Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2312
§ 4928.2312. Security interest in phase-in-recovery property
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the creation, perfection, and enforcement of any security interest in phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order to secure the repayment of the principal of and interest on phase-in-recovery bonds, amounts payable under any ancillary agreement, and other financing costs are governed by this section and not Chapters 1301. to 1309. of the Revised Code. (B) The description of the phase-in-recovery property in a transfer or security agreement and a financing statement is sufficient only if the description refers to this section and the final financing order creating the property. This section applies to all purported transfers of, and all purported grants of, liens on or security interests in that property, regardless of whether the related transfer or security agreement was entered into, or the related financing statement was filed, before or after the effective date of this section. (C)(1) A security interest in phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order is created, valid, and binding at the latest of the date that the security agreement is executed and delivered or the date that value is received for the phase-in-recovery bonds. (2)(a) The security interest shall attach without any physical delivery of collateral or other act, and, upon the filing of the financing statement with the office of the secretary of state, the lien of the security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the person granting the security interest, regardless of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Also upon this filing, a transfer of an interest in the phase-in-recovery property shall be perfected against all parties having claims of any kind, including any judicial lien or other lien creditors or any claims of the seller or creditors of the seller, other than creditors holding a prior security interest, ownership interest, or assignment in the property previously perfected in accordance with this division. (b) The secretary of state shall maintain any financing statement filed under division (C)(2) of this section in the same manner that the secretary maintains financing statements filed by transmitting utilities under division (B) of section 1309.501 of the Revised Code. The filing of any financing statement under division (C)(2) of this section shall be governed by the provisions regarding the filing of financing statements in Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code. (D)(1) A security interest in phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order is a continuously perfected security interest and has priority over any other lien, created by operation of law or otherwise, that may subsequently attach to that property or those rights or interests unless the holder of any such lien has agreed in writing otherwise. (2) The priority of a security interest in phase-in-recovery property is not affected by the commingling of phase-in-recovery revenues with other amounts. Any pledgee or secured party shall have a perfected security interest in the amount of all phase-in-recovery revenues that are deposited in any cash or deposit account of the electric distribution utility in which phase-in-recovery revenues have been commingled with other funds. Any other security interest that may apply to those funds shall be terminated when the funds are transferred to a segregated account for an assignee or a financing party. (3) No application of the adjustment mechanism as described in section 4928.238 of the Revised Code shall affect the validity, perfection, or priority of a security interest in or the transfer of phase-in-recovery property under the final financing order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.03
§ 4913.03. Safety Registration
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each utility, excavator, developer, and designer who participates in the one-call notification system shall register with the public utilities commission and pay a safety registration not to exceed fifty dollars annually, which the commission may lower if the commission determines lowering the registration to be necessary. The commission shall administer and oversee the registration process. Failure to register shall result in a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. (B) The commission shall deposit all safety registrations and fines collected under this section in the underground facilities protection administrative fund created under section 4913.30 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.07
§ 4909.07. Revision and correction of valuations
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly The public utilities commission, during the making of the valuation provided for in sections 4909.04 to 4909.13 of the Revised Code, and after its completion, shall in like manner keep itself informed through its engineers, experts, and other assistants of all extensions, improvements, or other changes in the condition and value of the property of all public utilities or railroads and shall ascertain the value of such extensions, improvements, and changes. The commission shall, as is required for the proper regulation of such public utilities or railroads, revise and correct its valuations of property, showing such revisions and corrections as a whole and as to each county. Such revisions and corrections shall be filed in the same manner as original reports. "Valuation" and "value," as used in this section, may include: (A) With respect to a public utility that is a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected valuation and value as of the date certain, if applicable because of a future date certain under section 4909.15 of the Revised Code; (B) With respect to an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the valuation and value during the forecasted test period. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.26
§ 4967.26. Application in case of lease
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4967.21 to 4967.25 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply in case one or more railroad companies or owners in common has leased its interest in the portion of railroad owned in common, and the lessee of such interest may unite with the lessor in the agreement provided for in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code, or with such lessor and owner, be compelled to make or pay for the addition and improvements contemplated in such section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.48
§ 4905.48. Transactions between public utilities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission: (A) Any two or more public utilities furnishing a like service or product and doing business in the same municipal corporation or locality within this state, or any two or more public utilities whose lines intersect or parallel each other within this state, may enter into contracts with each other that will enable them to operate their lines or plants in connection with each other. (B) Any public utility may purchase or lease the property, plant, or business of any other such public utility. (C) Any such public utility may sell or lease its property or business to any other such public utility. (D) Any such public utility may purchase the stock of any other such public utility. To obtain the consent and approval of the commission for such authority, a petition, joint or otherwise, signed and verified by the president and the secretary of the respective companies, clearly setting forth the object and purposes desired, and stating whether or not it is for the purchase, sale, lease, or making of contracts, or for any other purpose provided in this section, and also the terms and conditions of the same, shall be filed with the commission. If the commission deems it necessary, it shall, upon the filing of such petition, fix a time and place for a hearing. If, after such hearing or in case no hearing is required, the commission is satisfied that the prayer of such petition should be granted and the public will thereby be furnished adequate service for a reasonable and just rate, rental, toll, or charge, it shall make such order as it deems proper and the circumstances require, and thereupon the things provided for in such order may be done.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.30
§ 4955.30. Freightways may be constructed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person owning or operating a coal or iron-ore mine, stone quarry, rolling mill, or machine shop, who, as a means of removing the product thereof, uses or desires to use a railway, may construct one and run cars on it, over or under any railroad or public highway, the consent of the owner of the fee in the land at such crossing first being obtained. Such railway shall be so constructed that it will not impede or interfere with the running of cars or the travel upon such railroad or highway, or in any manner injure or impair either, or any switch, building, or appurtenance connected with or belonging to any railroad or highway. When such freightway is constructed over a railroad, it shall be at the height of at least eighteen and one-half feet in the clear above the rails of the railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.02
§ 4969.02. Consent to sale by stockholders
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly Before a transfer as provided by section 4969.01 of the Revised Code may be made, the president of the company shall call a meeting of its stockholders, at some convenient point on, or at a terminus of, the railroad, of which meeting he shall cause at least thirty days' notice to be published in a newspaper published in or in general circulation in each county in which such roadbed and right of way are situated. By a concurrent vote of two thirds in interest of the stock represented at such meeting by the owners thereof, in person or by proxy, the meeting may declare by resolution the inability of the company to complete its railroad, prescribe the terms of the proposed transfer of its roadbed and right of way, and direct the president of the company to execute the deed. All such proceedings, resolutions, and directions shall be recited in the deed and be recorded in the proper record of the company, and a copy of such record shall be delivered to the grantee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.22
§ 4981.22. Issuing refunding bonds
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly The Ohio rail development commission may issue refunding bonds to refund any bonds it previously issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code, for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings; (B) Refunding any bonds as an incident to providing funds for reconstructing, enlarging, improving, or providing additional furnishings or equipment for the pledged facilities as to bonds originally issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code; (C) Refunding all of the outstanding bonds of any issue, both matured and unmatured, when the rentals, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys pledged for the payment of such bonds are insufficient to pay bonds which have matured or are about to mature or to make payments to other funds required by the bond proceedings, if such outstanding bonds can be retired by call, at maturity, or with the consent of the holders thereof, whether from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange for the refunding bonds, provided that the principal amount of refunding bonds shall not exceed in amount the aggregate of the par value of the bonds to be retired, any redemption premium, past due and future interest to the date of maturity or proposed redemption that cannot otherwise be paid, and funds, if any, to reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip, or any combination thereof, the pledged facilities as to bonds originally issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code; (D) Refunding any bonds of the issuer previously issued when the refunding bonds will bear interest at a lower rate than the bonds to be refunded, or when the interest cost of the refunding bonds computed to absolute maturity will be less than the interest cost of the bonds to be refunded, or when the average life of the refunding bonds will be greater than the remaining average life of the bonds to be refunded. Refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section shall mature not later than thirty years from date of issue. Except as provided in this section, the terms of the issuance and sale of refunding bonds shall be as provided in sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code for an original issue of bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.22
§ 4909.22. Rates shall be just and reasonable
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly When passengers or property are transported over two or more connecting railroads between points in this state, and the railroad companies have made joint rates for the transportation of such passengers or property, such rates and all charges in connection therewith shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust and unreasonable charge is prohibited. A less charge by each of such railroads for its proportion of such joint rates than is made locally between the same points on their respective lines is not for that reason a violation of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code and does not render such railroads liable to any of the penalties in such chapters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.18
§ 4901.18. Examiners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall appoint one or more examiners for the purpose of making any investigation or holding any inquiry or hearing which the commission is required or permitted to make or hold. Such examiners may administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony, examine witnesses, receive evidence, certify to official acts, and perform such other duties as are prescribed by the commission. The commission shall, by general order or in its order of appointment, prescribe the authority and duties of such examiners. Unless otherwise provided in the order appointing the examiner, such examiner shall report his findings and recommendations to the commission and file with it the testimony taken before him. The findings and recommendations of such examiner are advisory only and do not preclude the commission from taking further evidence. Any such findings made or order recommended by any such examiner, which are approved and confirmed, or modified, by the commission and filed in its office, are the findings and order of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.11
§ 4971.11. Action to satisfy judgment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Within sixty days after the determination of the action referred to in section 4971.08 of the Revised Code, the party claiming such priority of lien, if he has recovered judgment against the railroad company, shall file his answer and cross-petition in the action pending in the court holding the fund, setting forth his claim thereto. Such court shall make the orders necessary to the determination of the questions of priorities and distribution of the retained fund as provided in section 4971.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.35
§ 4905.35. Prohibiting discrimination
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly (A) No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, firm, corporation, or locality, or subject any person, firm, corporation, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. (B)(1) A natural gas company that is a public utility shall offer its regulated services or goods to all similarly situated consumers, including persons with which it is affiliated or which it controls, under comparable terms and conditions. (2) A natural gas company that is a public utility and that offers to a consumer a bundled service that includes both regulated and unregulated services or goods shall offer, on an unbundled basis, to that same consumer the regulated services or goods that would have been part of the bundled service. Those regulated services or goods shall be of the same quality as or better quality than, and shall be offered at the same price as or a better price than and under the same terms and conditions as or better terms and conditions than, they would have been had they been part of the company's bundled service. (3) No natural gas company that is a public utility shall condition or limit the availability of any regulated services or goods, or condition the availability of a discounted rate or improved quality, price, term, or condition for any regulated services or goods, on the basis of the identity of the supplier of any other services or goods or on the purchase of any unregulated services or goods from the company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.16
§ 4967.16. Effect of consolidation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4967.14 and 4967.15 of the Revised Code do not relieve a consolidated railroad company from paying the fee provided by section 111.16 of the Revised Code in case a corporation files a certificate for an increase of its capital stock. The rights of a stockholder not surrendering or transferring his stock are not affected, nor are existing liabilities or the rights of creditors of the company whose stock has been so surrendered or transferred affected, by sections 4967.14 to 4967.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.28
§ 4955.28. Expense of private crossing - right of entry
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, for four months after the request by a landowner for that purpose, the company or person neglects to construct a good and sufficient private crossing as provided in section 4955.27 of the Revised Code, after reasonable notice to the agent of the company for receiving and shipping freight at the station on the railroad nearest to the land where it is proposed to construct such crossing by the landowner of the time when he will proceed to construct it, such landowner may enter upon the lands of the company at any point he wishes between the two pieces of his land and construct such crossing. Such company or person is liable to such landowner for all the reasonable expense of such construction, not exceeding fifty dollars, which he may recover in an action against such company or person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.32
§ 4951.32. Construction of inclined-plane railways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An inclined-plane railway company may construct, operate, and maintain an inclined-plane railway for the conveyance of passengers and freight, or either, with such offices, depots, and other buildings as it deems necessary. Such company may establish and maintain a park or pleasure grounds and for such purpose acquire and hold real estate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.05
§ 4971.05. Property of new company
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon reorganization and a conveyance by the trustees, or of such of them as are vested with the legal title, or their survivors, the railroad and other property, franchises, and things purchased, and the franchises, powers, faculties, privileges, and immunities which were possessed and enjoyed by the original railroad company, or by any company with which it had been consolidated, shall be vested in the company as reorganized. Such property, franchises, and things, and all property and things which the reorganized company thereafter acquires shall be taken, held, and disposed of for the use and benefit of the creditors and stockholders of the company who become such upon and after the reorganization, according to their respective rights, but subject to the powers of the company, and in no wise chargeable in respect to any debt, liability, or claim of any creditor or stockholder which subsisted prior to the sale and reorganization. All property of the original company not embraced in the sale shall be vested in the company as reorganized in trust for all parties interested in such property as creditors, stockholders, or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.12
§ 4953.12. Protection of property - duties of employees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All laws for the protection of railroads and their property, and all laws relating to or enforcing the duties and obligations of officers, agents, and employees of railroad companies to the public or to railroad companies, shall be applicable to the railroad tracks, property, officers, agents, and employees of a union terminal company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.09
§ 4929.09. Designating natural gas supplies that have been obtained to provide exempt service
Status: in_force

May 27, 2005 House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly In accordance with the commission's order prescribing a separation plan under division (E) of section 4929.04 of the Revised Code, a natural gas company granted an exemption under section 4929.04 of the Revised Code for a commodity sales service or ancillary service may designate the natural gas supplies that have been obtained to provide that exempt service. Nothing in this section prevents the public utilities commission from exercising its authority under section 4905.302 of the Revised Code, provided, however, that the designation of the supplies for the exempt service and the cost of the designated supplies shall not be considered in the determination of rates and charges for the company's nonexempt services, including rates and charges determined pursuant to section 4905.302 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.18
§ 4957.18. Apportionment of cost between municipal corporation and railroad
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The cost of constructing a crossing improvement authorized, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as is required by such municipal corporation and made necessary by such improvement, together with the cost of land or property purchased or appropriated, and damages to owners of abutting or other property, shall be borne, unless otherwise agreed upon, eighty-five per cent by the municipal corporation and fifteen per cent by such railroad company. The municipal corporation shall have a right of action against any such company for the recovery of fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of such costs payable by it, with interest from the time they become due. Such municipal corporation and company may agree as to what part of the work shall be done by the company, and may fix the amount, or agree upon a method or basis for calculating and ascertaining the amount, to be allowed or credited to the company for doing the work. Such company shall be entitled to deduct from its fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the cost of the improvement, the expense incurred by it in the change of its grade required by the municipal corporation or made necessary by it under such specifications, but only if the amount of expense, or a method or basis for calculating it, has been agreed upon in writing between the municipal corporation and the company. If the amount of work done by the company, or made necessary be reason of such change of grade on lowering or raising its tracks, exceeds fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the cost of the improvement, then it shall have the right to recover the amount with interest in excess of fifteen per cent or other agreed proportion of the expenses, in an action at law against the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.421
