to trains picking up a car between terminals in this state, or to cars propelled by electricity. Mayors and county court judges have jurisdiction under this section. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.37
§ 4957.37. Costs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case of the rebuilding of bridges or the other structures provided for in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code, if the structure is at or in line with a public street or highway and a cross street, the cost of making such streets or highways conform to a new grade, with all damages to owners of property abutting on them because of such change, the railroad company or its assigns shall pay all costs or damages resulting from the raising or building of its bridges or structures in the line of a street or highway at a greater height than was previously required. If such company is only part owner of such structure, it shall pay its proportionate share of the cost of such change in grade and damages. Should a railroad company or its assigns raise the grade of its track under any of such structures not owned by it, thereby causing a bridge or structure to be put at a higher grade when rebuilt, the company shall pay all costs and damages thereby made necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.72
§ 4905.72. Changes in provider of natural gas service or public telecommunications service to consumer
Status: in_force

May 17, 2000 House Bill 177 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Natural gas service" means the sale of natural gas, exclusive of any distribution or ancillary service. (2) "Public telecommunications service" means the transmission by a telephone company, by electromagnetic or other means, of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, messages, or data originating in this state regardless of actual call routing, but does not include a system, including its construction, maintenance, or operation, for the provision of telecommunications service, or any portion of such service, by any entity for the sole and exclusive use of that entity, its parent, a subsidiary, or an affiliated entity, and not for resale, directly or indirectly; the provision of terminal equipment used to originate telecommunications service; broadcast transmission by radio, television, or satellite broadcast stations regulated by the federal government; or cable television service. (B)(1) No public utility shall request or submit, or cause to be requested or submitted, a change in the provider of natural gas service or public telecommunications service to a consumer in this state, without first obtaining, or causing to be obtained, the verified consent of the consumer in accordance with rules adopted by the public utilities commission pursuant to division (D) of this section. (2) No public utility shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of a rule adopted by the commission pursuant to division (D) of this section or any provision of an order issued by the commission pursuant to division (B) or (C) of section 4905.73 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) Division (B) of this section does not apply to the transfer of a customer's natural gas service or public telecommunications service that occurs solely due to the operation of default provisions in the schedule of a public utility filed under section 4905.30 of the Revised Code. (2) Consistent with the exclusion, under 47 C.F.R. 64.1100 (a)(3), of commercial mobile radio service providers from the verification requirements adopted in 47 C.F.R. 64.1100, 64.1150, 64.1160, 64.1170, 64.1180, and 64.1190 by the federal communications commission, division (B) of this section does not apply to a provider of commercial mobile radio service insofar as such provider is engaged in the provision of commercial mobile radio service. However, when that exclusion no longer is in effect, division (B) of this section shall apply to such a provider, and the commission shall adopt rules applicable to such a provider in accordance with division (D) of this section. (D) The commission shall adopt competitively neutral rules prescribing procedures necessary for verifying the consent of a consumer for purposes of division (B)(1) of this section and any procedures necessary for the filing of a security under division (C)(5) of section 4905.73 of the Revised Code, and may adopt such other competitively neutral rules as the commission considers necessary to carry out this section and section 4905.73 of the Revised Code. With respect to public telecommunications service only, the rules prescribing procedures necessary for verifying consumer consent shall be consistent with the rules of the federal communications commission in 47 C.F.R. 64.1100 and 64.1150 .
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.06
§ 4928.06. Commission to ensure competitive retail electric service
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Beginning on the starting 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 the effective date of this section. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the proceedings and orders of the commission under the chapter shall be subject to and governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code. (B) If the commission determines, on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, that there is a decline or loss of effective competition with respect to a competitive retail electric service of an electric utility, which service was declared competitive by commission order issued pursuant to division (A) of section 4928.04 of the Revised Code, the commission shall ensure that that service is provided at compensatory, fair, and nondiscriminatory prices and terms and conditions. (C) In addition to its authority under section 4928.04 of the Revised Code and divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the commission, on an ongoing basis, shall monitor and evaluate the provision of retail electric service in this state for the purpose of discerning any noncompetitive retail electric service that should be available on a competitive basis on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service pursuant to a declaration in the Revised Code, and for the purpose of discerning any competitive retail electric service that is no longer subject to effective competition on or after that date. Upon such evaluation, the commission periodically shall report its findings and any recommendations for legislation to the standing committees of both houses of the general assembly that have primary jurisdiction regarding public utility legislation. (D) In determining, for purposes of division (B) or (C) of this section, whether there is effective competition in the provision of a retail electric service or reasonably available alternatives for that service, the commission shall consider factors including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The number and size of alternative providers of that service; (2) The extent to which the service is available from alternative suppliers in the relevant market; (3) The ability of alternative suppliers to make functionally equivalent or substitute services readily available at competitive prices, terms, and conditions; (4) Other indicators of market power, which may include market share, growth in market share, ease of entry, and the affiliation of suppliers of services. The burden of proof shall be on any entity requesting, under division (B) or (C) of this section, a determination by the commission of the existence of or a lack of effective competition or reasonably available alternatives. (E)(1) Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, the commission has authority under Chapters 4901. to 4909. of the Revised Code, and shall exercise that authority, to resolve abuses of market power by any electric utility that interfere with effective competition in the provision of retail electric service. (2) In addition to the commission's authority under division (E)(1) of this section, the commission, beginning the first year after the market development period of a particular electric utility and after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may take such measures within a transmission constrained area in the utility's certified territory as are necessary to ensure that retail electric generation service is provided at reasonable rates within that area. The commission may exercise this authority only upon findings that an electric utility is or has engaged in the abuse of market power and that that abuse is not adequately mitigated by rules and practices of any independent transmission entity controlling the transmission facilities. Any such measure shall be taken only to the extent necessary to protect customers in the area from the particular abuse of market power and to the extent the commission's authority is not preempted by federal law. The measure shall remain in effect until the commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, determines that the particular abuse of market power has been mitigated. (F) An electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code shall provide the commission with such information, regarding a competitive retail electric service for which it is subject to certification, as the commission considers necessary to carry out this chapter. An electric utility shall provide the commission with such information as the commission considers necessary to carry out divisions (B) to (E) of this section. The commission shall take such measures as it considers necessary to protect the confidentiality of any such information. The commission shall require each electric utility to file with the commission on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service an annual report of its intrastate gross receipts and sales of kilowatt hours of electricity, and shall require each electric services company, electric cooperative, and governmental aggregator subject to certification to file an annual report on and after that starting date of such receipts and sales from the provision of those retail electric services for which it is subject to certification. For the purpose of the reports, sales of kilowatt hours of electricity are deemed to occur at the meter of the retail customer. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.10
§ 4981.10. Conditions for purchasing property, facilities or equipment
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly As long as such action does not violate covenants made on behalf of or for the benefit of the holders of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the Ohio rail development commission, the Ohio rail development commission may purchase any portion of the rail property of a railroad corporation and may purchase any other property, facilities, or equipment considered necessary by the commission for the operation of rail services, subject to the following conditions: (A) Upon inspection of the rail property the commission determines that the rail property is suitable for the efficient operation of rail services; (B) The controlling board approves the purchase of the rail property by an affirmative vote of no fewer than five members.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.10
§ 4925.10. Construction with other laws
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 237 - 131st General Assembly (A) Chapters 4111., 4121., 4123., 4141., and sections 4113.15 and 4113.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to transportation network companies with regard to transportation network company drivers and transportation network company drivers are not employees for purposes of those chapters or sections, except where agreed to by written contract. If the parties agree to the application of one or more of these laws in a written contract, the transportation network company shall notify the appropriate agency of the election to cover the driver. If the parties subsequently change this election, the transportation network company shall notify the appropriate agency of the change. (B) Except where agreed to by written contract, a transportation network company driver is not an agent of a transportation network company. (C) A driver may bring an action and recover under section 4113.52 of the Revised Code if a transportation network company has discontinued or otherwise removed the driver's access to the transportation network company's digital network because of the driver making a report under that section. If a driver brings an action under that section, the driver shall comply with the procedures for employees established in that section to receive the relief and remedies listed in division (E) of that section. A driver is not an employee for purposes of sections 4113.51 and 4113.52 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this division shall be construed to create an employer and employee relationship between a transportation network company driver and a transportation network company. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.10
