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Ohio Rev Code § 4928.144 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.144 | Phase-in of Electric Distribution Utility Rate or Price.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility rate or price established under sections 4928.141 to 4928.143 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure rate or price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall provide for the creation of regulatory assets pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, by authorizing the deferral of incurred costs equal to the amount not collected, plus carrying charges on that amount. Further, the order shall authorize the collection of those deferrals through a nonbypassable surcharge on any such rate or price so established for the electric distribution utility by the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.145 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.145 | Availability of Contract or Agreement Relevant to Proceeding.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|During a proceeding under sections 4928.141 to 4928.144 of the Revised Code and upon submission of an appropriate discovery request, an electric distribution utility shall make available to the requesting party every contract or agreement that is between the utility or any of its affiliates and a party to the proceeding, consumer, electric services company, or political subdivision and that is relevant to the proceeding, subject to such protection for proprietary or confidential information as is determined appropriate by the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.146 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.146 | Electric Service Within Territory of Another Utility.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|Nothing in sections 4928.141 to 4928.145 of the Revised Code precludes or prohibits an electric distribution utility providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.15 | Schedules for Provision of Noncompetitive Service.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no electric utility shall supply noncompetitive retail electric distribution service in this state on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service except pursuant to a schedule for that service that is consistent with the state policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code and filed with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall provide that electric distribution service under the schedule is available to all consumers within the utility's certified territory and to any supplier to those consumers on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis. Distribution service rates and charges under the schedule shall be established in accordance with Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code. The schedule shall include an obligation to build distribution facilities when necessary to provide adequate distribution service, provided that a customer requesting that service may be required to pay all or part of the reasonable incremental cost of the new facilities, in accordance with rules, policy, precedents, or orders of the commission.(B) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code and except as preempted by federal law, no electric utility shall supply the transmission service or ancillary service component of noncompetitive retail electric service in this state on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service except pursuant to a schedule for that service component that is consistent with the state policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code and filed with the commission under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall provide that transmission or ancillary service under the schedule is available to all consumers and to any supplier to those consumers on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis. Service rates and charges under the schedule shall be established in accordance with Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code.(C) A self-generator shall have access to backup electricity supply from its competitive electric generation service provider at a rate to be determined by contract.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.151 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.151 | Uniform Policy Regarding Electric Transmission Facilities.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|The public utilities commission shall adopt and enforce rules prescribing a uniform, statewide policy regarding electric transmission and distribution line extensions and requisite substations and related facilities that are requested by nonresidential customers of electric utilities, so that, on and after the effective date of the initial rules so adopted, all such utilities apply the same policies and charges to those customers. Initial rules shall be adopted not later than six months after the effective date of this section. The rules shall address the just and reasonable allocation to and utility recovery from the requesting customer or other customers of the utility of all costs of any such line extension and any requisite substation or related facility, including, but not limited to, the costs of necessary technical studies, operations and maintenance costs, and capital costs, including a return on capital costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.19 | Consumer Education.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|As part of their ongoing consumer education efforts, the public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall engage in cooperative agency efforts to educate consumers in this state regarding electric industry restructuring under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.21 | Do Not Aggregate List - Registration - Removal of Current Enrollee.