§ 4909.421. Rate application approval timeline; temporary rate changes
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) If the proceeding on an application filed with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code by an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company requesting an increase on any rate, rate mechanism, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental or requesting a change in a regulation or practice affecting the same has not been concluded and an opinion and order entered pursuant to section 4909.19 of the Revised Code at the expiration of two hundred seventy-five days from the date of the filing of the application, the company may request a temporary increase, and any party to the proceeding may request a temporary decrease, which shall go into effect and remain in effect until modified in accordance with the commission's order based upon the merits of the application. (B) Not later than three hundred sixty days from the date of filing the application as established by section 4909.193 of the Revised Code, the commission shall issue an order to approve, deny, or modify an application filed under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. If the commission does not issue an order within three hundred sixty days after the date of filing of the application, the application shall be deemed approved by operation of law. A temporary increase or decrease under this section shall not exceed the midpoint of the rates recommended in the staff report filed pursuant to section 4909.19 of the Revised Code and shall be subject to reconciliation and refund. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to mitigate any duty of the commission to issue a final order under section 4909.19 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.07
§ 4923.07. Motor carrier reviews
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may, through the commission's inspectors or other authorized employees, enter in or upon the premises and motor vehicles of any motor carrier, or any person engaging in the transportation of hazardous material or hazardous waste, to examine any records, documents, or property for the purpose of assessing the safety, performance, and management controls associated with the carrier or person. (B) The commission may adopt rules to carry out this section that are not incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.50
§ 4951.50. Full stop when approaching railroad crossing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the tracks of a street railway cross the tracks of a railroad at grade, the company operating the line of streetcars shall cause its cars to stop not nearer than ten nor farther than fifty feet from the crossing, and before they start to cross the railroad tracks. Such company shall cause a person in its employ to go ahead of the cars and see that the way is clear for the passage of such cars and free from danger. Such street railway cars shall not proceed to cross until signaled to do so by such person so employed, or the way is clear for their passage over the tracks. When the tracks of a street railway or interurban railroad cross the tracks of an industrial railroad or a switch track or a spur track of a railroad over which passenger cars or trains are not operated, the public utilities commission may, upon application of the company owning or operating such street railway or interurban railroad, and upon notice to the company owning or operating such industrial railroad, switch track, or spur track of the hearing of such application, permit such street railway or interurban railroad to operate its cars over and across such industrial railroad, switch track, or spur track without first causing its cars to stop or an employee to go ahead of them, and may prescribe such duties upon the company owning or operating such industrial railroad, switch track, or spur track for the protection of the public as is just and reasonable under the circumstances.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.17
§ 4909.17. Approval required for change in rate
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, no change in any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, and no regulation or practice affecting any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental of a public utility shall become effective until the public utilities commission, by order, determines it to be just and reasonable, except as provided in this section and sections 4909.18 , 4909.19 , and 4909.191 of the Revised Code. Such sections do not apply to any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or any regulation or practice affecting the same, of railroads, street and electric railways, for-hire motor carriers, and pipe line companies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.07
§ 4939.07. Application to recover fees and costs
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "most recent," with respect to any rate proceeding, means the rate proceeding most immediately preceding the date of any final order issued by the public utilities commission under this section. (B)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any agreement establishing price caps, rate freezes, or rate increase moratoria, a public utility subject to the rate-making jurisdiction of the commission may file an application with the commission for, and the commission shall then authorize by order, timely and full recovery of a public way fee levied upon and payable by the public utility both after January 1, 2002, and after the test year of the public utility's most recent rate proceeding or the initial effective date of rates in effect but not established through a proceeding for an increase in rates. (2) Any order issued by the commission pursuant to its consideration of an application under division (B)(1) of this section shall establish a cost recovery mechanism including, but not limited to, an adder, tracker, rider, or percentage surcharge, for recovering the amount to be recovered; specify that amount; limit the amount to not more and not less than the amount of the total public way fee incurred; and require periodic adjustment of the mechanism based on revenues recovered. (a) In the case of a cost recovery mechanism for a public way fee levied on and payable by a public utility but determined unreasonable, unjust, unjustly discriminatory, or unlawful by the commission pursuant to division (C) of section 4939.06 of the Revised Code, the mechanism shall provide for recovery, only from those customers of the public utility that receive its service within the municipal corporation, of the difference between that public way fee and the just and reasonable public way fee determined by the commission under division (C) of section 4939.06 of the Revised Code. (b) In all other cases, recovery shall be from all customers of the public utility generally. (C) In the case of recovery under division (B)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, the recovery mechanism payable by sale-for-resale or wholesale telecommunications customers shall provide for recovery limited to any public way fee not included in established rates and prices for those customers and to the pro rata share of the public way fee applicable to the portion of the facilities that are sold, leased, or rented to the customers and are located in the public way. The recovery shall be in a nondiscriminatory and competitively neutral manner and prorated on a per-line or per-line equivalent basis among all retail, sale-for-resale, and wholesale telecommunications customers subject to the recovery. (D)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any agreement establishing price caps, rate freezes, or rate increase moratoria, a public utility subject to the rate-making jurisdiction of the commission may file an application with the commission for, and the commission by order shall authorize, such accounting authority as may be reasonably necessary to classify any cost described in division (D)(2) of this section as a regulatory asset for the purpose of recovering that cost. (2) A cost eligible for recovery under division (D) of this section shall be only such cost as meets both of the following: (a) The cost is directly incurred by the public utility as a result of municipal corporation regulation of its occupancy or use of a public way or an appropriate allocation and assignment of costs related to implementation of this section, excluding any cost arising from a public way fee levied upon and payable by the public utility. (b) The cost is incurred by the public utility both after January 1, 2002, and after the test year of the public utility's most recent rate proceeding or the initial effective date of rates in effect but not established through a proceeding for an increase in rates. (3) If the commission determines, upon an application under division (D)(1) of this section or its own initiative, that classification of a cost described in division (D)(2) of this section as a regulatory asset is not practical or that deferred recovery of that cost would impose a hardship on the public utility or its customers, the commission shall establish a charge and collection mechanism to permit the public utility full recovery of that cost. A hardship shall be presumed for any public utility with less than fifteen thousand bundled sales service customers in this state and for any public utility for which the annualized aggregate amount of additional cost that otherwise may be eligible for such classification exceeds the greater of five hundred thousand dollars or fifteen per cent of the total costs that are described in division (D)(2)(a) of this section and were considered by the commission for the purpose of establishing rates in the public utility's most recent rate increase proceeding or the rate increase proceeding of the public utility's predecessor, whichever is later. (E) Any application submitted to the commission under divisions (B) to (D) of this section shall be processed by the commission as an application not for an increase in rates under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. The application shall include such information as the commission reasonably requires. The commission shall conclude its consideration of the application and issue a final order not later than one hundred twenty days after the date that the application was submitted to the commission. A final order regarding a recovery mechanism authorized pursuant to this section shall provide for such retroactive adjustment as the commission determines appropriate. (F) A public utility shall not be required to waive any rights under this section as a condition of occupancy or use of a public way. (G) The commission may issue such rules as it considers necessary to carry out this section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.18
§ 4911.18. Assessments - consumers' counsel operating fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) For the sole purpose of maintaining and administering the office of the consumers' counsel and exercising the powers of the consumers' counsel under this chapter, an amount equal to the appropriation to the office of the consumers' counsel in each fiscal year shall be apportioned among and assessed against each public utility within this state, as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code, by first computing an assessment as though it were to be made in proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or receipts of the public utility for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessment is made, excluding earnings or receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale. The office may include in that first computation any amount of a public utility's intrastate gross earnings or receipts underreported in a prior year. In addition to whatever penalties apply under the Revised Code to such underreporting, the office shall assess the public utility interest at the rate stated in division (A) of section 1343.01 of the Revised Code. The office shall deposit any interest so collected into the consumers' counsel operating fund. The office may exclude from that first computation any such amounts that were over-reported in a prior year. The final computation of the assessment shall consist of imposing upon each public utility whose assessment under the first computation would have been one hundred dollars or less an assessment of one hundred dollars and recomputing the assessment of the remaining companies by apportioning an amount equal to the appropriation to the office of consumers' counsel in each fiscal year less the total amount to be recovered from those paying the minimum assessment, in proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or receipts of the remaining companies for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made, excluding earnings or receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale. In the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under this section against a public utility that is an electric utility as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, or an electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, such receipts shall be those specified in the utility's, company's, cooperative's, or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross receipts and sales of kilowatt hours of electricity, filed with the public utilities commission pursuant to division (F) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, and verified by the commission. In the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under this section against a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, such receipts shall be those specified in the supplier's or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross receipts and sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas, filed with the commission pursuant to division (B) of section 4929.23 of the Revised Code, and verified by the commission. However, no such retail natural gas supplier or such governmental aggregator serving or proposing to serve customers of a particular natural gas company, as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed under this section until after the commission, pursuant to section 4905.26 or 4909.18 of the Revised Code, has removed from the base rates of the natural gas company the amount of assessment under this section that is attributable to the value of commodity sales service, as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, in the base rates paid by those customers of the company that do not purchase that service from the natural gas company. (B) Through calendar year 2005, on or before the first day of October in each year, the office of consumers' counsel shall notify each public utility of the sum assessed against it, whereupon payment shall be made to the counsel, who shall deposit it into the state treasury to the credit of the consumers' counsel operating fund, which is hereby created. Beginning in calendar year 2006, on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year, the consumers' counsel shall notify each public utility that had a sum assessed against it for the current fiscal year of more than one thousand dollars that fifty per cent of that amount shall be paid to the consumers' counsel by the twentieth day of June of that year as an initial payment of the assessment against the company for the next fiscal year. On or before the first day of October in each year, the consumers' counsel shall make a final determination of the sum of the assessment against each public utility and shall notify each public utility of the sum assessed against it. The consumers' counsel shall deduct from the assessment for each public utility any initial payment received. Payment of the assessment shall be made to the consumers' counsel by the first day of November of that year. The consumers' counsel shall deposit the payments received into the state treasury to the credit of the consumers' counsel operating fund. Any such amounts paid into the fund but not expended by the office shall be credited ratably by the office to the public utilities that pay more than the minimum assessment, according to the respective portions of such sum assessable against them for the ensuing fiscal year, after first deducting any deficits accumulated from prior years. The assessments for such fiscal year shall be reduced correspondingly. (C) Within five days after the beginning of each fiscal year through fiscal year 2006, the director of budget and management shall transfer from the general revenue fund to the consumers' counsel operating fund an amount sufficient for maintaining and administering the office of the consumers' counsel and exercising the powers of the consumers' counsel under this chapter during the first four months of the fiscal year. Not later than the thirty-first day of December of the fiscal year, the same amount shall be transferred back to the general revenue fund from the consumers' counsel operating fund. (D)(1) As used in this section, "public utility" includes: (a) In addition to an electric utility as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, an electric services company, an electric cooperative, or a governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, to the extent of the company's, cooperative's, or aggregator's engagement in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply in this state of any retail electric service for which it must be so certified; (b) In addition to a natural gas company as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, to the extent of the supplier's or aggregator's engagement in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply in this state of any competitive retail natural gas service for which it must be certified. (2) As used in this section, "public utility" does not include a wireless service provider or reseller as defined in section 128.01 of the Revised Code, to the extent either of them are providing wireless service as defined under section 128.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.055 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.055
§ 4909.055. Cost of obtaining valuations
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly Prudent costs of obtaining the three valuations used to determine the market value of the system in an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code shall be deferred as an expense for future recovery in a manner as determined by the public utilities commission. In determining the prudence of costs under this section, the commission shall give due regard to the circumstances of the case, including the size and complexity of, and any particular difficulties associated with, the valuation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.24
§ 4973.24. Conductor may eject passenger
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct, uses obscene language, or plays a game of cards or chance for money or other thing of value on a passenger train or the cars of an interurban railroad carrying passengers, the conductor of such train or cars shall stop his train or cars at the place where such offense is committed, or at the next stopping place for such train or cars and eject such passenger from the train or cars, using only such force as is necessary. The conductor may command the assistance of employees of the company, person, or firm owning or operating such railroad or interurban railroad and of the passengers on such train or cars, to assist in such removal. Before removing such passenger, the conductor shall tender to the passenger such proportion of the fare he paid as the distance he then is from the place to which he paid fare bears to the whole distance for which his fare is paid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.05
§ 4929.05. Request for approval of alternative rate plan
Status: in_force

September 9, 2011 House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company may request approval of an alternative rate plan by filing an application under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the application is for an increase in rates. After investigation, which may include a hearing at the discretion of the public utilities commission, the commission shall authorize the applicant to implement an alternative rate plan if the natural gas company has made a showing and the commission finds that all of the following conditions are met: (1) The natural gas company is in compliance with section 4905.35 of the Revised Code and is in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code. (2) The natural gas company is expected to continue to be in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code after implementation of the alternative rate plan. (3) The alternative rate plan is just and reasonable. (B) The applicant shall have the burden of proof under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.32
§ 4933.32. Application of schedules and orders for curtailment of residential service
Status: in_force

August 14, 1979 House Bill 154 - 113th General Assembly Every portion of the schedule of an electric light, natural gas, and gas company and every order of the public utilities commission relating to curtailment of residential service by such a company shall apply uniformly to all residential consumers, as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code, and shall not distinguish as to whether the residence of such consumers utilizes a solar, wind, or hydrothermal energy system, as defined in section 1551.20 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.04
§ 4953.04. Restrictions for union terminal company service
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No union terminal company or corporation shall engage in the business of a for-hire motor carrier, as defined in 4921.01 of the Revised Code, over any public highway in this state, without obtaining authority from the public utilities commission, and complying with all laws governing every corporation or company when engaged or proposing to engage in the business of a for-hire motor carrier.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.52
§ 4907.52. Safety devices at grade crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two railroads, a railroad and an interurban railroad or electric or street railway, two interurban railroads, or a railroad or electric railway and a street or highway cross at grade, if, in the opinion of the public utilities commission, public safety requires protection, the commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint, after notice to the railroads interested and full investigation, may make an order requiring the railroads so intersecting and crossing to install such devices as in the opinion of the commission will properly protect such crossing. The commission may make any other orders regulating the speed and running of trains or of cars and the switching of cars over such crossing or street, and it shall apportion the expense of installation or maintenance of such devices between the railroad companies whose tracks are thus protected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.322 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.322