§ 4901.10. Location of office - sessions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The office of the public utilities commission shall be at the seat of government in Columbus, in suitable quarters provided by the state, and shall be open throughout the year, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excepted. The commission shall hold its sessions at least once in each calendar month in Columbus, but also may meet at such other times and places as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties. For the purpose of holding sessions in places other than the seat of government, the commission may rent quarters or offices, the expense of which, in connection therewith, shall be paid in the same manner as other authorized expenses. Last updated August 24, 2021 at 2:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.053
§ 4929.053. Consumer protections
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) An alternative rate plan proposed by a natural gas company pursuant to section 4929.052 of the Revised Code shall be approved by the public utilities commission if the natural gas company meets its burden of proof in a proceeding before the commission that the alternative rate plan does all of the following to protect existing customers: (1) Protects the company's customers that are not served under the alternative rate plan pursuant to section 4929.052 of the Revised Code from paying direct or indirect costs, including any stranded costs, associated with the large load customer's share of infrastructure investments made under any commercial agreements entered into under that plan; (2) Provides any commercial agreement entered into under the plan, once the large load customer begins natural gas service and monthly payments to the natural gas company, shall require a monthly cost credit, to compensate other customers for the cost of the large load customer's use of the natural gas company's system and infrastructure, to the annual infrastructure development rider rate charged by the natural gas company pursuant to section 4929.162 of the Revised Code, which will be the cost of the large load customer's use of the natural gas company system and infrastructure; (3) Supports economic development in the state by serving the large load customer, which is proven by a letter of support by an economic development entity, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 4929.163 of the Revised Code. (B) The monthly cost credit described in division (A)(2) of this section shall be determined pursuant to a separate infrastructure development rider regulatory liability proceeding in which the natural gas company shall propose the credit amount based on cost allocation principles. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.67
§ 4928.67. Standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly (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 utility shall also develop a separate standard contract or tariff providing for net metering for a hospital, as defined in section 3701.01 of the Revised Code, that is also a customer-generator, subject to all of the following: (a) No limitation, including that in divisions (A)(31)(a) and (d) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, shall apply regarding the availability of the contract or tariff to such hospital customer-generators. (b) The contract or tariff shall be based both upon the rate structure, rate components, and any charges to which the hospital would otherwise be assigned if the hospital were not a customer-generator and upon the market value of the customer-generated electricity at the time it is generated. (c) The contract or tariff shall allow the hospital customer-generator to operate its electric generating facilities individually or collectively without any wattage limitation on size. (B)(1) Net metering under this section shall be accomplished using a single meter capable of registering the flow of electricity in each direction. If its existing electrical meter is not capable of measuring the flow of electricity in two directions, the customer-generator shall be responsible for all expenses involved in purchasing and installing a meter that is capable of measuring electricity flow in two directions. (2) The electric utility, at its own expense and with the written consent of the customer-generator, may install one or more additional meters to monitor the flow of electricity in each direction. (3) Consistent with the other provisions of this section, the measurement of net electricity supplied or generated shall be calculated in the following manner: (a) The electric utility shall measure the net electricity produced or consumed during the billing period, in accordance with normal metering practices. (b) If the electricity supplied by the electric utility exceeds the electricity generated by the customer-generator and fed back to the utility during the billing period, the customer-generator shall be billed for the net electricity supplied by the utility, in accordance with normal metering practices. If electricity is provided to the utility, the credits for that electricity shall appear in the next billing cycle. (4) A net metering system used by a customer-generator shall meet all applicable safety and performance standards established by the national electrical code, the institute of electrical and electronics engineers, and underwriters laboratories. (C) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules relating to additional control and testing requirements for customer-generators that the commission determines are necessary to protect public and worker safety and system reliability. (D) An electric utility shall not require a customer-generator whose net metering system meets the standards and requirements provided for in divisions (B)(4) and (C) of this section to do any of the following: (1) Comply with additional safety or performance standards; (2) Perform or pay for additional tests; (3) Purchase additional liability insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.11
§ 4981.11. Bond proceedings definitions
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) "Commission" means the Ohio rail development commission created in section 4981.02 of the Revised Code, the duties, powers, responsibilities, and functions of which are specified in this chapter. (B) "Bond" means revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations including current or advance refunding bonds issued by the commission to effect the intents and purposes of this chapter and any bond issued by a qualifying subdivision or local or regional transportation authority pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or otherwise as provided by the constitution and laws of this state. (C) "Bond proceedings" means any bond proceedings, as defined in division (E) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds, including, without limitation, the bond legislation with respect thereto. (D) "Cost," as applied to rail service projects, means the cost of acquisition, repair, renovation, and construction thereof; the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, franchise rights, credit enhancements, or credit facility and interests required by any person, qualifying subdivision, a local or regional transportation authority, or the commission for such acquisition, renovation, repair, or construction, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which buildings or structures may be moved; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, access roads to private property, railroad rights-of-way including the cost of land or easement therefor; the cost of all machinery, furnishing, and equipment; all finance charges, and interest prior to and during the construction and for no more than eighteen months after completion of construction or acquisition; the cost of all legal services and expenses; the cost of all plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of cost; all working capital and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring, renovating, repairing, or constructing any such project; the financing of such acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, or construction, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the commission providing for the issuance of bonds to be paid into any special funds from the proceeds of such bonds; and the financing of the placing of any such rail service project in operation, if necessary. Any obligations or expenses incurred after December 19, 1986, by any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority, with the approval of the commission, for surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services in connection with the acquisition, renovation, repair, or construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such project and shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of grants, loans, or bonds as authorized by this chapter. (E) "Credit facility" means any credit facility, as defined in division (G) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (F) "Floating rate interest structure" means any floating rate interest structure, as defined in division (I) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (G) "Indexing agent" means any indexing agent, as defined in division (J) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (H) "Rail service project" or "project" means any project of an essential public nature which is considered a part of the rail service system, including, without limitation, permitted loan purposes which are specifically declared to be for an essential public purpose. (I) "Interest rate period" means any interest rate period, as defined in division (K) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (J) "Issuer" means the commission. (K) "Participation agreement" means any participation agreement, loan agreement, lease agreement, bond purchase agreement, or other agreement between or among any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority and the commission pursuant to which the commission agrees to lend moneys to the person, qualified subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority, and the person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority agrees to repay the moneys so lent, in accordance with this chapter and the applicable bond proceedings and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such agreement. (L) "Permitted loan purpose" means any of the following: (1) The payment of the costs of the acquisition or construction of any property, asset, or improvement with an estimated life or usefulness of one year or more, including land and interests therein, and including reconstructions, enlargements, and extensions of any such property, asset, or improvement having an estimated life or usefulness of one year or more, of the commission provided that such estimated life or usefulness shall be certified by the fiscal officer of the person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority to which the loan is to be made to that person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority; (2) The payment of any final judgment, regardless of whether such judgment arose out of a contractual or noncontractual cause of action; (3) The reimbursement to any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority of moneys expended by it for a permitted loan purpose described in divisions (L)(1) and (2) of this section, including, without limitation, rental payments made by any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority under a lease with an option to purchase if the proceeds of the loan are to be applied to the payment of the purchase price upon the exercise of the