Effective: July 4, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 85 - 126th General Assembly|(A) A customer that desires to remove itself from the pool of customers eligible to participate in governmental aggregation under section 4928.20 of the Revised Code may register with the public utilities commission to appear on the "do not aggregate" list.(B) The commission, by rule, shall establish a "do not aggregate" list. The commission shall maintain the "do not aggregate" list and make it publicly available on the commission's web site.(C) If a customer is enrolled in a governmental aggregation program at the time the customer first appears on the "do not aggregate" list, the governmental aggregator shall remove the customer from the program at the next two-year opt out opportunity that is available to the customer under division (D) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.234 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.234 | Phase-in-Recovery Property.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The phase-in-recovery property created in a final financing order may be transferred, sold, conveyed, or assigned to any person or entity not affiliated with the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order or to any affiliate of the electric distribution utility created for the limited purpose of acquiring, owning, or administering that property, issuing phase-in-recovery bonds under the final financing order, or a combination of these purposes. (B) All or any portion of the phase-in-recovery property may be pledged to secure the payment of phase-in-recovery bonds, amounts payable to financing parties and bondholders, amounts payable under any ancillary agreement, and other financing costs.(C) The phase-in-recovery property shall constitute an existing, present property right, notwithstanding any requirement that the imposition, charging, and collection of phase-in-recovery charges depend on the electric distribution utility continuing to deliver retail electric distribution service or continuing to perform its servicing functions relating to the collection of phase-in-recovery charges or on the level of future energy consumption. That property shall exist regardless of whether the phase-in-recovery charges have been billed, have accrued, or have been collected, and notwithstanding any requirement that the value or amount of the property is dependent on the future provision of service to customers by the electric distribution utility.(D) All such phase-in-recovery property shall continue to exist until the phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order are paid in full and all financing costs relating to the bonds have been paid in full.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.235 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.235 | Duration of Final Financing Order.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A)(1) A final financing order shall remain in effect until the phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order and all financing costs related to the bonds have been paid in full. (2) A final financing order shall remain in effect and unabated notwithstanding the bankruptcy, reorganization, or insolvency of the electric distribution utility or any affiliate of the electric distribution utility or the commencement of any judicial or nonjudicial proceeding on the final financing order.(B) A final financing order is irrevocable and the public utilities commission may not reduce, impair, postpone, or terminate the phase-in-recovery charges authorized in the final financing order or impair the property or the collection or recovery of phase-in costs.(C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, under a final financing order, the electric distribution utility retains sole discretion regarding whether to assign, sell, or otherwise transfer phase-in-recovery property, or to cause phase-in-recovery bonds to be issued, including the right to defer or postpone such assignment, sale, transfer, or issuance.(2) Subsequent to a financing order being issued or becoming final and taking effect, but before phase-in-recovery bonds have been issued, if market conditions are such that customers will not realize cost savings from the issuance of the phase-in-recovery bonds, the electric distribution utility shall not proceed with the securitization under the issued or final financing order.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.236 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.236 | Subsequent Financing Orders.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|At the request of the electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order, the public utilities commission may commence a proceeding and issue a subsequent financing order that provides for retiring and refunding phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order if the commission finds that the subsequent financing order satisfies all of the requirements of section 4928.232 of the Revised Code. Effective on retirement of the refunded phase-in-recovery bonds and the issuance of new phase-in-recovery bonds, the commission shall adjust the related phase-in-recovery charges accordingly.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.237 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.237 | Public Utilities Commission - Prohibited Acts.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The public utilities commission, in exercising the commission's powers and carrying out the commission's duties regarding regulation and ratemaking, may not do any of the following: (1) Consider phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order to be the debt of the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order;(2) Consider the phase-in-recovery charges imposed, charged, or collected under the final financing order to be revenue of the electric distribution utility;(3) Consider the phase-in costs or financing costs authorized under the final financing order to be the costs of the electric distribution utility.(B) The commission may not order or otherwise require, directly or indirectly, any electric distribution utility to use phase-in-recovery bonds to finance the recovery of phase-in costs.(C) The commission may not refuse to allow the recovery of phase-in costs solely because the electric distribution utility has elected or may elect to finance those costs through a financing mechanism other than the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds.If the electric distribution utility elects not to finance those costs through the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds as authorized in the final financing order, those costs shall be recovered as authorized by the commission prior to the application for the financing order.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.238 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.238 | Request for Approval of Adjustments to Charges.