§ 4955.322. Immunity from liability at private crossings
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The sounding of a locomotive horn at a private crossing or the failure to sound a locomotive horn at a private crossing is not a basis for a civil action against the railroad company that operated the locomotive, a board of county commissioners, or any local authority, or against the employees or agents of the company, board, or authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.99
§ 4907.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4907.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4907.22 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 4907.32 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (D) Whoever violates section 4907.35 or 4907.38 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars. (E) Whoever violates section 4907.45 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (F) Whoever violates section 4907.473 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (G) Whoever violates section 4907.63 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.52
§ 4905.52. Refusal to answer questions in examination
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee of a railroad company shall refuse to answer a question propounded to the officer, agent, or employee by a public utilities commissioner in the course of an examination authorized by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code. The property of the railroad company of which such person is an officer, agent, or employee, is liable to be taken in execution to satisfy the fines and costs in case of a violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.10
§ 4905.10. Assessment for expenses
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) For the sole purpose of maintaining and administering the public utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction over the railroads and public utilities of this state, an amount equivalent to the appropriation from the public utilities fund created under division (B) of this section to the public utilities commission for railroad and public utilities regulation in each fiscal year shall be apportioned among and assessed against each railroad and public utility within this state by the commission by first computing an assessment as though it were to be made in proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or receipts, excluding earnings or receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale, of the railroad or public utility for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessment is made. The commission may include in that first computation any amount of a railroad's or public utility's intrastate gross earnings or receipts that were underreported in a prior year. In addition to whatever penalties apply under the Revised Code to such underreporting, the commission shall assess the railroad or public utility interest at the rate stated in division (A) of section 1343.01 of the Revised Code. The commission shall deposit any interest so collected into the public utilities fund. The commission may exclude from that first computation any such amounts that were overreported in a prior year. The final computation of the assessment shall consist of imposing upon each railroad and public utility whose assessment under the first computation would have been one hundred dollars or less an assessment of one hundred dollars and recomputing the assessments of the remaining railroads and public utilities by apportioning an amount equal to the appropriation to the public utilities commission for administration of the utilities division in each fiscal year less the total amount to be recovered from those paying the minimum assessment, in proportion to the intrastate gross earnings or receipts of the remaining railroads and public utilities for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made. In the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under this section against a public utility that is an electric utility as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, or an electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, such receipts shall be those specified in the utility's, company's, cooperative's, or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross receipts and sales of kilowatt hours of electricity, filed with the commission pursuant to division (F) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, and verified by the commission. In the case of an assessment based on intrastate gross receipts under this section against a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, such receipts shall be those specified in the supplier's or aggregator's most recent report of intrastate gross receipts and sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas, filed with the commission pursuant to division (B) of section 4929.23 of the Revised Code, and verified by the commission. However, no such retail natural gas supplier or such governmental aggregator serving or proposing to serve customers of a particular natural gas company, as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed under this section until after the commission, pursuant to section 4905.26 or 4909.18 of the Revised Code, has removed from the base rates of the natural gas company the amount of assessment under this section that is attributable to the value of commodity sales service, as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, in the base rates paid by those customers of the company that do not purchase that service from the natural gas company. (B) Through calendar year 2005, on or before the first day of October in each year, the commission shall notify each such railroad and public utility of the sum assessed against it, whereupon payment shall be made to the commission, which shall deposit it into the state treasury to the credit of the public utilities fund, which is hereby created. Beginning in calendar year 2006, on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year, the commission shall notify each railroad and public utility that had a sum assessed against it for the current fiscal year of more than one thousand dollars that fifty per cent of that amount shall be paid to the commission by the twentieth day of June of that year as an initial payment of the assessment against the company for the next fiscal year. On or before the first day of October in each year, the commission shall make a final determination of the sum of the assessment against each railroad and public utility and shall notify each railroad and public utility of the sum assessed against it. The commission shall deduct from the assessment for each railroad or public utility any initial payment received. Payment of the assessment shall be made to the commission by the first day of November of that year. The commission shall deposit the payments received into the state treasury to the credit of the public utilities fund. Any such amounts paid into the fund but not expended by the commission shall be credited ratably, after first deducting any deficits accumulated from prior years, by the commission to railroads and public utilities that pay more than the minimum assessment, according to the respective portions of such sum assessable against them for the ensuing fiscal year. The assessments for such fiscal year shall be reduced correspondingly. (C) Within five days after the beginning of each fiscal year through fiscal year 2006, the director of budget and management shall transfer from the general revenue fund to the public utilities fund an amount sufficient for maintaining and administering the public utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction over the railroads and public utilities of the state during the first four months of the fiscal year. The director shall transfer the same amount back to the general revenue fund from the public utilities fund at such time as the director determines that the balance of the public utilities fund is sufficient to support the appropriations from the fund for the fiscal year. The director may transfer less than that amount if the director determines that the revenues of the public utilities fund during the fiscal year will be insufficient to support the appropriations from the fund for the fiscal year, in which case the amount not paid back to the general revenue fund shall be payable to the general revenue fund in future fiscal years. (D) For the purpose of this section only, "public utility" includes: (1) In addition to an electric utility as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, an electric services company, an electric cooperative, or a governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, to the extent of the company's, cooperative's, or aggregator's engagement in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply in this state of any retail electric service for which it must be so certified; (2) In addition to a natural gas company as defined in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, to the extent of the supplier's or aggregator's engagement in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply in this state of any competitive retail natural gas service for which it must be certified. (E) Each public utilities commissioner shall receive a salary fixed at the level set by pay range 49 under schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.83
§ 4928.83. Distribution system hosting capacity maps
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) Not later than May 31, 2026, every electric distribution utility in the state shall develop and publicly share distribution system hosting capacity maps. The utility shall ensure that the maps are available on the utility's web site and shall be updated at least once per quarter. (B) The maps described in division (A) of this section shall include, at a minimum: (1) Total available distribution hosting capacity, expressed in megawatts, for new loads; (2) Separate hosting capacity availability for distributed energy resources or a separate distributed energy resource specific map; (3) Geographic locations and voltage levels of circuits and substations; (4) Total, existing, and queued loads or generation exceeding one megawatt per circuit and substation; (5) Available substation and circuit capacity expressed in megawatts. (C) The public utilities commission shall hold at least two stakeholder meetings annually to receive input on map design, data accuracy, and usability. In addition, the commission shall establish uniform reporting standards to ensure consistency across all electric distribution utilities. The commission may also require utilities to include additional data points as necessary to improve transparency and planning. (D) Each electric distribution utility shall publish annual reliability reports, including the following metrics, identified per circuit: (1) The system average interruption frequency index, representing the average number of interruptions per customer; (2) The customer average interruption duration index, representing the average interruption duration or average time to restore service per interrupted customer; (3) Customers experiencing multiple interruptions, which identifies customers experiencing at least five interruptions annually divided by the total number of customers served; (4) Customers experiencing long interruption durations, which identifies customers that experienced outages of one or more hours in duration divided by the total number of customers served; (5) Average outage frequency and duration per circuit and substation; (6) Identification of circuits and substations with persistent reliability issues; (7) Planned and completed upgrades to enhance grid reliability. (E) The commission shall review and publish a statewide reliability report annually, summarizing trends and recommending grid modernization measures. Last updated June 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.43
§ 4951.43. Acceptance or rejection of grant
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly Every railroad, street railway, suburban railroad, or interurban railroad company to whom a grant has been made as provided in sections 4951.34 , 4951.35 , and 4951.39 to 4951.42 of the Revised Code, shall notify in writing the authorities making the grant of its rejection or acceptance of the grant at a time fixed by such authorities at the time of making the grant. If, after a grant has been made and accepted by any railroad, street railway, suburban railroad, or interurban railroad company, within sixty days after such acceptance there is filed with the mayor of the city making the grant a petition protesting against it and signed by such a number of the electors of the city qualified to vote at the most recent general election, as equals ten per cent of the number of votes cast for mayor at the most recent election for mayor, he shall certify such fact to the proper election officials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.11
§ 4928.11. Minimum service requirements for noncompetitive services
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A) 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 that specify minimum service quality, safety, and reliability requirements for noncompetitive retail electric services supplied by an electric utility in this state, to the extent such authority is not preempted by federal law. The rules shall include prescriptive standards for inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the transmission and distribution systems of electric utilities; shall apply to each substantial type of transmission or distribution equipment or facility; shall establish uniform interconnection standards to ensure transmission and distribution system safety and reliability and shall otherwise provide for high quality, safe, and reliable electric service; shall include standards for operation, reliability, and safety during periods of emergency and disaster; and shall include voltage standards for efficient operation of single-phase motors. The rules regarding interconnection shall seek to prevent barriers to new technology and shall not make compliance unduly burdensome or expensive. When questions arise about specific equipment to meet interconnection standards, the commission shall initiate proceedings open to the public to solicit comments from all interested parties. Additionally, rules under this division shall include nondiscriminatory metering standards. (B) The commission shall require each electric utility to report annually to the commission on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding its compliance with the rules required under division (A) of this section. The commission shall make the filed reports available to the public. Periodically as determined by commission rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code and in a proceeding initiated under division (B) of section 4928.16 of the Revised Code, the commission shall review a utility's report to determine the utility's compliance and may act pursuant to division (B) of section 4928.16 of the Revised Code to enforce compliance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.15
§ 4971.15. Stocks or bonds held in a fiduciary capacity
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a portion of the stock or bonds of a railroad company is held by the state, by a county, township, or municipal corporation, or by an executor, administrator, guardian, or otherwise in a fiduciary capacity, the governor, board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, legislative authority, or other authority of the municipal corporation, or person holding in fiduciary capacity, may become parties to an agreement for the reorganization of such company, and may control, exchange, or manage such stock or bonds according to the terms of the agreement and receive new stock or bonds to be issued in place of the original stock or bonds, which shall be held on the same terms and subject to all liens which attached to the original stock or bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.20
§ 4905.20. Abandonment of facilities
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly No railroad as defined in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code, operating any railroad in this state, and no public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code furnishing service or facilities within this state, shall abandon or be required to abandon or withdraw any main track or depot of a railroad, or main pipe line, gas line, electric light line, water line, sewer line, steam pipe line, or any portion thereof, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment plant, or service station of a public utility, or the service rendered thereby that has once been laid, constructed, opened, and used for public business, nor shall any such facility be closed for traffic or service thereon, therein, or thereover except as provided in section 4905.21 of the Revised Code. Any railroad or public utility violating this section shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be subject to all other legal and equitable remedies for the enforcement of this section and section 4905.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.02
§ 4925.02. Permits
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 237 - 131st General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall issue a transportation network company permit to any entity that does all of the following: (1) Applies for a permit issued in accordance with rules adopted under this section; (2) Affirms that the entity will maintain compliance with the applicable requirements established under sections 4925.03 to 4925.08 of the Revised Code and with rules adopted under this section; (3) Submits along with an application for a permit a permit fee of five thousand dollars. Any permit issued under this section is effective for one year commencing on the date of issuance. (B) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the issuance of a transportation network company permit to an entity that is also engaged in providing taxicab services, so long as the entity complies with division (A) of this section, all applicable requirements established under sections 4925.03 to 4925.08 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted by the public utilities commission under division (C) of this section. (C) The public utilities commission may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of issuing permits to transportation network companies and implementing the requirements of this chapter. (D) No entity shall operate a transportation network company without a valid permit issued under this section or without complying with rules adopted by the public utilities commission under this section or the applicable requirements of sections 4925.03 to 4925.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.45
§ 4909.45. Information furnished by gas or natural gas company to municipal corporation
Status: in_force

June 22, 1984 House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly Every gas or natural gas company shall, prior to accepting any rate, price, charge, toll, or rental fixed by ordinance of a municipal corporation, submit to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation the following information: (A) A report of its property used and useful in rendering the service to be provided; (B) A complete operating statement of the previous fiscal year, showing in detail all its receipts, revenues, and incomes from all sources, all of its operating costs and other expenditures, and any other information the public utility deems applicable; (C) A statement of the income and expense anticipated under the ordinance; (D) A statement of financial condition summarizing assets, liabilities, and net worth; (E) A proposed notice for newspaper publication fully disclosing the substance of the ordinance. The notice shall further include the average percentage increase in rate that a representative industrial, commercial, and residential customer will bear should the ordinance be accepted. Such information and exhibits shall be in the same form as the public utilities commission by rule may require.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.30
§ 4929.30. Prior arrangements, contracts and aggregation programs
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 4929.20 to 4929.29 of the Revised Code affects any arrangement or other contract to supply or arrange for the supply of commodity sales service or ancillary service to a consumer in this state, which arrangement or contract was entered into prior to the effective date of initial rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, and was authorized as a result of a rule or order adopted or issued by the public utilities commission under Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code; and nothing in sections 4929.20 to 4929.29 of the Revised Code affects any rights or duties of any person under such an arrangement or contract for the term of the arrangement or contract. (B) Nothing in sections 4929.20 to 4929.29 of the Revised Code applies to a community aggregation program that is designed and operated to avoid gaps in the cumulative coverage of the aggregation and under which more than fifty per cent of a natural gas company's customers were enrolled in the program as of January 1, 2001. A municipal corporation served under such a program by the facilities of a natural gas company may continue to provide competitive retail natural gas service to customers in the aggregation, including school districts and customers outside the boundaries of the municipal corporation. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.70
§ 4905.70. Energy conservation programs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2001 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly The public utilities commission shall initiate programs that will promote and encourage conservation of energy and a reduction in the growth rate of energy consumption, promote economic efficiencies, and take into account long-run incremental costs. Notwithstanding sections 4905.31 , 4905.33 , 4905.35 , and 4909.151 of the Revised Code, the commission shall examine and issue written findings on the declining block rate structure, lifeline rates, long-run incremental pricing, peak load and off-peak pricing, time of day and seasonal pricing, interruptible load pricing, and single rate pricing where rates do not vary because of classification of customers or amount of usage. The commission, by a rule adopted no later than October 1, 1977, and effective and applicable no later than November 1, 1977, shall require each electric light company to offer to such of their residential customers whose residences are primarily heated by electricity the option of their usage being metered by a demand or load meter. Under the rule, a customer who selects such option may be required by the company, where no such meter is already installed, to pay for such meter and its installation. The rule shall require each company to bill such of its customers who select such option for those kilowatt hours in excess of a prescribed number of kilowatt hours per kilowatt of billing demand, at a rate per kilowatt hour that reflects the lower cost of providing service during off-peak periods.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.94