option to purchase; (4) The refunding, including funding and retirement, or advance refunding of the outstanding principal amount of any debt obligation issued or incurred by the commission or by any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority, including, without limitation, any loan previously made from the commission for a permitted loan purpose of the sort described in divisions (L)(1) and (2) of this section; (5) The costs and expenses incurred by the commission or by any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority in obtaining a loan from the commission, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, engineers, and consultants and the costs and expenses of preparing, printing, and delivering any documents or instruments required to be delivered by any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority under its participation agreement with the commission. (M) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, joint venture, corporation, foreign or domestic, state or subdivision thereof, or sovereign government, or province thereof including the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof. (N) "Put arrangement" means any put arrangement, as defined in division (N) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (O) "Remarketing agent" means a remarketing agent as defined in division (O) of section 9.98 of the Revised Code, with respect to bonds. (P) "Revenue" means any money or thing of value collected by, or paid to, the commission in connection with any rail project or as principal of or interest, charges, or other fees on loans, including any moneys derived from taxation or any other collections on loans made by the commission to any person, qualifying subdivisions, or local or regional transportation authorities to finance in whole or in part the acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, or construction of any rail service project or projects, or other money or property which is received by the commission and may be expended for or pledged as revenues pursuant to this chapter. (Q) "Special fund" means any fund required to be established by the commission pursuant to the bond proceedings with respect to any bonds and into which the bond proceedings require that pledged receipts be deposited and from which the bond proceedings permit the disbursement of the pledged receipts at the times, in the amounts, and for the purposes set forth therein. (R) "Special revenue loan" means a loan to a qualifying subdivision or local or regional transportation authority by the commission that is payable solely from and secured solely by one or more sources of county or municipal tax or other revenue other than ad valorem property taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.30
§ 4905.30. Printed schedules of rates must be filed
Status: in_force

December 20, 2012 House Bill 360 - 129th General Assembly (A) A public utility shall print and file with the public utilities commission schedules showing all rates, joint rates, rentals, tolls, classifications, and charges for service of every kind furnished by it, and all rules and regulations affecting them. The schedules shall be plainly printed and kept open to public inspection. The commission may prescribe the form of every such schedule, and may prescribe, by order, changes in the form of such schedules. The commission may establish and modify rules and regulations for keeping such schedules open to public inspection. A copy of the schedules, or so much thereof as the commission deems necessary for the use and information of the public, shall be printed in plain type and kept on file or posted in such places and in such manner as the commission orders. (B) Division (A) of this section applies to a telephone company only regarding rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, rules, and regulations established pursuant to sections 4905.71 , 4927.12 , 4927.13 , 4927.14 , 4927.15 , and 4927.18 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.71
§ 4905.71. Filing tariffs for charges for attachment to pole or conduit use of equipment
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Every telephone or electric light company that is a public utility as defined by section 4905.02 of the Revised Code and, subject to section 4927.15 of the Revised Code, every incumbent local exchange carrier as defined by section 4927.01 of the Revised Code shall permit, upon reasonable terms and conditions and the payment of reasonable charges, the attachment of any wire, cable, facility, or apparatus to its poles, pedestals, or placement of same in conduit duct space, by any person or entity other than a public utility that is authorized and has obtained, under law, any necessary public or private authorization and permission to construct and maintain the attachment, so long as the attachment does not interfere, obstruct, or delay the service and operation of the company or carrier, or create a hazard to safety. Every such company or carrier shall file tariffs with the public utilities commission containing the charges, terms, and conditions established for such use. (B) The commission shall regulate the justness and reasonableness of the charges, terms, and conditions contained in any such tariff, and may, upon complaint of any persons in which it appears that reasonable grounds for complaint are stated, or upon its own initiative, investigate such charges, terms, and conditions and conduct a hearing to establish just and reasonable charges, terms, and conditions, and to resolve any controversy that may arise among the parties as to such attachment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.04
§ 4967.04. Agreement of consolidation or merger
Status: in_force

November 22, 1986 House Bill 902 - 116th General Assembly A consolidation or merger of railroad companies shall be effected by each railroad company adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to section 1701.78 , 1701.79 , 1701.80 , or 1701.801 of the Revised Code and making the filings required by section 1701.81 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.19
§ 4973.19. Power of police to enforce regulations and make arrests
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company which avails itself of sections 4973.17 and 4973.18 of the Revised Code may make needful regulations to promote the public convenience and safety in and about its depots, stations, and grounds, not inconsistent with law, and print and post such regulations conspicuously upon its depots or station buildings. Policemen appointed under such sections shall enforce and compel obedience to such regulations. The keeper of jails, lockups, or station houses in each county shall receive persons arrested for the commission of an offense against such regulations or the laws of the state upon or along the railroad or premises of such company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.21
§ 4905.21. Application to commission to abandon, withdraw or close
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly Any railroad or any political subdivision desiring to abandon, close, or have abandoned, withdrawn, or closed for traffic or service all or any part of a main track or depot, and any public utility or political subdivision desiring to abandon or close, or have abandoned, withdrawn, or closed for traffic or service all or any part of any line, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment plant, or service station, referred to in section 4905.20 of the Revised Code, shall make application to the public utilities commission in writing. The commission shall thereupon cause reasonable notice of the application to be given, stating the time and place fixed by the commission for the hearing of the application. Upon the hearing of the application, the commission shall ascertain the facts and make its findings thereon, and if such facts satisfy the commission that the proposed abandonment, withdrawal, or closing for traffic or service is reasonable, having due regard for the welfare of the public and the cost of operating the service or facility, it may allow such abandonment, withdrawal, or closing; otherwise it shall be denied, or if the facts warrant, the application may be granted in a modified form. If the application asks for the abandonment or withdrawal of any main track, main pipe line, gas line, electric light line, water line, sewer line, steam pipe line, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment plant, service station, or the service rendered thereby, in such manner as can result in the permanent abandonment of service between any two points on such railroad, or of service and facilities of any such public utility, no application shall be granted unless the railroad or public utility has operated the track, pipe line, gas line, electric light line, water line, sewer line, steam pipe line, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment plant, or service station for at least five years. The notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation throughout any county or municipal corporation that has granted a franchise to the railroad or public utility, under which the track, pipe line, gas line, electric light line, water line, sewer line, steam pipe line, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment plant, or service station is operated or in which the same is located, once a week for two consecutive weeks before the hearing of the application. Notice of the hearing shall be given such county, municipal corporation, or public utility in the manner provided for the service of orders of the commission in section 4903.15 of the Revised Code. This section and section 4905.20 of the Revised Code do not apply to a gas company when it is removing or exchanging abandoned field lines. This section applies to all service now rendered and facilities furnished or hereafter built and operated, and an order of the commission authorizing the abandonment or withdrawal of any such service or facility shall not affect rights and obligations of a railroad or public utility beyond the scope of the order, anything in its franchise to the contrary notwithstanding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.30
§ 4981.30. Applying for and award of franchises
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules governing the process whereby a private corporation or organization may apply to the commission for a franchise for all or part of a rail system. The rules also shall establish the financial and technical criteria upon which a franchise is awarded. The criteria may include all of the following: (1) The qualifications of each applicant, including the familiarity of the applicant with the transportation needs and resources of the state and the applicant's prior involvement and experience with respect to the development of rail service in this state; (2) The level of transport services offered; (3) The technology proposed; (4) The timetable for construction; (5) The construction, operation, and management plans; (6) The financial plan and the applicant's financial ability to provide reliable service; (7) Whether the proposed rail system will meet all applicable state and federal safety requirements; (8) Any legislative changes that may be necessary in order to implement the applicant's proposal; (9) Any plans and studies prepared for the commission; (10) The projected ability of each applicant's proposed revenue sources to meet projected capital and operating funding requirements. (B) The commission may solicit letters of intent from private corporations or organizations interested in applying for a franchise, and may require that a nonrefundable fee be submitted with the letter of intent. Any such fee may be applied against costs the commission incurs in evaluating applications and for subsequent administration of a franchise. (C) The commission may request proposals to be delivered for a franchise to construct, operate, and maintain the rail system or a portion thereof. (D) All applications for a franchise shall address the items contained in divisions (A)(1) to (11) of section 4981.04 of the Revised Code. (E) The commission shall notify all prospective bidders for a franchise that any private corporation or organization that is awarded a franchise with respect to the 3-C corridor shall be obligated to reimburse the commission for amounts payable by the commission, up to a maximum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, arising out of commitments of the commission in connection with the preparation of the plan under section 4981.04 of the Revised Code, and out of other pre-existing contractual arrangements of the commission with respect to the 3-C corridor. (F) The commission may award a franchise for the rail system or a portion of the system to the applicant the commission determines is best qualified, in accordance with standards for evaluation of applicants established by rule and previously announced.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.41