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) An electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall file with the public utilities commission, at least annually, or more frequently as provided in the final financing order, a schedule applying the approved adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery charges authorized under the final financing order, based on estimates of consumption for each customer class and other mathematical factors. The electric distribution utility shall submit with the schedule a request for approval to make the adjustments to the phase-in-recovery charges in accordance with the schedule. (B) The commission's review of the request shall be limited to a determination of whether there is any mathematical error in the application of the adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery charges, including the calculation of any proportionate charges allocated to governmental aggregation customers as directed in the final financing order.(C) A request submitted under division (A) of this section shall be deemed approved, and the adjustments shall go into immediate effect, if not approved by the commission within sixty days after the request is submitted.(D) No adjustment approved or deemed approved under this section shall in any way affect the irrevocability of the final financing order as specified in section 4928.235 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.239 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.239 | Nonbypassable Charges; Collection.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "nonbypassable," with respect to phase-in-recovery charges, means that such charges cannot be avoided by any customer or other person obligated to pay the charges. (B)(1) As long as phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order are outstanding and the related phase-in costs and financing costs have not been recovered in full, the phase-in-recovery charges authorized under the final financing order shall be nonbypassable. Subject to the methodology approved in the final financing order pursuant to division (E)(4) of section 4928.232 of the Revised Code, phase-in-recovery charges shall apply to all customers of the electric distribution utility for as long as they remain customers of the electric distribution utility, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section. If a customer of the electric distribution utility purchases electric generation service from a competitive retail electric service provider, the electric distribution utility shall collect the phase-in-recovery charges directly from that customer.(2) If a customer of the electric distribution utility subsequently receives retail electric distribution service from another electric distribution utility operating in the same service area, including by succession, assignment, transfer, or merger, the phase-in-recovery charges shall continue to apply to that customer.(C) The phase-in-recovery charges shall be collected by the electric distribution utility or the electric distribution utility's successors or assignees, or a collection agent, in full through a charge that is separate and apart from the electric distribution utility's base rates.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2310 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2310 | Default; Sequestration and Payment of Revenues for Benefit of Bondholders, Assignees, and Financing Parties.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A)(1) If an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order defaults on any required payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, a court, upon application by an interested party and without limiting any other remedies available to the applicant, shall order the sequestration and payment of the revenues for the benefit of bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties. The court order shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceedings with respect to the electric distribution utility or any affiliate. (2) Notwithstanding division (A)(1) of this section, customers of an electric distribution utility shall be held harmless for the electric distribution utility's failure to remit any required payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, and such failure shall in no way affect the phase-in-recovery property or the rights to impose, collect, and adjust the phase-in-recovery charges under sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code.(B) Phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order and the interests of an assignee, bondholder, or financing party in that property under a financing agreement are not subject to setoff, counterclaim, surcharge, or defense by the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order or any other person, including as a result of the electric distribution utility's failure to provide past, present, or future services, or in connection with the bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding of the electric distribution utility, any affiliate, or any other entity.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2311 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2311 | Successors.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|Any successor to an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall be bound by the requirements of sections 4928.23 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code. The successor shall perform and satisfy all obligations of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility, including the obligation to collect and pay phase-in-recovery revenues to the person entitled to receive those revenues. The successor shall have the same rights of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2313 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2313 | Sale, Assignment, or Transfer of Phase-in-Recovery Property.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Any sale, assignment, or transfer of phase-in-recovery property under a final financing order shall be an absolute transfer and true sale of, and not a pledge of or secured transaction relating to, the seller's right, title, and interest in, to, and under the property, if the documents governing the transaction expressly state that the transaction is a sale or other absolute transfer. A transfer of an interest in that property may be created only when all of the following have occurred: (1) The financing order has become final and taken effect.(2) The documents evidencing the transfer of the property have been executed and delivered to the assignee.(3) Value has been received for the property.(B) The characterization of the sale, assignment, or transfer as an absolute transfer and true sale and the corresponding characterization of the property interest of the purchaser shall be effective and perfected against all third parties and shall not be affected or impaired by, among other things, the occurrence of any of the following:(1) Commingling of phase-in-recovery revenues with other amounts;(2) The retention by the seller of either of the following:(a) A partial or residual interest, including an equity interest, in the phase-in-recovery property, whether direct or indirect, or whether subordinate or otherwise;(b) The right to recover costs associated with taxes, franchise fees, or license fees imposed on the collection of phase-in-recovery revenues.(3) Any recourse that the purchaser or any assignee may have against the seller;(4) Any indemnification rights, obligations, or repurchase rights made or provided by the seller;(5) The obligation of the seller to collect phase-in-recovery revenues on behalf of an assignee;(6) The treatment of the sale, assignment, or transfer for tax, financial reporting, or other purposes;(7) Any application of the adjustment mechanism under the final financing order.