§ 4905.94. Operator of master-meter system
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly (A) To the extent known to the commission, the commission shall notify an operator of a master-meter system that the operator is subject to sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, the pipe-line safety code, safety inspections, and safety audits. (B)(1) Each operator of a master-meter system shall conduct safety inspections as required by sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. On or before the fifteenth day of March in each year, each operator of a master-meter system shall file with the commission a report stating for that master-meter system: (a) The operator's business address and phone number, and the operator's headquarters address and phone number, if different; (b) The number of residential, commercial, and industrial consumers or tenants served by the master-meter system; (c) The material composition of pipe used in the master-meter system; (d) The pipe-line footage of the master-meter system; (e) For the calender year next preceding the annual report, the number of corrosion leaks found, corrosion leaks corrected, other leaks found, and other leaks corrected; (f) The name of the party that performed the safety inspection for the calendar year next preceding the annual report; (g) The name of the natural gas company currently transporting gas to the operator; (h) Any other information the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. (2) If any annual report received by the commission pursuant to this division is defective or erroneous, the commission may require the operator to amend the report within a prescribed time. Any such amendments shall be filed with the commission. (C)(1) The commission may direct or order the natural gas company distributing gas to a master-meter system to perform a safety inspection when the public interest so requires, when an operator of a master-meter system has violated or failed to comply with division (B) of this section or has failed to conduct any safety inspection required by sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code, or upon request of the operator of the master-meter system. When the commission directs or orders a safety inspection under this division, it shall so notify the natural gas company in writing and send a copy of the notice to the operator of the master-meter system. (2) The operator of a master-meter system shall permit employees and agents of a natural gas company to perform a safety inspection pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and to review the operator's maps and records. The natural gas company shall report the findings of the safety inspection to the commission within thirty days after the inspection. (D) The commission shall permit a natural gas company to recover all reasonable, actual expenses incurred in connection with its activities pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in performing safety inspections and in disconnecting and reconnecting service. If the company cannot recover such expenses within ninety days after directly billing the operator of the master-meter system, the commission shall permit the company to recover such expenses from all of its customers pursuant to a schedule of rates and charges. Upon its own initiative or upon application of the company, the commission may adjust the schedule to allow recovery of such expenses. The schedule and application shall be reviewed without adherence to section 4909.18 or 4909.19 of the Revised Code. (E) A natural gas company and its respective officers, directors, employees, and agents are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from their participation in or acts or omissions in connection with developing, adopting, or approving a plan for safety inspections for, performing a safety inspection of, or terminating or restoring service to a master-meter system under this section, except where such participation or acts or omissions constitute reckless, willful, or wanton misconduct. (F) The commission shall conduct safety audits to verify any finding contained in any report of a safety inspection, investigate any complaint to determine compliance with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code, ensure compliance with those sections and the pipe-line safety code, or review or verify corrective action for any violation or noncompliance with those sections or the pipe-line safety code that was committed by an operator of a master-meter system. (G) The commission by rule shall establish standards for determining unsafe conditions, gas leaks, or other safety hazards that require termination of service pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section. The standards shall incorporate, but not be limited to, the guidelines on gas leaks of the gas piping technology committee's guide for gas transmission and distribution systems. (H)(1) A natural gas company shall terminate service to a master-meter system or a pipe-line facility within a master-meter system when the company makes both of the following determinations: (a) In accordance with rules adopted under division (G) of this section, that an unsafe condition, gas leak, or other safety hazard on that system or pipe-line facility poses an immediate or significant danger to life or health which requires immediate corrective action to protect the public safety; (b) That the operator of the master-meter system has not taken immediate and sufficient corrective action. A natural gas company that so terminates service shall provide the operator of the master-meter system or its agent with personal notice, or with written notice on the premises if the operator or agent is not found on the premises, and shall post written notice in common areas, multi-unit buildings, or other conspicuous locations on the premises. (2) The commission may issue an order directing that a natural gas company terminate service to a master-meter system upon all of the following having occurred: (a) The commission has sent a notice of probable noncompliance by certified mail to the operator or the operator has refused access for a safety audit; (b) The operator has continued to refuse access for a safety audit or has failed to comply and undertake corrective action in response to a notice of probable noncompliance from the commission; (c) The commission has initiated a gas pipe-line safety proceeding pursuant to section 4905.95 of the Revised Code; (d) The commission has found the operator has violated or failed to comply with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code or the pipe-line safety code. (3) A natural gas company may terminate service to a master-meter system for nonpayment of expenses incurred pursuant to division (C) of this section when both of the following conditions are met: (a) The operator of the master-meter system has failed to make payment within ninety days after it received the company's billing; (b) The company's notice and disconnection procedures comply with sections 4933.12 and 4933.122 of the Revised Code and the commission's rules for disconnecting service to master-metered premises. (I) Nothing in this section relieves an operator of a master-meter system from complying with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.08
§ 4969.08. Receiver
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a railroad, the whole or part of which lies within this state, has been placed by order of a court in the hands of a receiver who has taken charge of and is operating it for the purpose of carrying passengers, freight, and doing such other things as ordinarily belong to the running and management of railroads, in his official capacity, such receiver may sue or be sued in the courts of this state without leave previously granted. No person shall act as such receiver unless he is a resident citizen of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.57
§ 4926.57. Remedies available to court
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) If, pursuant to a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code, a court of common pleas determines that any rate, term, or condition described in the complaint is not just and reasonable, it may do, but is not limited to doing, any of the following: (1) Terminate the rate, term, or condition and prescribe a just and reasonable rate, term, or condition; (2) Require entry into a pole attachment agreement on just and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions; (3) Require access to poles as provided under sections 4926.06 to 4926.36 of the Revised Code; (4) Substitute in the pole attachment agreement the just and reasonable rate, term, or condition established by the court; (5) Order a refund or payment, as appropriate. (B) A refund or payment ordered under this section may not exceed the difference between the actual amount paid under the unjust and unreasonable rate, term, or condition and the amount that would have been paid under the rate, term, or condition established by the court for the period described in the complaint, provided that the period during which refunds or payments are made does not exceed two years. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.43
§ 4909.43. Filing rate increase application
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly (A) No public utility shall file a rate increase application covering a municipal corporation pursuant to section 4909.18 or 4909.35 of the Revised Code at any time prior to six months before the expiration of an ordinance of that municipal corporation enacted for the purpose of establishing the rates of that public utility. (B) Not later than thirty days prior to the filing of an application pursuant to section 4909.18 or 4909.35 of the Revised Code, a public utility shall notify, in writing, the mayor and legislative authority of each municipality included in such application of the intent of the public utility to file an application, and of the proposed rates to be contained therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.25
§ 4981.25. Designation of corporation as agent of state
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly In accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the state, acting through the Ohio rail development commission, for the purpose of implementing rail service, may by resolution designate a corporation organized under Chapter 1702. or 1724. of the Revised Code as its agency to acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip and to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property and facilities within the state for industry, commerce, distribution, and research; may approve such corporation and obligations of the corporation issued by it for one or more such purposes; and may have a beneficial interest in such corporation including the right to the property financed by such obligations on the retirement of such obligations, or by acquiring such property for endowment or similar uses or benefits or for ultimate direct use by it, subject to any lease or mortgage securing such obligations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.18
§ 4933.18. Tampering with utility equipment
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) In a prosecution for a theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that involves alleged tampering with a gas, electric, steam, or water meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility has been tampered with is prima-facie evidence that the person who is obligated to pay for the service rendered through the meter, conduit, or attachment and is in possession or control of the meter, conduit, or attachment at the time the tampering occurred has caused the tampering with intent to commit a theft offense. In a prosecution for a theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that involves the alleged reconnection of a gas, electric, steam, or water meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit, or attachment disconnected by a utility has been reconnected without the consent of the utility is prima-facie evidence that the person in possession or control of the meter, conduit, or attachment at the time of the reconnection has reconnected the meter, conduit, or attachment with intent to commit a theft offense. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Utility" means any electric light company, gas company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, water-works company, or heating or cooling company, as defined by division (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, its lessees, trustees, or receivers, or any similar utility owned or operated by a political subdivision. (2) "Tamper" means to interfere with, damage, or by-pass a utility meter, conduit, or attachment with the intent to impede the correct registration of a meter or the proper functions of a conduit or attachment so as to reduce the amount of utility service that is registered on the meter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.24
§ 4963.24. Footboards
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad doing business in this state shall operate or permit to be operated in this state, a locomotive regularly assigned in mine run, drop or package local freight, or switching service which is not equipped with two or more footboards. The public utilities commission shall prescribe the dimensions, location, and the manner of application of said footboards. As used in this section, "regularly assigned" means more than three consecutive days. No railroad doing business in this state shall send or cause to be sent out on its railroad a locomotive which is not equipped in accordance with this section. The commission shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.01
§ 4933.01. Powers
Status: in_force

September 19, 1961 Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly A company organized for the purpose of supplying gas for lighting the streets and public and private buildings of a municipal corporation or township may manufacture, sell, and furnish the gas required in such municipal corporation or township for such or other purposes, a company organized for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of a municipal corporation or township with water may sell and furnish any quantity of water required in such municipal corporation or township for such or other purposes, and a company organized for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of a municipal corporation or township with sewage disposal services may supply said services as required by such municipal corporation or township for such or other purposes. Such companies may lay conductors for conducting gas, sewage, or water through the streets, lands, alleys, and squares in such municipal corporation with the consent of the municipal authorities or the board of township trustees under such reasonable regulations as such authorities or board prescribes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.155 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.155
§ 4909.155. Filing report on bonds, stock and money
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly In fixing the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for service by any public utility, the public utilities commission may require the utility to file a report showing: (A) The amounts, date of issuance, due date, terms, and rates of interest of all bonds and debentures outstanding against such utility; (B) The face value of any outstanding preferred stock and the stated value of all outstanding common stock issued by such utility; (C) The total amount of money received by such utility from the issue of debt and equity securities that are outstanding as of a date certain to be chosen by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.16
§ 4928.16. Commission jurisdiction
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding the provision by an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code of any service for which it is subject to certification. (2) The commission also has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, to determine whether an electric utility has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 4928.01 to 4928.15 , any provision of divisions (A) to (D) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code, or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections; or whether an electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 4928.01 to 4928.10 of the Revised Code regarding a competitive retail electric service for which it is subject to certification or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections. (3) If a contract between a mercantile commercial customer and an electric services company states that the forum for a commercial dispute involving that company is through a certified commercial arbitration process, that process set forth in the contract and agreed to by the signatories shall be the exclusive forum unless all parties to the contract agree in writing to an amended process. The company shall notify the commission for informational purposes of all matters for which a contract remedy is invoked to resolve a dispute. (4) The commission, by rule adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, shall adopt alternative dispute resolution procedures for complaints by nonmercantile, nonresidential customers, including arbitration through a certified commercial arbitration process and at the commission. The commission also by such rule may adopt alternative dispute resolution procedures for complaints by residential customers. (B) In addition to its authority under division (C) of section 4928.08 of the Revised Code and to any other remedies provided by law, the commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, may do any of the following: (1) Order rescission of a contract, or restitution to customers including damages due to electric power fluctuations, in any complaint brought pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of this section; (2) Order any remedy or forfeiture provided under sections 4905.54 to 4905.60 and 4905.64 of the Revised Code upon a finding under division (A)(2) of this section that the electric utility has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 4928.01 to 4928.15 , any provision of divisions (A) to (D) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code, or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections. in addition, the commission may order any remedy provided under section 4905.22 , 4905.37 , or 4905.38 of the Revised Code if the violation or failure to comply by an electric utility related to the provision of a noncompetitive retail electric service. (3) Order any remedy or forfeiture provided under sections 4905.54 to 4905.60 and 4905.64 of the Revised Code upon a finding under division (A)(2) of this section that the electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code has violated or failed to comply, regarding a competitive retail electric service for which it is subject to certification, with any provision of sections 4928.01 to 4928.10 of the Revised Code or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections. (C)(1) In addition to the authority conferred under section 4911.15 of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel may file a complaint under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section on behalf of residential consumers in this state or appear before the commission as a representative of those consumers pursuant to any complaint filed under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (2) In addition to the authority conferred under section 4911.19 of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel, upon reasonable grounds on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, may file with the commission under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code a complaint for discovery if the recipient of an inquiry under section 4911.19 of the Revised Code fails to provide a response within the time specified in that section. (D) Section 4905.61 of the Revised Code applies to a violation by an electric utility of, or to a failure of an electric utility to comply with, any provision of sections 4928.01 to 4928.15 , any provision of divisions (A) to (D) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code, or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.34
§ 4909.34. Power of municipal corporation or group of corporations to fix rate, price, and charge
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 156 - 113th General Assembly Any municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations in which any public utility is established may, by ordinance or ordinances, at any time within one year before the expiration of any contract entered into under sections 715.34 , 743.26 , and 743.28 of the Revised Code between the municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations and such public utility with respect to the rate, price, charge, toll, or rental to be made, charged, demanded, collected, or exacted, for any commodity, utility, or service by such public utility, or at any other time authorized by law, proceed to fix the price, rate, charge, toll, or rental that such public utility may charge, demand, exact, or collect for such commodity, utility, or service for an ensuing period as provided in such sections, provided that: (A) Upon complaint in writing by any such public utility which has not filed, prior to the passage of such ordinance or ordinances, a written application with the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4909.18 or 4909.35 of the Revised Code covering the municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations, the public utilities commission shall give thirty days' notice of the filing and pendency of such complaint, and of the time and place of the hearing of it, to the public utility and the mayor of such municipal corporation or the mayors of such group of municipal corporations, which notice shall plainly state the matters complained of. (B) If at the time of passage of the ordinance or ordinances provided for in this section or in section 715.34 , 743.26 , or 743.28 of the Revised Code any such public utility has on file a written application with the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4909.18 or 4909.35 of the Revised Code covering such municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations, the passage of such ordinance or ordinances shall not operate to divest the public utilities commission of jurisdiction over the application of such public utility or any part thereof, unless such public utility files a written acceptance of such ordinance or ordinances as provided in section 743.28 of the Revised Code, whereupon the commission shall dismiss the application insofar as it covers such municipality or group of municipalities. If such public utility does not accept such ordinance or ordinances, it shall so notify the municipality or group of municipalities and the public utilities commission within thirty days after the passage of such ordinance or ordinances, and such notification shall be deemed to be the consent of such public utility to continue to furnish its product or service and devote its property engaged in so furnishing its product or service to such public use during the term so fixed by prior contract with such municipality or group of municipalities or by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of notification by such public utility that it does not accept such ordinance or ordinances, the public utilities commission shall proceed to rule upon the application which such public utility has filed pursuant to section 4909.18 or 4909.35 of the Revised Code and, as a part of such proceedings, shall fix and determine the just and reasonable rate, fare, charge, toll, rental or service to be rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or collected for the product or service of such public utility within such municipality or group of municipalities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.08