§ 4961.41. Taxation of land used as right of way
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any company using or occupying any land as a right of way, without paper title or contract of record therefor, shall present a correct survey and plat of such land, exhibiting the quantity in such right of way taken from the lands of an owner abutting on it, as it then stands on the tax duplicate of such county, to the county auditor of the county in which the land is situated. The auditor shall charge such land, so used or occupied by any such company, to it on his duplicate, and such relative quantity shall be deducted by him from the land on the tax duplicate, so that the abutting owners shall not be required to pay the taxes thereon. All costs of such survey, plat, and transfer shall be paid by the company. Upon the failure of a company to have such survey, plat, and transfer made, the owners of such abutting land may have it made and recover the costs thereof in an action against the company before any court having jurisdiction thereof. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.39
§ 4963.39. Costs in appeal and attorney fee
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If either party appeals from the judgment of a court in which an action under sections 4963.37 and 4963.38 of the Revised Code is begun, the party in whose favor judgment finally is rendered shall have included in his bill of costs against the adverse party, an attorney fee of fifty dollars, if it is not carried beyond the court of appeals. If carried to the supreme court, an attorney fee of one hundred dollars shall be included in his bill of costs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.149 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.149
§ 4928.149. Electric energy storage system use in wholesale market prohibited
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly No electric distribution utility may use any electric energy storage system to participate in the wholesale market, if the utility purchased or acquired that system for distribution service. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.14
§ 4953.14. Powers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A union electric interurban terminal and depot company may receive grants from the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the use of its streets or alleys upon the same terms as street railways, which grant shall continue as long as the grants, and renewals and relettings of such grants, continue to any interurban railroad or street railway connecting with such company's depot or tracks. It may construct, maintain, and operate railway lines upon the streets or alleys of a municipal corporation to connect its depot with other street railways or interurban railroads, and may build, keep, maintain, and operate union electric interurban terminals and depots for electric cars and trains. Such company may contract for the use of its tracks for the operation of the cars of any interurban railroad or street or other electric railway company and for furnishing them terminal depot facilities. Any interurban railroad or street or other electric railway company may contract with such union electric interurban terminal and depot company for the use of its tracks and for terminal depot facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.30
§ 4906.30. No power siting board certificate or amendment for nonconformity
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section and section 4906.31 of the Revised Code, "material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) The power siting board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of, or a material amendment to an existing certificate for, a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, to be constructed in the unincorporated area of a county, if the facility has any of the following: (1) A nameplate capacity exceeding that which was provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code; (2) A geographic area that is not completely within the boundaries provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code or the limited boundaries provided by that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.62 of the Revised Code; (3) A type of generation that is different than that which was provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.27
§ 4951.27. Lease or purchase of electric or gas light, heat, power, or fuel company
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company maintaining and operating a street railway or a railroad operated by electricity may lease or purchase all the property, franchises, rights, and privileges of any company organized for the purpose of supplying either electricity or natural or artificial gas, or both, for power, light, heat, or fuel purposes, or which has been engaged in such business in whole or part in any municipal corporation within this state, the latter being hereby vested with corresponding power to let or sell, upon such conditions as are agreed upon between the companies. No such lease or purchase may be perfected until a meeting of the stockholders of each of the companies has been called for that purpose by the directors, on thirty days' notice to each stockholder, at such time and place and in such manner as is provided for the annual meetings of the companies, and the holders of at least two thirds of the stock of each company, in person or by proxy at such meeting or at any properly adjourned meeting, assent to such lease or purchase. A stockholder who refuses to assent to such lease or sale and so signifies by notice in writing to the lessee or purchaser within ninety days thereafter is entitled to demand and receive compensation in the manner provided for the compensation of stockholders dissenting from the sale or lease of a railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.09
§ 4926.09. Pole attachment agreement
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly An electric cooperative may require a provider to execute an agreement for a pole attachment under nondiscriminatory, just, and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions in accordance with sections 4926.06 to 4926.36 of the Revised Code if the cooperative requires all other attaching parties to execute such an agreement. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.42
§ 4955.42. Railroad quiet zones - municipal corporation or township may establish - procedure
Status: in_force

November 18, 2004 House Bill 247 - 125th General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation or township may establish within its jurisdiction one or more railroad quiet zones implementing and using one or more supplemental safety measures, through the enactment or adoption, after the effective date of initial regulations adopted pursuant to the "Swift Rail Development Act," Pub. L. No. 103-440, 108 Stat. 4615, 49 U.S.C. 20153, of an ordinance or resolution authorizing each zone and subject to public utilities commission approval under this section. (B)(1) Following enactment of an ordinance or resolution under division (A) of this section, the municipal corporation or township shall send a detailed written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each railroad operating over a public grade crossing within the quiet zone. The notice shall request the railroad to give a written reply that includes its comments about the quiet zone and details any concerns the railroad has with any aspect of the quiet zone. The notice shall inform the railroad that if the municipal corporation or township does not receive the railroad's written reply within sixty days of the date of delivery of the notice, the municipal corporation or township is permitted to submit its application for approval of the quiet zone to the commission without the railroad's written reply and inform the commission that it provided the written notice as required by this section but that the railroad did not reply in a timely manner. (2) The municipal corporation or township then may file with the commission an application for commission approval of the railroad quiet zone authorized pursuant to the ordinance or resolution. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission specifies. All applications also shall include all of the following: (a) The written reply described in division (B)(1) of this section, if any, from each railroad operating over a public grade crossing located within the quiet zone. If there is a written reply and it contains concerns that the railroad has about any aspect of the quiet zone, the municipal corporation or township shall include a written statement explaining how it will meet those concerns. (b) A written statement from the federal railroad administration, stating that the agency has no objection to the establishment of the quiet zone; (c) If a municipal corporation or township makes application under this division and wishes to pay all or part of the cost of the installation or maintenance of supplemental safety measures at a highway grade crossing located within the quiet zone in an adjoining municipal corporation or township, a written statement from the adjoining municipal corporation or township agreeing to that arrangement; (d) A list of the private grade crossings, if any, that are located within the quiet zone, and a description of how the municipal corporation or township will ensure the safety of those who utilize those private grade crossings if the commission approves the quiet zone. (3) Any combination of municipal corporations and townships may file a joint application for commission approval of quiet zones within their respective jurisdictions. (C) Upon the filing of an application under division (B) of this section, the commission shall authorize a limited period for the filing of comments by any party regarding the application. After considering any such comments and only by order issued after the effective date of initial regulations adopted pursuant to the "Swift Rail Development Act," Pub. L. No. 103-440, 108 Stat. 4615, 49 U.S.C. 20153, the commission may approve the application, approve it with conditions, or reject the application. If the application is complete and otherwise meets all the requirements of this section, the commission shall approve the railroad quiet zone if the commission finds that the supplemental safety measures proposed for each public crossing included in the zone comply with the guidelines for the use and operation of those measures as set forth in Appendix (A) of 49 C.F.R. part 222 and are appropriate and adequate for the crossing. If the commission disapproves all or part of an application as to a particular crossing, the commission's order shall state the findings and reasons for disapproval. Nothing in this section precludes the subsequent filing of a substantially modified application by the municipal corporation or township. The commission shall reject an application that does not include the documents described in divisions (B)(2)(a), (b), and, if applicable, (B)(2)(c) and (d) of this section. If the application includes a written reply and a written statement described in division (B)(2)(a) of this section, the commission shall reject the application if the commission finds that the statement from the municipal corporation or township does not adequately address the concerns of the railroad contained in the railroad's written reply. If the application includes a statement described in division (B)(2)(d) of this section, the commission shall reject the application if the commission finds that the application does not adequately address the issue of the safety of those persons who will utilize the private grade crossings located within the quiet zone if the commission approves its creation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.081
