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Ohio Rev Code § 4933.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.11 | Meter-Prover and Photometer.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All gas companies supplying the public with artificial or natural gas shall provide for their use a meter-prover, the holder of which must contain not less than five feet. Such meter-prover shall be tested in the place where it is to be used, stamped, and sealed by the public utilities commission. Such tests shall be open to the public. All gas companies supplying artificial or natural gas for illuminating purposes shall, on the order of the commission provide for their own use a photometer of a type approved by such commission. Any person, firm, or corporation supplying the public with artificial or natural gas which fails to comply with this section shall forfeit to the state not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to be recovered upon the complaint of any consumer, in the name of the state, before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.122 | Procedure for Terminating Residential Service.

Effective: March 31, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 245 - 124th 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 elderly and handicapped consumers.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.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.123 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.123 | Annual Report of Service Disconnections for Nonpayment.

Effective: December 23, 1986|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 428 - 116th General Assembly|(A) For the purpose of this section:(1) "Energy company" shall have the meaning assigned in division (A)(4) of section 5117.01 of the Revised Code.(2) "Service disconnection for nonpayment" means the intentional discontinuation of gas or electric services to a residential customer by an energy company due to the failure of the customer to pay for such services.(3) "Service reconnections" means the reconnection of gas or electric services by an energy company to a residential customer whose service was discontinued by such company for nonpayment.(B) Annually, on or before the thirtieth day of June, each energy company shall file a written report on service disconnections for nonpayment with the public utilities commission and the consumers' counsel. The report shall include the following information for the twelve-month period ending on the preceding thirty-first day of May, by month:(1) Total number of service disconnections for nonpayment and the total dollar amount of unpaid bills represented by such disconnections;(2) Total number of final notices of actual disconnection issued for service disconnections for nonpayment and the total dollar amount of unpaid bills represented by such notices;(3) Total number of residential customer accounts in arrears by more than sixty days and the total dollar amount of such arrearages;(4) Total number of security deposits received from residential customers and the total dollar amount of such deposits;(5) Total number of service reconnections;(6) Total number of residential customers.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.13 | Powers of Electric Light and Power Companies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A company organized for supplying electricity for power purposes, and for lighting the streets and public and private buildings of a municipal corporation, may manufacture, sell, and furnish the electric light and power required in such municipal corporation for such or other purposes. With the consent of the municipal corporation, under such reasonable regulations as such municipal corporation prescribes, such company may construct lines for conducting electricity for power and light purposes through the streets, alleys, lanes, lands, squares, and public places of such municipal corporation, by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers, and abutments necessary for the wires.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.14 | Electric Light, Power, and Automatic Package Carrier Companies.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, division (A) of section 4931.02, and sections 4931.03, 4931.04, and 4933.13 to 4933.16 of the Revised Code apply to a company organized for supplying public and private buildings, manufacturing establishments, streets, alleys, lanes, lands, squares, and public places with electric light and power, and to an automatic package carrier. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, every such company has the powers and is subject to the restrictions prescribed for a telephone company by division (A) of section 4931.02 and sections 4931.03 and 4931.04 of the Revised Code. (B) Section 4931.04 of the Revised Code applies to a company organized for supplying electricity only if the company transmits or distributes electricity, and every such company has the powers and is subject to the restrictions prescribed for a telephone company by that section except for the purpose of erecting, operating, or maintaining an electric generating station.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.15 | Right of Entry - Appropriation of Property.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|For the purpose of making preliminary examinations and surveys, any company transmitting or distributing electricity in the state for public or private use may enter upon any land held by any individual or corporation, whether acquired by purchase, appropriation proceedings, or otherwise, unless such land is owned by and essential to the purposes of another corporation possessing the power of eminent domain. The company also may appropriate so much of such land, or any right or interest in the land, including any trees, edifices, or buildings on the land, as is deemed necessary for either of the following purposes:(A) The erection, operation, or maintenance of an electric plant, including its substations, switching stations, transmission and distribution lines, poles, towers, piers, conduits, cables, and wires and other necessary structures and appliances, but excluding its generating stations;(B) Rights-of-way over such land and adjacent lands for the purpose of access to any part of such land.The right of appropriation shall be exercised in the same manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.151 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.151 | Appropriation of Property by Water Works Companies.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|Any company organized for supplying water for public and private use may enter upon any land held by any individual or private corporation, whether acquired by purchase, appropriation proceedings, or otherwise, for the purpose of making preliminary examination and surveys, unless such land is owned by and essential to the purposes of another corporation possessing the power of eminent domain, and may appropriate so much of such land, or any interest therein, including any trees, edifices, or buildings thereon, as is deemed necessary for the acquisition, construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of pumps, storage tanks, aqueducts, and water pipes, and for the protection thereof, and other structures and appliances necessary for the maintenance of pressure and the purification of water, and for rights of way over such land and adjacent for the purpose of access to any part of such land. The right of appropriation shall be exercised in the same manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.16 | Municipal Control of Electricity.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person or company shall place, string, construct, or maintain a line, wire, fixture, or appliance of any kind to conduct electricity for lighting, heating, or power purposes through a street, alley, lane, square, place, or land of a municipal corporation without the consent of such municipal corporation.This prohibition extends to all levels above or below the surface of such public ways, grounds, or places, as well as along their surfaces, but not to rights received through and exercised under proceedings of a probate court prior to February 26, 1910.The penalty provided by section 4933.99 of the Revised Code for a violation of this section is cumulative to other means of enforcing this section open to the municipal corporation, by way of injunction or otherwise, and is not exclusive.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.17 | Cash Deposit - Interest.