§ 4907.08. Commission to inquire into neglect or violations of laws
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall inquire into any neglect or violation of the laws of this state by a railroad doing business in this state, by its officers, agents, or employees, or by any person operating a railroad. The commission shall enforce Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., and 4959. of the Revised Code, as well as all other laws relating to railroads, and report violations thereof to the attorney general. If, upon complaint or otherwise, the commission has reason to believe that a railroad or any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad has violated or is violating any law of this state, or if it has reason to believe that differences have arisen between citizens of the state and any railroad operating as a common carrier within this state, it shall examine into the matter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.05
§ 4909.05. Report of valuation of property
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) With respect to every public utility, the public utilities commission shall prescribe the form and details of the valuation report of the property of each public utility or railroad in the state. Such report shall include all the kinds and classes of property, with the value of each, owned, held, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be owned or held as of the date certain, by each public utility or railroad used and useful, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be used and useful as of the date certain, for the service and convenience of the public. (B) Such report shall contain the following facts in detail: (1) The original cost of each parcel of land owned in fee and in use, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be owned in fee and in use as of the date certain, determined by the commission; and also a statement of the conditions of acquisition, whether by direct purchase, by donation, by exercise of the power of eminent domain, or otherwise; (2) The actual acquisition cost, not including periodic rental fees, of rights-of-way, trailways, or other land rights held, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be held as of the date certain, by virtue of easements, leases, or other forms of grants of rights as to usage; (3) The original cost of all other kinds and classes of property used and useful, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be used and useful as of the date certain, in the rendition of service to the public. Subject to section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, such original costs of property, other than land owned in fee, shall be the cost, as determined to be reasonable by the commission, to the person that first dedicated or dedicates the property to the public use and shall be set forth in property accounts and subaccounts as prescribed by the commission. To the extent that the costs of property comprising a coal research and development facility, as defined in section 1555.01 of the Revised Code, or a coal development project, as defined in section 1551.30 of the Revised Code, have been allowed for recovery as Ohio coal research and development costs under section 4905.304 of the Revised Code, none of those costs shall be included as a cost of property under this division. (4) The cost of property constituting all or part of a project leased to or used by the utility, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be leased to or used by the utility as of the date certain, under Chapter 165., 3706., 6121., or 6123. of the Revised Code and not included under division (B)(3) of this section exclusive of any interest directly or indirectly paid by the utility with respect thereto whether or not capitalized; (5) In the discretion of the commission, the cost to a utility, in an amount determined to be reasonable by the commission, of property constituting all or part of a project leased to the utility, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be leased to the utility as of the date certain, under a lease purchase agreement or a leaseback and not included under division (B)(3) of this section exclusive of any interest directly or indirectly paid by the utility with respect thereto whether or not capitalized; (6) The cost of the replacement of water service lines incurred by a water-works company under section 4909.173 of the Revised Code and the water service line replacement reimbursement amounts provided to customers under section 4909.174 of the Revised Code; (7) The proper and adequate reserve for depreciation, as determined to be reasonable by the commission; (8) Any sums of money or property that the company may have received, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, is projected to receive as of the date certain, as total or partial defrayal of the cost of its property; (9) The valuation of the property of the company, which shall be the sum of the amounts contained in the report pursuant to divisions (B)(1) to (6) of this section, less the sum of the amounts contained in the report pursuant to divisions (B)(7) and (8) of this section. (C) The report shall show separately the property used and useful to such public utility or railroad in the furnishing of the service to the public, the property held by such public utility or railroad for other purposes, and the property projected to be used and useful to or held by a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company as of the date certain, and such other items as the commission considers proper. The commission may require an additional report showing the extent to which the property is used and useful, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected to be used and useful as of the date certain. Such reports shall be filed in the office of the commission for the information of the governor and the general assembly. (D) The requirements of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code do not apply to an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.13
§ 4951.13. Consent of authority controlling public highway
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the public highway along which a street railway is to be constructed is owned by a person or company, or is within the control or management of the board of public works or other public officer, such owner or officer may agree with the person or company constructing the railway as to the conditions upon which the highway may be occupied.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.05
§ 4981.05. Application for loans or other assistance
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) Any local or regional transportation authority may apply for a rail service continuation subsidy, acquisition or modernization loan, or any other assistance provided by the Regional Rail Reorganization Act for the purpose of providing any rail service that is consistent with rail service provided under this chapter. Any local or regional transportation authority may exercise, or may be created to exercise, such authority, administrative jurisdiction, and fiscal control as is necessary to obtain such assistance and provide such rail service. (B) For the purposes of this section, "transit system" as used in section 306.04 of the Revised Code, and "transit facility" as used in sections 306.30 and 306.81 of the Revised Code, include rail service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.46
§ 4951.46. Abutting owner may construct and maintain fence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If any company or person neglects or refuses to construct and maintain a fence as provided in section 4951.45 of the Revised Code, the owner of any land abutting on the line of the right of way of such person or company may construct the fence, so far as his lands abut on the right of way. When such owner has completed the fence, he may present for payment, to the ticket agent of the company at the station nearest the track so fenced, an itemized statement of the expenses of such construction. If such person or company neglects or refuses for thirty days to pay such account, such landowner may recover the reasonable cost of such fence from the owner of the railroad or railway in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.45
§ 4955.45. Railroad quiet zones - report to commission - crossing inspections - additional safety measures
Status: in_force

November 18, 2004 House Bill 247 - 125th General Assembly (A) Each municipal corporation or township that has established a railroad quiet zone pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code shall submit a report to the commission every three years after the date of first operation of the zone. The report shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission shall prescribe by rule, including, but not limited to, information on the number of traffic citations issued at the crossing, roadway traffic counts at the crossing, and changes to the crossing and roadway due to construction or improvements. (B) Once every three years after the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall inspect each public grade crossing in the zone and issue a report documenting the compliance of the zone with the commission order issued under that section. The commission also may inspect such a crossing at any other time. (C) The commission at any time and by order, after notice and opportunity for the filing of comments, may require at a public grade crossing in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code the implementation and use of such safety measures as it considers necessary and appropriate to ensure that safety measures are appropriate and adequate for the crossing or to ensure compliance with an order issued under division (C) of that section or with the guidelines for the use and operation of those measures as set forth in Appendix (A) of 65 F.R. 2230 to 2270, including to the extent such guidelines are applicable upon any adoption of regulations pursuant to the "Swift Rail Development Act," Pub. L. No. 103-440, 108 Stat. 4615, 49 U.S.C. 20153.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.16
§ 4999.16. Examination of employee for color blindness
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company shall contract to employ a person in a position which requires such person to distinguish form or color signals, unless within two years preceding such date he has been examined for color blindness, in the distinct colors in actual use by such company by a competent person employed and paid by such company, and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blindness in the colors used by the company. No such company shall fail to require such person to be re-examined at least once each two years at the expense of such company. This section does not prevent a railroad company from continuing in its employment an employee having defective sight when such defective sight can be fully remedied by the use of glasses or by other means satisfactory to the person making such examination. Whoever violates this section shall be fined one hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.141
§ 4928.141. Distribution utility to provide standard service offer
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) An electric distribution utility shall provide consumers, on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis within its certified territory, a standard service offer of all competitive retail electric services necessary to maintain essential electric service to consumers, including a firm supply of electric generation service. To that end, the electric distribution utility shall apply to the public utilities commission to establish the standard service offer in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a standard service offer authorized in accordance with section 4928.142 of the Revised Code, shall serve as the utility's standard service offer for the purpose of compliance with this section, and that standard service offer shall serve as the utility's default standard service offer for the purpose of section 4928.14 of the Revised Code. (2) An electric distribution utility's electric security plan that was approved under section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the amendments to this section by this act shall continue for the purpose of the utility's compliance with division (A)(1) of this section until a standard service offer is authorized to be effective under section 4928.142 of the Revised Code. Each security plan approved before the effective date of the amendments to this section by this act shall extend through the final standard service offer auction delivery period approved by the public utilities commission under the plan as of the effective date of the amendments to this section by this act and thereafter shall terminate. (3) A standard service offer under section 4928.142 of the Revised Code shall exclude any previously authorized allowances for transition costs, with such exclusion being effective on and after the date that the allowance is scheduled to end under the utility's electric security plan. (B) The commission shall set the time for hearing of a filing under section 4928.142 of the Revised Code, send written notice of the hearing to the electric distribution utility, and publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in the utility's certified territory. The commission shall adopt rules regarding filings under the section. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.14
§ 4927.14. Adoption of rules for rates for persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and direct-dial services for persons with communication disabilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.32
§ 4907.32. Prohibition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company shall violate sections 4907.30 , 4907.31 , and 4907.34 of the Revised Code. No person, other than the persons excepted in such sections, shall use a free ticket, free pass, or free transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.29
§ 4957.29. Highway crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every municipal corporation or other authority building a highway across an existing railroad shall construct it above or below the grade of such railroad, unless allowed to build at grade as provided by sections 4957.30 to 4957.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The cost of such work shall be paid, unless otherwise agreed upon, eighty-five per cent by such municipal corporation or other authority, and fifteen per cent by the company owning the railroad. "Railroad" includes interurban railroads, and "railroad company" includes interurban railroad companies engaged in the operation of cars by electricity or other motive power which said companies may adopt or use. The method or procedure for the construction of such highway and the manner of construction of it shall be governed by the laws regulating the abolition of grade crossings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.25
§ 4955.25. Legislative authority may regulate use of bridge
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a city may prohibit the switching of freight engines, trains, or cars, over or on a crossing or bridge referred to by section 4955.23 of the Revised Code, the sounding of locomotive steam whistles on or near such bridge, and the standing or stopping of a railroad engine over or on such crossing or bridge, and by ordinance, may constitute a violation of such prohibition an offense and provide for the punishment of any person guilty of such violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.10
§ 4971.10. Court to retain amount of lien
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On the return of the officer or other person making a sale referred to in section 4971.09 of the Revised Code, before confirming such sale and ordering distribution of the funds arising from it, the court shall retain in its custody or under its control a sufficiency of such proceeds, applicable to distribution to the claimants under the liens of the mortgage or deed of trust, to satisfy any judgment which may be recovered in the action provided for in section 4971.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.03
§ 4951.03. Grantee not to be released from obligation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After a grant to construct or extend a street railway, or the renewal of any such grant, has been made by general or special ordinance or by the order of the board of county commissioners, neither the municipal corporation nor the board shall release a grantee from any obligations or liabilities imposed by the grant or renewal during the term for which such grant or renewal was made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2317 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2317
§ 4928.2317. Repealed laws have no effect on actions taken
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly If any provision of sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code is held to be invalid or is superseded, replaced, repealed, or expires for any reason, that occurrence shall not affect any action allowed under those sections that is taken prior to that occurrence by the public utilities commission, an electric distribution utility, an assignee, a collection agent, a financing party, a bondholder, or a party to an ancillary agreement. Any such action shall remain in full force and effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.054 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.054
§ 4909.054. List of utility-valuation experts
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly For purposes of section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall maintain a list of utility-valuation experts from which a water-works or sewage disposal system company may choose. The commission shall be responsible for creating and maintaining reasonable criteria that must be met to be included in the list.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.99
§ 4906.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 7, 2004 House Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly Whoever willfully violates any provision of section 4906.98 of the Revised Code may be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each day of violation, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.041
§ 4923.041. Definitions for section 4923.04
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in section 4923.04 of the Revised Code: "Interchange" means the act of providing intermodal equipment to a motor carrier pursuant to an intermodal equipment interchange agreement for the purpose of transporting the equipment for loading or unloading by any person or repositioning the equipment for the benefit of the equipment provider, but it does not include the leasing of equipment to a motor carrier for primary use in the motor carrier's freight hauling operations. "Intermodal equipment" means trailing equipment that is used in the intermodal transportation of containers over public highways in interstate commerce, including trailers and chassis. (B) As used in this section: "Intermodal equipment interchange agreement" means the uniform intermodal interchange and facilities access agreement or any other written document executed by an intermodal equipment provider or its agent and a motor carrier or its agent, the primary purpose of which is to establish the responsibilities and liabilities of both parties with respect to the interchange of the intermodal equipment. "Intermodal equipment provider" means any person that interchanges intermodal equipment with a motor carrier pursuant to a written interchange agreement or has a contractual responsibility for the maintenance of the intermodal equipment. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any other organized group of individuals.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.13
§ 4999.13. Couplers and brakes on railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee of a railroad company, shall refuse or neglect, upon receiving notice from the inspector appointed by the public utilities commission, of a defective coupler or brake, to have it repaired forthwith or, on receiving notice from such inspector condemning a car, tender, or engine, shall fail to put it out of service at the first freight division terminal. No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee shall violate any other law relating to automatic couplers and air brakes. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. Such person is also personally liable for any injuries resulting to any employee from such violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.082 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.082
§ 4903.082. Right of discovery
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly All parties and intervenors shall be granted ample rights of discovery. The present rules of the public utilities commission should be reviewed regularly by the commission to aid full and reasonable discovery by all parties. Without limiting the commission's discretion the Rules of Civil Procedure should be used wherever practicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.04
§ 4933.04. Contracts with municipal corporation for light, sewage disposal, and water
Status: in_force

September 19, 1961 Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly The proper officers of any municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township in which a gas, sewage disposal system company, or water company is organized may contract with such company for lighting, disposal of sewage, or supplying with water the streets, lands, lanes, squares, and public places in such municipal corporation or township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.05
§ 4903.05. Witness fees and mileage