§ 4903.081. Discussions of case after assignment of formal docket number
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly After a case has been assigned a formal docket number neither a member of the public utilities commission nor any examiner associated with the case shall discuss the merits of the case with any party or intervenor to the proceeding, unless all parties and intervenors have been notified and given the opportunity of being present or a full disclosure of the communication insofar as it pertains to the subject matter of the case has been made. Failure of any assigned examiner of the public utilities commission or any commissioner to abide by this section may, at the discretion of the commissioners, lead to that examiner's or commissioner's removal from a particular case or appropriate disciplinary action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.52
§ 4913.52. Permittee for excavation
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly A person with a permit for excavation from the state or a local governmental unit is subject to this chapter. This chapter does not affect or impair local ordinances, charters, or other provisions of law requiring permits to be obtained before excavating. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.56
§ 4905.56. Violation
Status: in_force

February 21, 1967 House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee in an official capacity of a public utility or railroad shall knowingly violate sections 4905.01 to 4905.07 , inclusive, 4905.14 to 4905.19 , inclusive, 4905.22 to 4905.51 , inclusive, 4905.54 to 4905.57 , inclusive, or 4905.60 to 4905.63 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or willfully fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of the public utilities commission made with respect to any public utility or railroad. Each day's continuance of such failure is a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.06
§ 4953.06. Board of directors
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The president of each railroad company which participates in the incorporation of a union terminal company as provided in section 4953.01 to 4953.12 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall, ex officio, be a director in the union terminal company, unless the board of directors of any such railroad company appoints some other person as director. When such union terminal company is organized by not less than five persons, its board of directors shall be elected by its stockholders. All questions which affect the pecuniary liabilities and expenditures, the election of officers, and the appointment of agents and employees, shall be regulated by the bylaws, rules, and regulations of such companies. Such bylaws, rules, and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the charter of the company and the general laws of the state. The board of directors of the union terminal company shall keep a record of its proceedings which record shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.03
§ 4957.03. Ordinance or resolution to proceed with improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In not less than thirty nor more than ninety days after the passage of the resolution referred to in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners shall determine whether it will proceed with the proposed improvement. If it is decided to proceed with the improvement, an ordinance by the legislative authority or resolution by the board shall be passed, which ordinance or resolution must contain, in addition to the conditions stated in such resolution, the plans and specifications of the proposed alteration and improvement, a statement of the damages claimed or likely to accrue by reason of it, how the payment of such damages is to be apportioned between the municipal corporation or county and the railroad company, and who shall supervise the work of construction. Upon the acceptance of this resolution or ordinance by resolution by the company through its board of directors, it shall constitute an agreement, valid and binding on the municipal corporation or county and the company respectively. Such agreement shall be filed in the court of common pleas of the county in which the crossing is located for entry upon its records, whereupon it shall have the same effect as a decree of the court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.16
§ 4933.16. Municipal control of electricity
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person or company shall place, string, construct, or maintain a line, wire, fixture, or appliance of any kind to conduct electricity for lighting, heating, or power purposes through a street, alley, lane, square, place, or land of a municipal corporation without the consent of such municipal corporation. This prohibition extends to all levels above or below the surface of such public ways, grounds, or places, as well as along their surfaces, but not to rights received through and exercised under proceedings of a probate court prior to February 26, 1910. The penalty provided by section 4933.99 of the Revised Code for a violation of this section is cumulative to other means of enforcing this section open to the municipal corporation, by way of injunction or otherwise, and is not exclusive.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.05
§ 4928.05. Extent of exemptions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) A competitive retail electric service supplied by an electric services company, or by an electric utility consistent with section 4928.141 of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to supervision and regulation by a municipal corporation under Chapter 743. of the Revised Code or by the public utilities commission under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code, except sections 4905.10 and 4905.31 , division (B) of section 4905.33 , and sections 4905.35 and 4933.81 to 4933.90 ; except sections 4905.06 , 4935.03 , 4963.40 , and 4963.41 of the Revised Code only to the extent related to service reliability and public safety; and except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The commission's authority to enforce those excepted provisions with respect to a competitive retail electric service shall be such authority as is provided for their enforcement under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code and this chapter. Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit the commission's authority under sections 4928.141 , 4928.142 , and 4928.144 of the Revised Code. (2) A competitive retail electric service supplied by an electric cooperative shall not be subject to supervision and regulation by the commission under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code, except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 4928.01 to 4928.10 and 4928.16 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A noncompetitive retail electric service supplied by an electric utility shall be subject to supervision and regulation by the commission under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code and this chapter, to the extent that authority is not preempted by federal law. The commission's authority to enforce those provisions with respect to a noncompetitive retail electric service shall be the authority provided under those chapters and this chapter, to the extent the authority is not preempted by federal law. Notwithstanding Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code, commission authority under this chapter shall include the authority to provide for the recovery, through a reconcilable rider on an electric distribution utility's distribution rates, of all transmission and transmission-related costs, including ancillary and congestion costs, imposed on or charged to the utility by the federal energy regulatory commission or a regional transmission organization, independent transmission operator, or similar organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission. (2) The commission shall exercise its jurisdiction with respect to the delivery of electricity by an electric utility in this state so as to ensure that no aspect of the delivery of electricity by the utility to consumers in this state that consists of a noncompetitive retail electric service is unregulated. (3) A noncompetitive retail electric service supplied by an electric cooperative shall not be subject to supervision and regulation by the commission under Chapters 4901. to 4909., 4933., 4935., and 4963. of the Revised Code, except sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 and 4935.03 of the Revised Code. The commission's authority to enforce those excepted sections with respect to a noncompetitive retail electric service of an electric cooperative shall be such authority as is provided for their enforcement under Chapters 4933. and 4935. of the Revised Code. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.01
§ 4971.01. Proceedings for reorganization
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When proceedings are pending in any court for the sale of the railroad of a railroad company, under a mortgage or deed of trust, and two thirds in interest of the creditors and two thirds in interest of the stockholders of the company agree, in writing, upon a plan for the readjustment or capitalization of the debt and stock of the company, the court shall render judgment against the company for the amount due and in arrear upon such securities. From the time of its rendition, such judgment is a lien on all the property embraced in such securities, and all the franchises and powers of the company, including its franchises to be and act as a corporation, conferred by the charter and the amendments to the charter of the company. Upon a sale had under such judgment, and a purchase at such sale by trustees, appointed by such agreement, on behalf of the parties to such agreement, all the property bound by the judgment, including such franchises, shall vest in such trustees. Such agreement shall provide that the unsecured debts of the company incurred for repairs or running expenses shall be paid in money or bonds of the reorganized company of the highest class issued. A copy of the agreement shall be filed in such court before the rendition of the judgment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.111
§ 4929.111. Implementation of capital expenditure program
Status: in_force

September 9, 2011 House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company may 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 to comply with any rules, regulations, or orders of the commission or other governmental entity having jurisdiction. (B) An application submitted under division (A) of this section shall specify the total cost of the capital expenditure program. (C) If the commission finds that the capital expenditure program is consistent with the natural gas company's obligation under section 4905.22 of the Revised Code to furnish necessary and adequate services and facilities, which services and facilities the commission finds to be just and reasonable, the commission shall approve the application. Any deferral or recovery authorized under division (D) of this section shall be limited to amounts that are no greater than those consistent with the total cost of the capital expenditure program as set forth in the application, unless the commission in its discretion authorizes additional recovery under this section. (D) In approving an application under division (C) of this section, the commission shall authorize the natural gas company to defer or recover in an application that the natural gas company may file under section 4909.18 , 4929.05 , or 4929.11 of the Revised Code, both of the following: (1) A regulatory asset for the post-in-service carrying costs on that portion of the assets of the capital expenditure program that are placed in service but not reflected in rates as plant in service; (2) A regulatory asset for the incremental depreciation directly attributable to the capital expenditure program and the property tax expense directly attributable to the capital expenditure program. (E) A natural gas company shall not request recovery of the costs described in division (D) of this section under section 4929.05 or 4929.11 of the Revised Code more than one time each calendar year. (F) The natural gas company may make any accounting accruals, necessary to establish the regulatory assets authorized under division (D) of this section, in addition to any allowance for funds used during construction. (G)(1) Any accrual for deferral or recovery under division (D) of this section shall be calculated in accordance with the system of accounts established by the commission under section 4905.13 of the Revised Code. (2) The natural gas company shall calculate the post-in-service carrying costs, described in division (D)(1) of this section, for every investment in an asset of the capital expenditure program. This calculation shall be based on the cost of long-term debt of the natural gas company. (H) Any accruals for deferral or recovery under division (D) of this section shall commence when the assets of the capital expenditure program are placed in service and shall cease when rates reflecting the cost of those assets are effective.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.20