Effective: September 1, 1976|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4933.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.18 | Tampering With Utility Equipment.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4933.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.19 | Notice to Customers Concerning Theft Offenses.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Each 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, or its lessees, trustees, or receivers, and each similar utility owned or operated by a political subdivision shall notify its customers, on an annual basis, that tampering with or bypassing a meter constitutes a theft offense that could result in the imposition of criminal sanctions.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.20 | Tampering With Gas Pipes and Apparatus.

Effective: August 18, 1978|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 605 - 112th General Assembly|No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb, cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulating, operating, or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, conduits, pipelines, mains, service pipes, house pipes, display pipes, or other pipes of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas with intent to cause the escape of gas or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall maliciously enlarge or alter a mixer furnished or approved by a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas to or for a consumer of gas, or maliciously remove from its connection a mixer so furnished or approved. No person shall without express permission, consume for fuel the gas of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas without the use of a mixer so furnished or approved by such gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas, or tap, sever, or open a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of gas, or connect with such main or pipe any other main or pipe. This section does not apply to an agent or employee, for that purpose, of the owner, manufacturer, or operator of the devices or appliances referred to in this section.As used in this section, "gas" includes natural and artificial gas used for heating and illuminating purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.21 | Interfering With Electric Wires.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, disconnect, displace, cut, break, tap, ground, or make a connection with, or willfully or maliciously interfere with any pole, pier, cable, tower, or wire, legally erected, put, or strung, or electrical apparatus, appliance, or machinery used in the construction or operation of an electrical railway, electric light plant, or plant used in generating or transmitting electricity, or any meter, pipe, conduit, wire, line, post, lamp, burner, heater, machine, motor, or other appliance or apparatus used in the construction or operation of any such electrical railway or electrical plant. No person shall willfully or maliciously prevent any electric meter used in the construction or operation of any such electrical railway or electrical plant, from registering the quantity of electricity supplied, interfere with the proper action or just registration by such meter, alter the index in such meter, or, without the consent of the owner of such electrical railway or electrical plant, willfully or maliciously divert electric current from any such wire or otherwise willfully or maliciously use or cause to be used, without the consent of the owner of such electrical railway or electrical plant, electricity manufactured or distributed by any such electrical railway or electrical plant.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.22 | Tampering With Hydrant, Pipe, or Meter.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of a water company or furnisher of water, with intent to cause the escape of water or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open, or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of water. This section does not apply to the agent or employee for that purpose, of the owner or operator of the appliances referred to in this section, and does not apply to anything done by or under authority of any regularly constituted fire department.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.23 | Interfering With Pipes and Meters.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, cut, break, adjust, or interfere with any pipe, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, stopcock, trap, meter, or other regulating or measuring device or appliance used in the construction or operation of any plant furnishing or distributing hot water or steam for heating purposes. No person shall willfully or maliciously prevent any meter or other measuring device or appliance used in any such heating plant from duly registering the quantity of hot water or steam supplied. No person shall, without the consent of the owner of such heating plant, willfully or maliciously divert any hot water or steam from any pipe or other part of such heating plant or otherwise willfully or maliciously use or cause to be used, without the consent of the owner of such heating plant, hot water or steam supplied by any such heating plant.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.24 | Prohibiting Interference With Apparatus of Sewage Disposal Companies or Unauthorized Taps.

Effective: September 19, 1961|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly|No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the tanks, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of a sewage disposal company, with intent to interfere with the flow of sewage, or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open, or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of sewage.
Ohio Rev Code § 4933.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others|Section 4933.25 | Issuing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.

Effective: May 6, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 122nd General Assembly|No sewage disposal system company established after September 19, 1961, or expanding after October 2, 1969, or water-works company established or expanding after October 2, 1969, shall construct, install, or operate sewage disposal system facilities or water distribution facilities until it has been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the public utilities commission. The commission shall adopt rules prescribing requirements and the manner and form in which sewage disposal system companies and water-works companies shall apply for such a certificate.Before the commission issues a certificate of public convenience and necessity, it may hold a public hearing concerning the issuance of the certificate. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the board of county commissioners of any county and the chief executive authority of any municipal corporation to be served by a sewage disposal system company or water-works company.As used in this section, "sewage disposal system company" and "water-works company" have the same meanings as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code and include only "public utilities" as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.