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly Each witness who appears before the public utilities commission by its order shall receive the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, which shall be audited and paid by the state as other expenses are audited and paid, upon the presentation of proper vouchers sworn to by such witnesses and approved by the chairperson of the commission. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of parties other than the commission is entitled to compensation from the state for attendance or travel, unless the commission certifies that the witness's testimony was material to the matter investigated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.68
§ 4928.68. Rules establishing greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly To the extent permitted by federal law, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules establishing greenhouse gas emission reporting requirements, including participation in the climate registry, and carbon dioxide control planning requirements for each electric generating facility that is located in this state, is owned or operated by a public utility that is subject to the commission's jurisdiction, and emits greenhouse gases, including facilities in operation on the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.122
§ 4933.122. Procedure for terminating residential service
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly No natural gas, gas, or electric light company shall terminate service, except for safety reasons or upon the request of the customer, at any time to a residential consumer, except pursuant to procedures that provide for all of the following: (A) Reasonable prior notice is given to such consumer, including notice of rights and remedies, and no due date shall be established, after which a customer's account is considered to be in arrears if unpaid, that is less than fourteen days after the mailing of the billing. This limitation does not apply to charges to customers that receive service pursuant to an arrangement authorized by section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, nor to electric light companies operated not for profit or public utilities that are owned or operated by a municipal corporation. (B) A reasonable opportunity is given to dispute the reasons for such termination; (C) In circumstances in which termination of service to a consumer would be especially dangerous to health, as determined by the public utilities commission, or make the operation of necessary medical or life-supporting equipment impossible or impractical, and such consumer establishes that the consumer is unable to pay for such service in accordance with the requirements of the utility's billing except under an extended payment plan. Such procedures shall take into account the need to include reasonable provisions for consumers who are elderly and who have disabilities. The commission shall hold hearings and adopt rules to carry out this section. To the extent that any rules adopted for the purpose of division (C) of this section require a health care professional to validate the health of a consumer or the necessity of operation of a consumer's medical or life-supporting equipment, the rules shall include as a health care professional a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.02
§ 4923.02. Exemption from provisions of chapter
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, "private motor carrier" does not include a person when engaged in any of the following in intrastate commerce: (1) The transportation of persons in taxicabs in the usual taxicab service; (2) The transportation of pupils in school busses operating to or from school sessions or school events; (3) The transportation of farm supplies to the farm or farm products from farm to market or to food fabricating plants; (4) The distribution of newspapers; (5) The transportation of crude petroleum incidental to gathering from wells and delivery to destination by pipe line; (6) The transportation of injured, ill, or deceased persons by hearse or ambulance; (7) The transportation of compost (a combination of manure and sand or shredded bark mulch) or shredded bark mulch; (8) The transportation of persons in a ridesharing arrangement when any fee charged each person so transported is in such amount as to recover only the person's share of the costs of operating the motor vehicle for such purpose; (9) The operation of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work. (B) The public utilities commission may grant a motor carrier operating in intrastate commerce a temporary exemption from some or all of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, when either of the following applies: (1) The governor of this state has declared an emergency. (2) The chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's designee has declared a transportation-specific emergency. (C) The commission may adopt rules not incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation to provide exemptions to motor carriers operating in intrastate commerce not otherwise identified in divisions (A) and (B) of this section. (D) Divisions (A) to (C) of this section shall not be construed to relieve a person from compliance with the following: (1) Rules adopted under division (A)(2) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code, division (E) of section 4923.06 of the Revised Code, division (B) of section 4923.07 of the Revised Code, and section 4923.11 of the Revised Code; (2) Rules regarding commercial driver's licenses adopted under division (A)(1) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.01
§ 4969.01. Sale of roadbed and right of way
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company, owning in whole or in part a roadbed and right of way for a railroad within this state, including those acquired by purchase at judicial sale, which, from lack of means or other cause, is unable to complete the construction of the proposed railroad theron, may sell, assign, and transfer it, or a part thereof, to any other company incorporated under the laws of this state, with authority to construct and operate a railroad over the same route, or any part thereof. The transfer shall include all work done upon such railroad, with all material furnished therefor, not exempted by the terms of the grant, and all rights, privileges, and easements, as fully as they are or may be possessed by the company making the transfer, and to the same extent, vest the title of and the right to enjoy them in such grantee. Such transfer shall be by deed, executed by the president of the company which is the grantor, in the manner provided for the conveyance of real estate, and for such consideration as the parties agree upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.26
§ 4951.26. Fare charged within city
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The fare charged by an interurban railroad company which has contracted for the use of tracks as provided by section 4951.23 of the Revised Code for transporting passengers within the municipal corporation shall not be greater than that fixed in the franchise held or owned by the street railway company. When there is a public park or cemetery on the line of such railway, within one mile of, and owned by, such municipal corporation, such company for such fare must so transport passengers to and from such park or cemetery the same as if either was within the limits of such corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.166 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.166
§ 4929.166. Property installed or constructed by natural gas company to enable natural gas service to economic development project
Status: in_force

June 30, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly Any property installed or constructed by a natural gas company to enable the provision of natural gas service to an economic development project approved under section 4929.163 of the Revised Code shall be considered used and useful in rendering public utility service for purposes of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.43
§ 4963.43. Filing plans and specifications
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company, public or private corporation, or person proposing to build any structure or place any material as set forth in section 4963.42 of the Revised Code, with a lesser clearance from the center of the track than is prescribed in such section, before proceeding therewith, shall file with the public utilities commission plans and specifications for such structure or material and have its permit for the erection of such structures or placement. Upon protest of any interested party against the issuance of such permit, or if the commission refuses to issue such permit, the commission shall set the case down for hearing and such hearing shall proceed as other hearings before it. Observance of this section and section 4963.42 of the Revised Code may be enforced by an injunction on complaint of any interested person, corporation, or board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.26
§ 4961.26. Petition - contents
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The petition to be filed in appropriation proceedings under section 4961.25 of the Revised Code, shall set forth the regulations according to which the joint use of the bridge and approaches, or other structure, are to be regulated. If their reasonableness in any part is denied by the defendant in the proceedings, the court shall hear and determine the issue and record its findings and order thereon, confirming or altering the regulations, as it deems just and reasonable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.32
§ 4957.32. Appeals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Appeals may be taken from the decision of the court of common pleas to the court of appeals in proceedings under section 4957.31 of the Revised Code, as in civil actions. The decision of that court shall be final and conclusive. In both the court of common pleas and court of appeals, proceedings brought under this section and section 4957.31 of the Revised Code shall be advanced over other civil causes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.42
§ 4933.42. State policy of R.C. 4933.41
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 201 - 134th General Assembly Section 4933.41 of the Revised Code promotes the public policy of the state to do the following: (A) Increase utilization of the state's indigenous energy resources as provided in section 1551.18 of the Revised Code. (B) Promote the availability of natural gas services and goods as provided in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code. (C) Encourage the utilization of propane. Last updated July 9, 2021 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.23
§ 4913.23. Notice
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall, by letter, promptly notify the person that requested the inquiry and the person responsible for the compliance failure of any fine or penalty imposed under section 4913.171 , 4913.19 , or 4913.21 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2) of section 4913.16 of the Revised Code, or of a no-enforcement determination under section 4913.15 or 4913.19 of the Revised Code or division (A)(1) or (C)(1) of section 4913.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall include all of the following, as applicable: (A) The date of the compliance failure; (B) The citation to the statute that was not complied with; (C) A brief description of the compliance failure; (D) The fine or penalty to be imposed, if any; (E) Instructions on how to remit payment of a fine or to comply with a penalty; (F) Instructions on how the person may file for reconsideration under section 4913.25 of the Revised Code and how to make a timely filing; (G) A statement that failure to file for reconsideration under section 4913.25 of the Revised Code will make any findings final and enforceable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.08
§ 4925.08. Cash payments
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 237 - 131st General Assembly (A) A transportation network company driver may accept cash payments for transportation network company services if authorized to do so by the transportation network company that controls the digital network through which the driver provides the services. If a transportation network company driver accepts a cash payment for a transportation network company service, the driver shall notify the transportation network company through the digital network that a cash payment has been made and of the amount of the cash payment. In addition, the rider shall confirm the amount of the cash payment through the digital network. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a transportation network company to authorize the acceptance of cash payments. (B) No transportation network company driver shall solicit or accept any passenger other than through the digital network of the transportation network company at any time during which the transportation network company driver is logged onto the digital network.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.99
§ 4903.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly Whoever violates section 4903.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.105 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.105
§ 4928.105. Expedited return of mercantile customer to standard service offer
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) Upon receiving a certified request from a competitive retail electric service supplier under a service agreement that explicitly authorizes an expedited return to an electric distribution utility's standard service offer, voluntarily entered into by a mercantile customer, a utility shall complete the request within three business days. (B) The electric distribution utility shall not be held liable for any disputes arising from the expedited return to the utility's standard service offer, provided the utility acts in accordance with the public utilities commission's rules. (C) The commission shall establish rules governing the process for an expedited return to the utility's standard service offer pursuant to this section, including the content of the certified request and any notice to the affected customer, and permitting electric distribution utilities to recover the administrative costs of processing requests under this section through reasonable fees assessed to competitive retail electric service suppliers. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.31
§ 4957.31. Contents of petition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The petition referred to in section 4957.30 of the Revised Code shall set forth the reasons that are supposed to make such change or alteration necessary or desirable. The court of common pleas thereupon shall have the jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter of the petition, and may proceed to examine the matter, either by evidence, by reference to a master commissioner, or otherwise. If satisfied that such construction is reasonable required to accommodate the public, or to avoid excessive expense, in view of the small amount of traffic on the highway or railroad, and considering the future uses to which the highway may be adapted, or in view of the difficulties of other methods of construction, or for other good and sufficient reasons, the court shall make an order permitting such crossing at a grade or diversion to be established. In such order, the court may prescribe that gates, signals, watchmen, or other safeguards shall be maintained by the railroad company, in addition to the signals and safeguards prescribed by law, and all such orders shall be binding upon the parties and be observed by them. All costs and expenses of the proceedings shall be ascertained and allowed by the court of common pleas and be paid by such party as it decides, or apportioned by the court between the parties, and may be collected by execution out of such court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.03
§ 4973.03. Unlawful for company to compel employee to join any company or association
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company shall, directly or indirectly, compel or require an employee to join any company or association, withhold any part of an employee's wages or salary for the payment of dues or assessments in any society or organization, or demand or require either as a condition precedent to securing employment or being employed. Such railroad company shall not discharge an employee because he refuses or neglects to become a member of any society or organization. If an employee is discharged, at any time within ten days after receiving a notice of such discharge he may demand the reason of such discharge, and the railroad company thereupon must give the reason to him in writing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.01
§ 4927.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Basic local exchange service" means residential-end-user access to and usage of telephone-company-provided services over a single line or small-business-end-user access to and usage of telephone-company-provided services over the primary access line of service, which in the case of residential and small-business access and usage is not part of a bundle or package of services, that does both of the following: (a) Enables a customer to originate or receive voice communications within a local service area as that area exists on September 13, 2010, or as that area is changed with the approval of the public utilities commission; (b) Consists of all of the following services: (i) Local dial tone service; (ii) For residential end users, flat-rate telephone exchange service; (iii) Touch tone dialing service; (iv) Access to and usage of 9-1-1 services, where such services are available; (v) Access to operator services and directory assistance; (vi) Provision of a telephone directory in any reasonable format, which includes, at the telephone company's option, an internet-accessible database of directory listings, for no additional charge and a listing in that directory, with reasonable accommodations made for private listings, and for a telephone company that no longer offers a printed directory, provision of reasonable customer notice of the available options to obtain directory information; (vii) Per call, caller identification blocking services; (viii) Access to telecommunications relay service; and (ix) Access to toll presubscription, interexchange or toll providers or both, and networks of other telephone companies. "Basic local exchange service" excludes any voice service to which customers are transitioned following a withdrawal of basic local exchange service under section 4927.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Bundle or package of services" means one or more telecommunications services or other services offered together as one service option at a single price. (3) "Carrier access" means access to and usage of telephone company-provided facilities that enable end user customers originating or receiving voice grade, data, or image communications, over a local exchange telephone company network operated within a local service area, to access interexchange or other networks and includes special access. (4) "Federal poverty level" means the income level represented by the poverty guidelines as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined. (5) "Incumbent local exchange carrier" means, with respect to an area, the local exchange carrier that: (a) On February 8, 1996, provided telephone exchange service in such area; and (b)(i) On February 8, 1996, was deemed to be a member of the exchange carrier association pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 69.601(b); or (ii) Is a person or entity that, on or after February 8, 1996, became a successor or assign of a member described in division (A)(5)(b)(i) of this section. (6) "Internet protocol-enabled services" means any services, capabilities, functionalities, or applications that are provided using internet protocol or a successor protocol to enable an end user to send or receive communications in internet protocol format or a successor format, regardless of how any particular such service is classified by the federal communications commission, and includes voice over internet protocol service. (7) "Interstate-access component" means the portion of carrier access that is within the jurisdiction of the federal communications commission. (8) "Local exchange carrier" means any person engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service, or the offering of access to telephone exchange service or facilities for the purpose of originating or terminating telephone toll service. (9) "Local service area" means the geographic area that may encompass more than one exchange area and within which a telephone customer, by paying the rate for basic local exchange service, may complete calls to other telephone customers without being assessed long distance toll charges. (10) "Small business" means a nonresidential service customer with three or fewer service access lines. (11) "Telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. (12) "Telecommunications carrier" has the same meaning as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 60, 47 U.S.C. 153. (13) "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used. (14) "Telephone company" means a company described in division (A) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (15) "Telephone exchange service" means telecommunications service that is within a telephone exchange, or within a connected system of telephone exchanges within the same exchange area operated to furnish to subscribers intercommunicating service of the character ordinarily furnished by a single exchange, and that is covered by the exchange service charge; or comparable service provided through a system of switches, transmission equipment, or other facilities, or combination thereof, by which a customer can originate and terminate a telecommunications service. (16) "Telephone toll service" means telephone service between stations in different exchange areas for which there is made a separate charge not included in contracts with customers for exchange service. (17) "Voice over internet protocol service" means a service that enables real-time, two-way, voice communications that originate or terminate from the user's location using internet protocol or a successor protocol, including, but not limited to, any such service that permits an end user to receive calls from and terminate calls to the public switched network. (18) "Voice service" includes all of the applicable functionalities described in 47 C.F.R. 54.101(a). "Voice service" is not the same as basic local exchange service. (19) "Wireless service" means federally licensed commercial mobile service as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 61, 151, 153, 47 U.S.C. 332(d) and further defined as commercial mobile radio service in 47 C.F.R. 20.3. Under division (A)(19) of this section, commercial mobile radio service is specifically limited to mobile telephone, mobile cellular telephone, paging, personal communications services, and specialized mobile radio service provided by a common carrier in this state and excludes fixed wireless service. (20) "Wireless service provider" means a facilities-based provider of wireless service to one or more end users in this state. (21) "Broadband internet access service" has the same meaning as in 47 C.F.R. 8.1. (B) The definitions of this section shall be applied consistent with the definitions in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq., as amended, and with federal decisions interpreting those definitions. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.29