§ 4973.20. When police to wear badges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Except while acting in the discharge of duty as a detective for the railroad, every policeman appointed under section 4973.17 of the Revised Code shall, when on duty, wear in plain view a metallic shield with the word "police" and the name of the railroad for which he is appointed inscribed on it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.10
§ 4967.10. Relief for dissenting shareholder
Status: in_force

November 22, 1986 House Bill 902 - 116th General Assembly A stockholder who dissents in a consolidation or merger of railroad companies pursuant to section 4967.04 of the Revised Code is entitled to relief as a dissenting shareholder under section 1701.85 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.474 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.474
§ 4907.474. Closing crossings to vehicular traffic
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly (A) In making the survey provided for by section 4907.471 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall determine as to each crossing whether there is a demonstrable need for such crossing to exist and whether the crossing could be closed to vehicular traffic, or to pedestrian traffic, or to both, and the travel over the crossing diverted to other crossings. In making this determination, the commission shall consider all of the following: (1) The daily vehicular and train traffic at the crossing to be closed; (2) The daily vehicular and train traffic at any alternate crossings; (3) The daily increase in vehiclular traffic at alternate crossings resulting from proposed crossing closures; (4) The nature of the roadway at any alternate crossings; (5) The total number of crossings within one linear mile of the crossing to be closed; (6) The type of advance warning devices at any alternate crossings; (7) The sight distances at any alternate crossings, including any permanent obstruction affecting distance of view; (8) The impact of closure on vehicular traffic, emergency vehicles, commercial enterprises, and any other factors pertinent to municipal corporations and other populated areas; (9) Any other factor the commission determines appropriate. (B) If the commission finds that there is not a demonstrable need for a crossing to exist according to the factors listed in divisions (A)(1) to (9) of this section and that the crossing could be closed, and if the crossing is on a street or way within a municipal corporation, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the issue of the possible closing of the crossing to vehicular traffic, or to pedesterian traffic, or both, and invite comments on the closing and the effects the closing would have on the vehicular and pedestrian traffic patterns within the municipal corporation. The commission also shall hold such a hearing upon application of the municipal corporation within which a crossing is located, or upon application of the railroad having jurisdiction over a crossing, if the municipal corporation or railroad believes that there is not a demonstrable need for the crossing to exist and that the crossing should be closed to the public. Any such application filed by a municipal corporation or railroad shall be on a form provided by the commission. Notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation in which the crossing at issue is located. The hearing shall be held at a location within the boundaries of the municipal corporation. If, after the hearing, it is the opinion of the commission that there is not a demonstrable need for the crossing to exist according to the factors listed in divisions (A)(1) to (9) of this section and that the crossing should be closed, the commission shall issue an order to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which the crossing is located directing it to discontinue the crossing and close it to vehicular traffic, or to pedestrian traffic, or both, by ordinance. The commission shall enter the order upon its journal. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation, within thirty days after receipt of the order from the commission, shall discontinue the crossing and close it to vehicular traffic, or to pedestrian traffic, or both, as specified in the order of the commission. (C) The municipal corporation or railroad may file with the commission an application for a rehearing of the commission's order issued under division (B) of this section. Any application for a rehearing of an order issued by the commission under this section shall be filed in accordance with and meet the requirements contained in section 4903.10 of the Revised Code, and any rehearing held by the commission shall be conducted in accordance with that section. The municipal corporation or railroad may appeal the order of the commission, as affirmed or modified by the commission after the rehearing, to the supreme court. (D) The commission shall assess the costs, as determined by the commission, of the closure of a crossing under this section against the railroad having jurisdiction over the crossing. If a municipal corporation or railroad applies for closure of a crossing under division (B) of this section, the commission may assess the costs of any investigation conducted under this section to make the determination required by division (A) of this section against the municipal corporation or railroad that applies for the closure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.36
§ 4955.36. Removal of obstructive vegetation at crossings
Status: in_force

November 24, 1967 House Bill 533 - 107th General Assembly Every railroad company shall destroy or remove plants, trees, brush, or other obstructive vegetation upon its right-of-way at each intersection with a public road or highway, for a distance of six hundred feet or a reasonably safe distance from the roadway of such public road or highway as shall be determined by the public utilities commission. When any railroad company fails to destroy or remove such vegetation after ten-day written notice served on its local agent, the commission, board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in which the intersection is located, having the care of such road or highway, shall remove such plants, trees, brush, or other obstructive vegetation and shall recover the cost of removal from the responsible railroad company. If the company fails to pay the amount demanded within thirty days, after such company has been notified by certified mail at the address to which tax bills are sent, the commission, board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall certify the amount demanded to the county auditor of the county in which the work was performed to be collected as other taxes and assessments and upon collection shall be credited to the general fund of the public body causing said work to be performed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.104
§ 4928.104. Alternative billing for mercantile customers
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (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-only billing and payment requirements; (3) Prepayment-based service structures. (B) The public utilities commission shall not prohibit a competitive retail electric service supplier from requiring electronic payment methods as a condition of service under a non-traditional billing agreement. Last updated June 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.15
§ 4951.15. Appropriation of private property
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Street railways and interurban or suburban railroads using other than steam as motive power, when necessary, may enter upon and use private property in the construction, alteration, and operation of its railway or any part of it. For such purpose they have all rights and powers of appropriation that railroad companies possess and shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.35
§ 4961.35. Notice of application
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly In all cases of arbitration under sections 4961.33 and 4961.34 of the Revised Code, the party desiring such arbitration shall give the opposite party at least ten days' notice of his intention to apply to the judge for the appointment of arbitrators, which notice shall be served in the manner provided for the service of the summons, and must specify the time and place of the hearing of the application. In cases of nonresidents, notice shall be by publication for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.75
§ 4905.75. Payments to agent not considered past due
Status: in_force

April 4, 1985 House Bill 409 - 115th General Assembly If a customer makes payment on or before the due date of a bill to an agent designated or authorized by the public utility to accept payment, the payment shall not be considered past due regardless of whether or not it is received in the company offices by the due date.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.472 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.472
§ 4907.472. Grade crossing protection fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the grade crossing protection fund for the purpose of paying: (1) The public share of the cost of reducing hazards at public highway-railway crossings at any location where a railway and a public highway intersect each other at a common grade, when such protection is ordered by the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4907.47 , 4907.471 , or 4907.49 of the Revised Code; (2) The costs incurred by the commission in administering sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code. (B) Moneys for the fund shall be provided from the motor fuel tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code and any federal funds apportioned and allocated to the state for the reduction of hazards at railroad grade crossings. One hundred thousand dollars shall be transferred to the fund each month as provided for in section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, and may be expended by the commission to pay the public share of the costs for reducing hazards at railway crossings with highways, roads, or streets on the state, county, township, or municipal highway and street systems and the costs incurred by the commission in administering sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code, provided that not more than ten per cent of the amounts thus transferred each fiscal year may be used for paying such administrative costs that fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.11
§ 4961.11. Damages by change after completion
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the location is changed, as provided by section 4961.09 of the Revised Code, after the railroad has been used for transportation of persons and property, the railroad company is liable for all damages occasioned by the change to the owner of the land upon which the railroad was first constructed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.058 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.058
§ 4929.058. Required written statement
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly A natural gas company with an alternative rate plan approved under section 4929.053 of the Revised Code, or deemed approved under section 4929.057 of the Revised Code, shall, upon the approval of a commercial agreement under section 4929.056 of the Revised Code, file with the public utilities commission a written statement, on a form prescribed by the commission, agreeing to the following: (A) Any costs associated with the alternative rate plan, or any commercial agreements entered into pursuant to that plan, shall not be recovered, directly or indirectly, from the company's other customers; (B) There shall be no increase in the company's base rates as a direct or indirect result of any provision of an approved commercial agreement or the alternative rate plan. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.13
§ 4906.13. No local jurisdiction
Status: in_force

October 22, 2019 House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 4906.20 and 4906.98 of the Revised Code, "economically significant wind farm" means wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of five or more megawatts but less than fifty megawatts. The term excludes any such wind farm in operation on June 24, 2008. The term also excludes one or more wind turbines and associated facilities that are primarily dedicated to providing electricity to a single customer at a single location and that are designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of less than twenty megawatts, as measured at the customer's point of interconnection to the electrical grid. (B) No public agency or political subdivision of this state may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate, or other condition for the construction or operation of a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm authorized by a certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code. Nothing herein shall prevent the application of state laws for the protection of employees engaged in the construction of such facility or wind farm nor of municipal regulations that do not pertain to the location or design of, or pollution control and abatement standards for, a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm for which a certificate has been granted under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.37
§ 4928.37. Receiving transition revenues
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) Sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code provide an electric utility the opportunity to receive transition revenues that may assist it in making the transition to a fully competitive retail electric generation market. An electric Utility for which transition revenues are approved pursuant to sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code shall receive those revenues through both of the following mechanisms beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service and ending on the expiration date of its market development period as determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code: (a) Payment of unbundled rates for retail electric services by each customer that is supplied retail electric generation service during the market development period by the customer's electric distribution utility, which rates shall be specified in schedules filed under section 4928.35 of the Revised Code; (b) Payment of a nonbypassable and competitively neutral transition charge by each customer that is supplied retail electric generation service during the market development period by an entity other than the customer's electric distribution utility, as such transition charge is determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code. The transition charge shall be payable by each such retail electric distribution service customer in the certified territory of the electric utility for which the transition revenues are approved and shall be billed on each kilowatt hour of electricity delivered to the customer by the electric distribution utility as registered on the customer's meter during the utility's market development period as kilowatt hour is defined in section 4909.161 of the Revised Code or, if no meter is used, as based on an estimate of kilowatt hours used or consumed by the customer. The transition charge for each customer class shall reflect the cost allocation to that class as provided under bundled rates and charges in effect on the day before the effective date of this section. Additionally, as reflected in section 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the transition charges shall be structured to provide shopping incentives to customers sufficient to encourage the development of effective competition in the supply of retail electric generation service. To the extent possible, the level and structure of the transition charge shall be designed to avoid revenue responsibility shifts among the utility's customer classes and rate schedules. (2)(a) Notwithstanding division (A)(1)(b) of this section, the transition charge shall not be payable on electricity supplied by a municipal electric utility to a retail electric distribution service customer in the certified territory of the electric utility for which the transition revenues are approved, if the municipal electric utility provides electric transmission or distribution service, or both services, through transmission or distribution facilities singly or jointly owned or operated by the municipal electric utility, and if the municipal electric utility was in existence, operating, and providing service as of January 1, 1999. (b) The transition charge shall not be payable on electricity supplied or consumed in this state except such electricity as is delivered to a retail customer by an electric distribution utility and is registered on the customer's meter during the utility's market development period or, if no meter is used, is based on an estimate of kilowatt hours used or consumed by the customer. However, no transition charge shall be payable on electricity that is both produced and consumed in this state by a self-generator. (3) The transition charge shall not be discounted by any party. (4) Nothing prevents payment of all or part of the transition charge by another party on a customer's behalf if that payment does not contravene sections 4905.33 to 4905.35 of the Revised Code or this chapter. (B) The electric utility shall separately itemize and disclose, or cause its billing and collection agent to separately itemize and disclose, the transition charge on the customer's bill in accordance with reasonable specifications the commission shall prescribe by rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.24
§ 4907.24. Adequate service and facilities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each railroad shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. The charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, for any service in connection therewith, or for the receiving, switching, delivering, storing, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just. Every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.07
§ 4971.07. Lien of mortgages
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The lien of the mortgages and deeds of trust authorized by section 4971.04 of the Revised Code shall be subordinated to the lien of judgments recovered against the railroad company, after its reorganization, for labor performed for it, materials or supplies furnished to it, or damages, losses, or injuries suffered or sustained by the misconduct of its agents, after such reorganization, or to the lien of judgments against such company in any action founded on its contracts or liability as a common carrier made or incurred after such reorganization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.25
§ 4913.25. Application for reconsideration
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A) If either the person that requested the inquiry or the person responsible for the compliance failure disagrees with either a finding or a no-enforcement determination made by the underground technical committee under section 4913.15 , 4913.16 , 4913.17 , or 4913.19 of the Revised Code, either person may, not later than thirty days after receiving notice under section 4913.23 of the Revised Code, file a written application with the public utilities commission for reconsideration of the committee's finding. The application for reconsideration must state with particularity the grounds for reconsideration. (B) Upon the filing of an application for reconsideration under this section, the commission shall formally review the finding of the committee. (C) The commission may hold a hearing on the application for reconsideration. (D) The commission shall affirm, reject, or modify the finding of the committee and shall impose any fine or penalty authorized under this chapter or take no enforcement action. The person responsible for the compliance failure shall pay any fine not later than sixty days after the fine is imposed by the commission. A person subject to a penalty shall begin compliance with the penalty not later than thirty days after the penalty is imposed by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.61
§ 4907.61. Venue of forfeiture action by attorney general
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 4905.96 and 4923.99 of the Revised Code, when the attorney general prosecutes an action for the recovery of a forfeiture provided for in Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., or 4959. of the Revised Code, the attorney general may bring the action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or of any county having jurisdiction of the defendant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0311
§ 4939.0311. Consent not required
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Consent of a municipal corporation shall not be required for either of the following activities conducted in the public way: (1) Routine maintenance of wireless facilities; (2) The replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities that are consistent with the municipal corporation's current design guidelines and that are either of the following: (a) Substantially similar to the existing wireless facilities; (b) The same size or smaller than the existing wireless facilities. (B) A municipal corporation may require a work permit for any activity described in division (A) of this section and for any activity for which consent is authorized under section 4939.031 of the Revised Code. Any such permit shall be subject to any applicable law in this chapter. (C) Notwithstanding the amendments and enactments made to sections 4939.01 to 4939.09 of the Revised Code by H.B. 478 of the 132nd 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 video service authorization be required to obtain additional authorizations or to pay additional fees for the placement of micro wireless facilities already covered under an existing franchise or video service authorization under Chapter 1332. of the Revised Code. (D) The permitting procedures and authorizations set forth in the amendments and enactments made to sections 4939.01 to 4939.09 of the Revised Code by H.B. 478 of the 132nd General Assembly shall apply only to the placement of small cell facilities and wireless support structures in the public way, and do not authorize the construction and operation of a wireline backhaul facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.21
§ 4969.21. May issue stock and bonds to pay purchase price
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A corporation may provide for the purchase price of the railroad and other property bought as provided in section 4969.20 of the Revised Code by the issue of its capital stock, preferred or common, and bonds secured by mortgage or otherwise, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent per annum. Stock and bonds issued as such purchase price, in amounts the incorporators in good faith agreed on, shall be valid, and taken as fully paid for by the transfer to the corporation of such railroad and property. The corporation may also by such issue of stock or bonds raise the necessary means suitable to improve such railroad property and equipment for the uses and purposes for which it is employed. In the operation and maintenance of its railroad, such corporation is entitled to all the rights and is subject to all the obligations and restrictions imposed upon railroad companies by the laws of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.29