§ 4905.29. Examinations and tests
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may provide instruments for, and carry on, the examination and testing of all appliances used for the measurement of any product or service of a public utility or for the examination and testing of any devices or appliances of such public utility used for testing for accuracy any appliance used for the measurement of any product or service of such public utility. Any consumer or user may have any such appliance tested upon payment of the fees fixed by the commission. The commission may establish reasonable fees to be paid for testing such appliances on the request of the consumers or users. The fees shall be paid by the consumer or user at the time the request is made, but shall be paid by the public utility and repaid to the consumer or user if the appliance is found commercially defective or incorrect, to the disadvantage of the consumer or user.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.16
§ 4913.16. Failure to achieve majority or act
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) If the underground technical committee votes during the ninety-day time period as required under division (B) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code but fails to achieve the required majority as described in division (C) of that section, no enforcement action shall be taken. (2) If the committee, during the ninety-day time period, fails to vote on any action as required under division (B) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code, the staff of the public utilities commission shall make a recommendation as to a fine or penalty or no enforcement. The staff shall cause the initial report made available under section 4913.13 of the Revised Code to be amended to add the recommendation, and shall submit the amended report to the committee. (B) Not later than thirty days after the committee receives an amended report under division (A)(2) of this section, the committee shall do any of the following, subject to division (C) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code: (1) Make a written recommendation to the commission as to the imposition of a fine, penalty, or a combination of fines and penalties in accordance with section 4913.151 of the Revised Code; (2) Determine that no enforcement action should be taken and notify the commission in writing of the determination; (3) Request a hearing under section 4913.19 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If the committee votes during the thirty-day time period as required under division (B) of this section but fails to achieve the required majority as described in division (C) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code, no enforcement action shall be taken. (2) If the committee fails to vote on any action as required under division (B) of this section, the commission shall impose a fine or penalty consistent with section 4913.151 of the Revised Code or take no enforcement action. The commission shall inform the committee of its decision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.476 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.476
§ 4907.476. Use of federal funds
Status: in_force

October 29, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly In its administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.475 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall, to the extent that it uses federal funds in connection with the erection, installation, or maintenance of any grade crossing protective devices or additional grade crossing protective devices, adhere to all pertinent federal laws and regulations. Where such laws or regulations require that the department of transportation make final decisions for the state in matters regarding grade crossing protective device projects or additional grade crossing protective device projects, or enter into contracts and agreements for such projects on behalf of the state, or take other actions regarding such projects on behalf of the state that are necessary to comply with such laws and regulations, the commission shall work with and through the department, and may make agreements with the department, in its administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.475 of the Revised Code. As a means of simplifying its administration of such sections, the commission may elect to use only state funds for the design or administrative costs associated with any such project. As a means of enforcing its orders under such sections, the commission may, as allowed by federal law and regulation, elect to use no federal funds in connection with the erection, installation, or maintenance of particular grade crossing protective device or additional grade crossing protective device projects.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.10
§ 4929.10. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Initial rules shall be adopted within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2316 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2316
§ 4928.2316. Governing law
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A) The law governing the validity, enforceability, attachment, perfection, priority, and exercise of remedies with respect to the transfer of phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order, or creation of a security interest in any such property, phase-in-recovery charges, or final financing order shall be the laws of this state as set forth in sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code. (B) This section shall control in the event of a conflict between sections 4928.23 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code and any other law regarding the attachment, assignment, or perfection, the effect of perfection, or priority of any security interest in or transfer of phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.10
§ 4957.10. Powers as to grades above or below railroad tracks
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may raise or lower, or cause to be raised or lowered, the grade of any street or way owned by it, either within or without its municipal limits, above or below railroad tracks, and may require any railroad company operating a railroad across such streets or ways to raise or lower the grade of its tracks and may construct ways or crossings above the tracks of any railroad, or require the railroad company to construct ways or crossings that are to be passed under its tracks. "Railroad" includes interurban railroads and "railroad company" includes interurban railroad companies engaged in the operation of cars by electricity or other motive power. Any municipal corporation may require such railroad company to erect permanent piers, abutments, or any other appropriate supports in the ways, crossings, streets, roads, or alleys, whenever in the opinion of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the raising or lowering of the grade of any such railroad tracks, or the raising or lowering of the construction of such ways, crossings, or other supports may be necessary, upon the conditions set forth in sections 4957.10 to 4957.26 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.18
§ 4967.18. Taxation of property of railroad located in this state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly That part of the railroad of a consolidated or surviving railroad company located in this state, and all its real and personal property in this state, shall be listed for taxation and taxed in the same manner as the railroad and property of other railroad companies in this state. To ascertain the proportion of the rolling machinery subject to taxation here, the officer listing it shall ascertain the value of all the rolling machinery of the company, and return a sum bearing such proportion to the value of the whole, as the length of such railroad in this state bears to the length of the whole railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.33
§ 4933.33. Annual statement
Status: in_force

December 21, 2000 Senate Bill 287 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Annually, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 5727.80 of the Revised Code, shall state on each customer bill, or shall distribute to each of its customers, the following statement: "Under state law, the amount you are being billed includes: (1) Kilowatt-hour taxes that have been in effect since 2001 and are currently at $_________ (The current dollar figure of the kilowatt-hour taxes levied by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code shall be placed in the blank); and (2) Assessments to assist in the support of the operations of the PUCO and the office of the consumers' counsel that have been in effect since 1912 and 1977, respectively." (B) Annually, each natural gas distribution company, as defined in section 5727.80 of the Revised Code, shall state on each customer bill, or shall distribute to each of its customers, the following statement: "Under state law, the amount you are being billed includes: (1) Natural gas distribution taxes that have been in effect since 2001 and are currently at $ _________ (The current dollar figure of the natural gas distribution excise taxes levied by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall be placed in the blank); and (2) Assessments to assist in the support of the operations of the PUCO and the office of the consumers' counsel that have been in effect since 1912 and 1977, respectively." (C) The notice required under division (A) or (B) of this section does not apply to an electric distribution company or a natural gas distribution company that is not subject to assessments to support the operations of the PUCO or the office of the consumers' counsel. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that an electric distribution company or a natural gas distribution company subject to this section may not cause such appearance or distribute such statement on a more frequent basis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.037
§ 4939.037. [Former R.C. 4939.038, amended and renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Applicability of regulations
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly Nothing in this chapter precludes a municipal corporation from applying its generally applicable health, safety, and welfare regulations when granting consent for a small cell facility or wireless support structure. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.55
§ 4955.55. Wayside detector system placement waiver
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) If the natural terrain or any other reason does not allow for the placement of the next adjacent wayside detector system location to be within the spacing requirements described in section 4955.51 of the Revised Code, the next adjacent system location shall be not more than five miles from the maximum spacing allowed in that section. (B) For class II carriers and class III carriers, prior to the installation of a wayside detector system outside the applicable spacing requirements in divisions (B) and (C) of section 4955.51 of the Revised Code, the carrier shall submit to the public utilities commission a written explanation for the deviation. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.16
§ 4953.16. Maximum charge
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All charges made by union electric interurban terminal and depot companies for the use of their tracks and terminal depot facilities shall be on the same basis against each company using them and no preference in charges shall be given one company over another. Such union electric interurban terminal and depot company shall not charge any interurban railroad or street or other electric railway company, for the use of the passenger terminal station, more than one cent for each passenger hauled by such companies within the limits of the municipal corporation. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.34
§ 4928.34. Determinations for approval or prescribing of plan
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall not approve or prescribe a transition plan under division (A) or (B) of section 4928.33 of the Revised Code unless the commission first makes all of the following determinations: (1) The unbundled components for the electric transmission component of retail electric service, as specified in the utility's rate unbundling plan required by division (A)(1) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, equal the tariff rates determined by the federal energy regulatory commission that are in effect on the date of the approval of the transition plan under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, as each such rate is determined applicable to each particular customer class and rate schedule by the commission. The unbundled transmission component shall include a sliding scale of charges under division (B) of section 4905.31 of the Revised Code to ensure that refunds determined or approved by the federal energy regulatory commission are flowed through to retail electric customers. (2) The unbundled components for retail electric distribution service in the rate unbundling plan equal the difference between the costs attributable to the utility's transmission and distribution rates and charges under its schedule of rates and charges in effect on the effective date of this section, based upon the record in the most recent rate proceeding of the utility for which the utility's schedule was established, and the tariff rates for electric transmission service determined by the federal energy regulatory commission as described in division (A)(1) of this section. (3) All other unbundled components required by the commission in the rate unbundling plan equal the costs attributable to the particular service as reflected in the utility's schedule of rates and charges in effect on the effective date of this section. (4) The unbundled components for retail electric generation service in the rate unbundling plan equal the residual amount remaining after the determination of the transmission, distribution, and other unbundled components, and after any adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the amendment of section 5727.111 of the Revised Code by Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd general assembly. (5) All unbundled components in the rate unbundling plan have been adjusted to reflect any base rate reductions on file with the commission and as scheduled to be in effect by December 31, 2005, under rate settlements in effect on the effective date of this section. However, all earnings obligations, restrictions, or caps imposed on an electric utility in a commission order prior to the effective date of this section are void. (6) Subject to division (A)(5) of this section, the total of all unbundled components in the rate unbundling plan are capped and shall equal during the market development period, except as specifically provided in this chapter, the total of all rates and charges in effect under the applicable bundled schedule of the electric utility pursuant to section 4905.30 of the Revised Code in effect on the day before the effective date of this section, including the transition charge determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code, adjusted for any changes in the taxation of electric utilities and retail electric service under Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd General Assembly and the percentage of income payment plan rider authorized by section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of this division, the rate cap applicable to a customer receiving electric service pursuant to an arrangement approved by the commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code is, for the term of the arrangement, the total of all rates and charges in effect under the arrangement. For any rate schedule filed pursuant to section 4905.30 of the Revised Code or any arrangement subject to approval pursuant to section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, the initial tax-related adjustment to the rate cap required by this division shall be equal to the rate of taxation specified in section 5727.81 of the Revised Code and applicable to the schedule or arrangement. To the extent such total annual amount of the tax-related adjustment is greater than or less than the comparable amount of the total annual tax reduction experienced by the electric utility as a result of the provisions of Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd general assembly, such difference shall be addressed by the commission through accounting procedures, refunds, or an annual surcharge or credit to customers, or through other appropriate means, to avoid placing the financial responsibility for the difference upon the electric utility or its shareholders. Any adjustments in the rate of taxation specified in section 5727.81 of the Revised Code shall not occur without a corresponding adjustment to the rate cap for each such rate schedule or arrangement. The department of taxation shall advise the commission and self-assessors under section 5727.81 of the Revised Code prior to the effective date of any change in the rate of taxation specified under that section, and the commission shall modify the rate cap to reflect that adjustment so that the rate cap adjustment is effective as of the effective date of the change in the rate of taxation. This division shall be applied, to the extent possible, to eliminate any increase in the price of electricity for customers that otherwise may occur as a result of establishing the taxes contemplated in section 5727.81 of the Revised Code. (7) The rate unbundling plan complies with any rules adopted by the commission under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code. (8) The corporate separation plan required by division (A)(2) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code complies with section 4928.17 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the commission under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code. (9) Any plan or plans the commission requires to address operational support systems and any other technical implementation issues pertaining to competitive retail electric service comply with any rules adopted by the commission under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code. (10) The employee assistance plan required by division (A)(4) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code sufficiently provides severance, retraining, early retirement, retention, outplacement, and other assistance for the utility's employees whose employment is affected by electric industry restructuring under this chapter. (11) The consumer education plan required under division (A)(5) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code complies with former section 4928.42 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the commission under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code. (12) The transition revenues for which an electric utility is authorized a revenue opportunity under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code are the allowable transition costs of the utility as such costs are determined by the commission pursuant to section 4928.39 of the Revised Code, and the transition charges for the customer classes and rate schedules of the utility are the charges determined pursuant to section 4928.40 of the Revised Code. (13) Any independent transmission plan included in the transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code reasonably complies with section 4928.12 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the commission under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, unless the commission, for good cause shown, authorizes the utility to defer compliance until an order is issued under division (G) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code. (14) The utility is in compliance with sections 4928.01 to 4928.11 of the Revised Code and any rules or orders of the commission adopted or issued under those sections. (15) All unbundled components in the rate unbundling plan have been adjusted to reflect the elimination of the tax on gross receipts imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code. In addition, a transition plan approved by the commission under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code but not containing an approved independent transmission plan shall contain the express conditions that the utility will comply with an order issued under division (G) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code. (B) If the commission finds that any part of the transition plan would constitute an abandonment under sections 4905.20 and 4905.21 of the Revised Code, the commission shall not approve that part of the transition plan unless it makes the finding required for approval of an abandonment application under section 4905.21 of the Revised Code. Sections 4905.20 and 4905.21 of the Revised Code otherwise shall not apply to a transition plan under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.033
§ 4981.033. Indemnification - liability insurance coverage
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 4961.37 of the Revised Code, a railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service on a right-of-way owned by another shall indemnify and hold harmless the owner, user, or other rights holder for liability for any damages arising out of passenger operations conducted by or on behalf of the railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service and for all claims for damages for harm arising from any accident or incident occurring in connection with the operations conducted by or on behalf of the railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service. (B) Each railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service on a right-of-way owned by another shall maintain an aggregate limit of liability coverage of no less than two hundred million dollars. (C) The liability for damages for harm, including any punitive damages, of a railroad company or other entity over whose tracks passenger rail service operations are conducted by another shall not be in an amount greater than the limits of the liability coverage maintained by the railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service. (D) Division (A) of this section shall not apply if the railroad company or other entity over whose tracks the passenger rail service operations are conducted, committed an act or omission with reckless, wanton, willful, or gross negligence and the act or omission proximately caused the harm in question. (E) The operator of an excursion rail service and the owner of any railroad property over which the excursion rail service will be provided may negotiate to determine the amount of liability coverage necessary to satisfy the owner's private insurance requirements. If the operator and owner reach agreement on the amount of private insurance coverage so required, division (B) of this section shall not apply to the operation of the excursion rail service over that railroad property. This division does not require any owner of railroad property to enter into such negotiations, to agree to an amount of liability coverage that the owner determines to be insufficient indemnification, nor to permit any excursion rail service operator to have access to the railroad property. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Harm" means injury, death, or loss to person or property. (2) "Passenger rail service" includes intercity passenger, commuter, or high speed rail transportation service. (3) "Excursion rail service" means any rail passenger service that is undertaken primarily for education, entertainment, recreation, or scenic observation and that does not involve any of the following: (a) The carrying of freight other than the personal luggage of the passengers or crew, or supplies and equipment necessary to serve the needs of the passengers or crew; (b) The carrying of passengers who are commuting to work; (c) The carrying of passengers who are traveling to a final destination solely for business or commercial purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.151