§ 4913.29. Underground facilities protection fund
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection fund. The fund shall consist of all fines collected under this chapter, except for safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used solely to fund grants under section 4913.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.212
§ 4906.212. Decommissioning estimated costs recalculation
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly The estimate of the total decommissioning costs of a utility facility, as described in division (B)(3) of section 4906.211 of the Revised Code, shall be recalculated every five years by an engineer retained by the applicant. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.15
§ 4901.15. Information furnished by commission
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall, whenever called upon by any officer, board, or commission of this state or any political subdivision of this state, furnish any data or information to such officer, board, or commission and shall aid or assist any such officer, board, or commission in performing official duties. All officers, boards, or commissions of this state or any political subdivision of this state shall furnish to the commission, upon request, any data or information that will assist the commission in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.121
§ 4927.121. Alteration of rates by incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly Subject to section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers may alter its rates for basic local exchange service upward by any amount and at any time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.86
§ 4933.86. Violations
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly Any electric supplier that renders electric service in violation of sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to remedies and penalties provided by sections 4905.54 , 4905.56 , 4905.57 , 4905.59 , 4905.60 , and 4905.61 and division (B) of section 4905.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.03
§ 4906.03. Powers and duties of power siting board
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly The power siting board shall: (A) Require such information from persons subject to its jurisdiction as it considers necessary to assist in the conduct of hearings and any investigations or studies it may undertake; (B) Conduct any studies or investigations that it considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter; (C) Adopt rules establishing criteria for evaluating the effects on environmental values of proposed and alternative sites, and projected needs for electric power, and such other rules as are necessary and convenient to implement this chapter, including rules governing application fees, supplemental application fees, and other reasonable fees to be paid by persons subject to the board's jurisdiction. The board shall make an annual accounting of its collection and use of these fees and shall issue an annual report of its accounting, in the form and manner prescribed by its rules, not later than the last day of June of the year following the calendar year to which the report applies. (D) Approve, disapprove, or modify and approve applications for certificates; (E) Notwithstanding sections 4906.06 to 4906.14 of the Revised Code, the board may adopt rules to provide for an accelerated review of an application for a construction certificate for construction of a major utility facility related to a coal research and development project as defined in section 1555.01 of the Revised Code, or to a coal development project as defined in section 1551.30 of the Revised Code, submitted to the Ohio coal development office for review under division (B)(7) of section 1551.33 of the Revised Code. Applications for construction certificates for construction of major utility facilities for Ohio coal research and development shall be filed with the board on the same day as the proposed facility or project is submitted to the Ohio coal development office for review. The board shall render a decision on an application for a construction certificate within ninety days after receipt of the application and all of the data and information it may require from the applicant. In rendering a decision on an application for a construction certificate, the board shall only consider the criteria and make the findings and determinations set forth in divisions (A)(2), (3), (5), and (7) and division (B) of section 4906.10 of the Revised Code. (F) Notwithstanding sections 4906.06 to 4906.14 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt rules to provide for an accelerated review of an application for a construction certificate for any of the following: (1) An electric transmission line that is: (a) Not more than two miles in length; (b) Primarily needed to attract or meet the requirements of a specific customer or specific customers; (c) Necessary to maintain reliable electric service as a result of the retirement or shutdown of an electric generating facility located within the state; or (d) A rebuilding of an existing transmission line. (2) An electric generating facility that uses waste heat or natural gas and is primarily within the current boundary of an existing industrial or electric generating facility; (3) A gas pipeline that is not more than five miles in length or is primarily needed to meet the requirements of a specific customer or specific customers. The board shall adopt rules that provide for the automatic certification to any entity described in this division when an application by any such entity is not suspended by the board, an administrative law judge, or the chairperson or executive director of the board for good cause shown, within ninety days of submission of the application. If an application is suspended, the board shall approve, disapprove, or modify and approve the application not later than ninety days after the date of the suspension. (G) Notwithstanding sections 4906.06 to 4906.14 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt rules to provide for the accelerated review of an application for a construction certificate for any of the following that are located in a priority investment area designated and approved under section 122.161 of the Revised Code: (1) An electric generating plant and associated facilities; (2) An electric transmission line and associated facilities; (3) Gas pipeline infrastructure. The chairperson of the board, not later than forty-five days after receipt of an application submitted under division (G) of this section, shall determine if it complies with all application requirements set by the public utilities commission by rule. If the chairperson does not issue a determination within the time period required by this division, the application shall be deemed in compliance by operation of law. The board shall render a decision on an application submitted under this division not later than forty-five days after the application is determined in compliance with all requirements set by the commission. If the board does not render a decision within forty-five days, the application shall be considered approved by operation of law, and the board shall issue a certificate to the applicant. The board shall adopt rules to implement this division, including rules that prioritize applications for construction on areas negatively impacted by the decline of the coal industry. (H) Notwithstanding sections 4906.06 to 4906.14 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt rules to provide for the accelerated review of an application for a construction certificate for a major utility facility if at the time the application is filed the construction will be located on the following: (1) In whole, on property owned by, or under a lease with a term of twenty-five years or more with, the applicant; (2) In whole or in part, on an easement or right-of-way; (3) On any combination of such property, easement, or right-of-way described in divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section. No accelerated application shall be granted under the rules adopted under division (H) of this section for construction of a major utility facility, in whole or in part, on property under a lease or an easement or right-of-way, if additional consent for construction on the property, easement, or right-of-way is required by any person or entity other than the power siting board. The board shall render a decision on an application submitted under this division not later than sixty days after receipt of the application. If the board does not render a decision within sixty days, the application shall be considered approved by operation of law, and the board shall issue a certificate to the applicant. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.18
§ 4907.18. Commission may demand copies of transportation contracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When required by the public utilities commission and within a time fixed by it, each railroad shall deliver to the commission for its use copies of all contracts which relate to the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, made or entered into by such railroad with any other railroad, terminal, depot, car or equipment company, express or other transportation company, bridge company, or any shipper, producer, consumer, or other person doing business with it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.07
§ 4911.07. Salary
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly The salary of the consumers' counsel shall be determined by the consumers' counsel governing board but shall be in pay range 49 as set forth in section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.15
§ 4911.15. Counsel may represent residential consumer or municipal corporation
Status: in_force

June 12, 1980 House Bill 776 - 113th General Assembly The consumers' counsel, at the request of one or more residential consumers residing in, or municipal corporations located in, an area served by a public utility or whenever in his opinion the public interest is served, may represent those consumers or corporations whenever an application is made to the public utilities commission by any public utility desiring to establish, modify, amend, change, increase, or reduce any rate, joint rate, toll, fare, classification, charge, or rental. The consumers' counsel may appear before the public utilities commission as a representative of the residential consumers of any public utility when a complaint has been filed with the commission that a rate, joint rate, fare, toll, charge, classification, or rental for commodities or services rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or proposed to be rendered, charged, demanded, or exacted by the utility is in any respect unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, unjustly preferential, or in violation of the law. Nothing in Chapter 4911. of the Revised Code shall be construed to restrict or limit in any manner the right of a municipal corporation to represent the residential consumers of such municipal corporation in all proceedings before the public utilities commission, and in both state and federal courts and administrative agencies on behalf of such residential consumers concerning review of decisions rendered by, or failure to act by, the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.042
§ 4905.042. Commission jurisdiction over advanced or Internet protocol-enabled services
Status: in_force

November 4, 2005 House Bill 218 - 126th General Assembly Regarding advanced services or internet protocol-enabled service as defined by federal law, including federal regulations, the public utilities commission shall not exercise any jurisdiction over those services that is prohibited by, or is inconsistent with its jurisdiction under, federal law, including federal regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.26
§ 4973.26. Negligence of official duty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No conductor having charge of a passenger train or of the cars of any interurban railroad carrying passengers within this state shall willfully neglect his duty as required by sections 4973.24 and 4973.25 of the Revised Code, or fail to use all the means in his power to carry out such sections. Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligence of official duty.