§ 4913.151. Determination of fine or penalty recommendation
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly In determining a fine or penalty recommendation as required under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code: (A) If the compliance failure is the first for the person responsible, the underground technical committee may recommend a penalty of a training requirement, an education requirement, or another nonmonetary penalty, or may recommend a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, or may recommend a combination of this fine and these penalties. (B) If the compliance failure is a subsequent compliance failure for the person responsible, the committee may recommend a penalty of a training requirement, an education requirement, or another nonmonetary penalty, or may recommend a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or may recommend a combination of this fine and these penalties. (C) Any penalty recommended under this section shall be appropriately related to enforcement of the provisions enumerated in division (A) of section 4905.041 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.024
§ 4906.024. Ex parte communication exemption and requirements for ad hoc members
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) A voting ad hoc member of the power siting board under section 4906.02 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from any limitations on ex parte communications. (B) If such an ad hoc member communicates with a party, including any party who is an intervenor, to a board proceeding, the ad hoc member and the party shall disclose the following to the board: (1) The date of the conversation; (2) All participants in the conversation who are parties to the case. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.05
§ 4911.05. Oath of office - surety bond
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of his office, the consumers' counsel shall subscribe to an oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall give bond of five thousand dollars with a sufficient surety approved by the treasurer of state. After approval the bond shall be filed with the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.66
§ 4928.66. Implementing energy efficiency programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1)(a) Beginning in 2009, an electric distribution utility shall implement energy efficiency programs that achieve energy savings equivalent to at least three-tenths of one per cent of the total, annual average, and normalized kilowatt-hour sales of the electric distribution utility during the preceding three calendar years to customers in this state. An energy efficiency program may include a combined heat and power system placed into service or retrofitted on or after the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 315 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012, or a waste energy recovery system placed into service or retrofitted on or after September 10, 2012, except that a waste energy recovery system described in division (A)(38)(b) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code may be included only if it was placed into service between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2004. For a waste energy recovery or combined heat and power system, the savings shall be as estimated by the public utilities commission. The savings requirement, using such a three-year average, shall increase to an additional five-tenths of one per cent in 2010, seven-tenths of one per cent in 2011, eight-tenths of one per cent in 2012, nine-tenths of one per cent in 2013, and one per cent in 2014. In 2015 and 2016, an electric distribution utility shall achieve energy savings equal to the result of subtracting the cumulative energy savings achieved since 2009 from the product of multiplying the baseline for energy savings, described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section, by four and two-tenths of one per cent. If the result is zero or less for the year for which the calculation is being made, the utility shall not be required to achieve additional energy savings for that year, but may achieve additional energy savings for that year. The annual savings requirements shall be, for years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, an additional one per cent of the baseline. For purposes of a waste energy recovery or combined heat and power system, an electric distribution utility shall not apply more than the total annual percentage of the electric distribution utility's industrial-customer load, relative to the electric distribution utility's total load, to the annual energy savings requirement. (b) Beginning in 2009, an electric distribution utility shall implement peak demand reduction programs designed to achieve a one per cent reduction in peak demand in 2009 and an additional seventy-five hundredths of one per cent reduction each year through 2014. In 2015 and 2016, an electric distribution utility shall achieve a reduction in peak demand equal to the result of subtracting the cumulative peak demand reductions achieved since 2009 from the product of multiplying the baseline for peak demand reduction, described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section, by four and seventy-five hundredths of one per cent. If the result is zero or less for the year for which the calculation is being made, the utility shall not be required to achieve an additional reduction in peak demand for that year, but may achieve an additional reduction in peak demand for that year. In 2017 and each year thereafter through 2020, the utility shall achieve an additional seventy-five hundredths of one per cent reduction in peak demand. (2) For the purposes of divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section: (a) The baseline for energy savings under division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be the average of the total kilowatt hours the electric distribution utility sold in the preceding three calendar years. The baseline for a peak demand reduction under division (A)(1)(b) of this section shall be the average peak demand on the utility in the preceding three calendar years, except that the commission may reduce either baseline to adjust for new economic growth in the utility's certified territory. Neither baseline shall include the load and usage of any of the following customers: (i) Beginning January 1, 2017, a customer for which a reasonable arrangement has been approved under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code; (ii) A customer that has opted out of the utility's portfolio plan under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code; (iii) A customer that has opted out of the utility's portfolio plan under Section 8 of S.B. 310 of the 130th general assembly. (b) The commission may amend the benchmarks set forth in division (A)(1)(a) or (b) of this section if, after application by the electric distribution utility, the commission determines that the amendment is necessary because the utility cannot reasonably achieve the benchmarks due to regulatory, economic, or technological reasons beyond its reasonable control. (c) Compliance with divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section shall be measured by including the effects of all demand-response programs for mercantile customers of the subject electric distribution utility, all waste energy recovery systems and all combined heat and power systems, and all such mercantile customer-sited energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, and peak demand reduction programs, adjusted upward by the appropriate loss factors. Any mechanism designed to recover the cost of energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, and peak demand reduction programs under divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section may exempt mercantile customers that commit their demand-response or other customer-sited capabilities, whether existing or new, for integration into the electric distribution utility's demand-response, energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, or peak demand reduction programs, if the commission determines that that exemption reasonably encourages such customers to commit those capabilities to those programs. If a mercantile customer makes such existing or new demand-response, energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, or peak demand reduction capability available to an electric distribution utility pursuant to division (A)(2)(c) of this section, the electric utility's baseline under division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall be adjusted to exclude the effects of all such demand-response, energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, or peak demand reduction programs that may have existed during the period used to establish the baseline. The baseline also shall be normalized for changes in numbers of customers, sales, weather, peak demand, and other appropriate factors so that the compliance measurement is not unduly influenced by factors outside the control of the electric distribution utility. (d)(i) Programs implemented by a utility may include the following: (I) Demand-response programs; (II) Smart grid investment programs, provided that such programs are demonstrated to be cost-beneficial; (III) Customer-sited programs, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power systems; (IV) Transmission and distribution infrastructure improvements that reduce line losses; (V) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction that are achieved, in whole or in part, as a result of funding provided from the electric partnership plan fund established by section 4928.51 of the Revised Code to benefit low-income customers through programs that include, but are not limited to, energy audits, the installation of energy efficiency insulation, appliances, and windows, and other weatherization measures. (ii) No energy efficiency or peak demand reduction achieved under divisions (A)(2)(d)(i)(IV) and (V) of this section shall qualify for shared savings. (iii) Division (A)(2)(c) of this section shall be applied to include facilitating efforts by a mercantile customer or group of those customers to offer customer-sited demand-response, energy efficiency, including waste energy recovery and combined heat and power, or peak demand reduction capabilities to the electric distribution utility as part of a reasonable arrangement submitted to the commission pursuant to section 4905.31 of the Revised Code. (e) No programs or improvements described in division (A)(2)(d) of this section shall conflict with any statewide building code adopted by the board of building standards. (B) In accordance with rules it shall adopt, the public utilities commission shall produce and docket at the commission an annual report containing the results of its verification of the annual levels of energy efficiency and of peak demand reductions achieved by each electric distribution utility pursuant to division (A) of this section. A copy of the report shall be provided to the consumers' counsel. (C) If the commission determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing and based upon its report under division (B) of this section, that an electric distribution utility has failed to comply with an energy efficiency or peak demand reduction requirement of division (A) of this section, the commission shall assess a forfeiture on the utility as provided under sections 4905.55 to 4905.60 and 4905.64 of the Revised Code, either in the amount, per day per undercompliance or noncompliance, relative to the period of the report, equal to that prescribed for noncompliances under section 4905.54 of the Revised Code, or in an amount equal to the then existing market value of one renewable energy credit per megawatt hour of undercompliance or noncompliance. Revenue from any forfeiture assessed under this division shall be deposited to the credit of the advanced energy fund created under section 4928.61 of the Revised Code. (D) The commission may establish rules regarding the content of an application by an electric distribution utility for commission approval of a revenue decoupling mechanism under this division. Such an application shall not be considered an application to increase rates and may be included as part of a proposal to establish, continue, or expand energy efficiency or conservation programs. The commission by order may approve an application under this division if it determines both that the revenue decoupling mechanism provides for the recovery of revenue that otherwise may be forgone by the utility as a result of or in connection with the implementation by the electric distribution utility of any energy efficiency or energy conservation programs and reasonably aligns the interests of the utility and of its customers in favor of those programs. (E) The commission additionally shall adopt rules that require an electric distribution utility to provide a customer upon request with two years' consumption data in an accessible form. (F)(1) As used in divisions (F)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, "portfolio plan" has the same meaning as in division (C)(1) of section 4928.6610 of the Revised Code. (2) If an electric distribution utility has a portfolio plan in effect as of October 22, 2019, and that plan expires before December 31, 2020, the commission shall extend the plan through that date. All portfolio plans shall terminate on that date. (3) If a portfolio plan is extended beyond its commission approved term by division (F)(2) of this section, the existing plan's budget shall be increased for the extended term to include an amount equal to the annual average of the approved budget for all years of the portfolio plan in effect as of October 22, 2019. (4) All other terms and conditions of a portfolio plan extended beyond its commission-approved term by division (F)(2) of this section shall remain the same unless changes are authorized by the commission. (G)(1) Not later than February 1, 2021, the commission shall determine the cumulative energy savings collectively achieved, since 2009, by all electric distribution utilities in this state as of December 31, 2020. In determining that cumulative total, the commission shall do both of the following: (a) Include energy savings that were estimated by the commission to be achieved as of December 31, 2020, and banked under division (G) of section 4928.662 of the Revised Code; (b) Use an energy savings baseline that is the average of the total kilowatt hours sold by all electric distribution utilities in this state in the calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020. The baseline shall exclude the load and usage described in division (A)(2)(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section. That baseline may also be reduced for new economic growth in the utility's certified territory as provided in division (A)(2)(a) of this section and adjusted and normalized as provided in division (A)(2)(c) of this section. (2)(a) If the cumulative energy savings collectively achieved as determined by the commission under division (G)(1) of this section is at least seventeen and one-half per cent of the baseline described in division (G)(1)(b) of this section, then full compliance with division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be deemed to have been achieved notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary. (b) If the cumulative energy savings collectively achieved as determined by the commission under division (G)(1) of this section is less than seventeen and one-half per cent of the baseline described in division (G)(1)(b) of this section, then both of the following shall apply: (i) The commission shall determine the manner in which further implementation of energy efficiency programs shall occur as may be reasonably necessary for collective achievement of cumulative energy savings equal to seventeen and one-half per cent, and not more, of the baseline described in division (G)(1)(b) of this section. (ii) Full compliance with division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be deemed to be achieved as of a date certain established by the commission notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary. (3) Upon the date that full compliance with division (A)(1)(a) of this section is deemed achieved under division (G)(2)(a) or (b) of this section, any electric distribution utility cost recovery mechanisms authorized by the commission for compliance with this section shall terminate except as may be necessary to reconcile the difference between revenue collected and the allowable cost of compliance associated with compliance efforts occurring prior to December 31, 2021, for programs re-established under section 4928.661 of the Revised Code, and prior to the date upon which full compliance with division (A)(1)(a) of this section is deemed achieved, for all other compliance efforts. No such cost recovery mechanism shall be authorized by the commission beyond the period of time required to complete this final reconciliation. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.02
§ 4961.02. Electricity as motive power
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon any railroad in this state, electricity may be used as a motive power in the propulsion of cars. Before a line of poles and wires may be constructed through or along the streets, alleys, or public grounds of a municipal corporation, plans of the construction must be submitted to and approved by its legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.17
§ 4933.17. Cash deposit - interest
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 House Bill 1251 - 111th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing gas, natural gas, water, or electricity to consumers shall demand or require a consumer to deposit cash as security for the payment of any bills for such commodity to be furnished: (A) If the proposed consumer is a freeholder who is financially responsible or a person who is able to give a reasonably safe guaranty in an amount sufficient to secure the payment of bills for sixty days' supply; (B) If the security is not demanded within thirty days of the initiation of service, except that this division does not apply where the account of a customer is in arrears. In case no such security can be furnished, a deposit not exceeding an amount sufficient to cover an estimate of the monthly average of the annual consumption by such consumer plus thirty per cent may be required, upon which deposit interest at the rate of not less than three per cent per annum shall be allowed and paid to the consumer, provided it remains on deposit for six consecutive months. Any person, firm, or corporation convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit all right to collect or receive any sum from such consumer for gas, natural gas, water, or electricity so furnished. The making of any rule or requirement in conflict with this section, is forbidden, and hereby declared to be unlawful.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.02
§ 4939.02. State policy
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) It is the public policy of this state to do all of the following: (1) Promote the public health, safety, and welfare regarding access to and the occupancy or use of public ways, to protect public and private property, and to promote economic development in this state; (2) Promote the availability of a wide range of utility, communication, and other services to residents of this state at reasonable costs, including the rapid implementation of new technologies and innovative services; (3) Promote the rapid deployment of small cell facility infrastructure and related capital investment in this state by ensuring that municipal corporations grant or deny consent to install, operate, modify, or replace wireless facilities in a timely manner; (4) Ensure that access to and occupancy or use of public ways advances the state policies specified in sections 4927.02 , 4928.02 , and 4929.02 of the Revised Code; (5) Recognize the authority of a municipal corporation to manage access to and the occupancy or use of public ways to the extent necessary with regard to matters of local concern, and to receive cost recovery for the occupancy or use of public ways in accordance with law; (6) Ensure in accordance with law the recovery by a public utility of public way fees and related costs; (7) Promote coordination and standardization of municipal management of the occupancy or use of public ways, to enable efficient placement and operation of structures, appurtenances, or facilities necessary for the delivery of public utility or cable services; (8) Encourage agreement among parties regarding public way fees and regarding terms and conditions pertaining to access to and the occupancy or use of public ways, and to facilitate the resolution of disputes regarding public way fees; (9) Protect the integrity of the residential and historic locations and ensure that access to and occupancy or use of public ways in such districts is technologically and aesthetically appropriate. (B) This policy establishes fair terms and conditions for the use of public ways and does not unduly burden persons occupying or using public ways or persons that benefit from the services provided by such occupants or users.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.12
§ 4906.12. Procedures of public utilities commission to be followed
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly Sections 4903.02 to 4903.16 and 4903.20 to 4903.23 of the Revised Code shall apply to any proceeding or order of the power siting board under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, in the same manner as if the board were the public utilities commission under such sections.