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Ohio Rev Code § 4928.662 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.662 | Measurement and Determination of Compliance With Demand Reduction Requirements.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|For the purpose of measuring and determining compliance with the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall count and recognize compliance as follows: (A) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction achieved through actions taken by customers or through electric distribution utility programs that comply with federal standards for either or both energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements, including resources associated with such savings or reduction that are recognized as capacity resources by the regional transmission organization operating in Ohio in compliance with section 4928.12 of the Revised Code, shall count toward compliance with the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements.(B) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction achieved on and after the effective date of S.B. 310 of the 130th general assembly shall be measured on the higher of an as found or deemed basis, except that, solely at the option of the electric distribution utility, such savings and reduction achieved since 2006 may also be measured using this method. For new construction, the energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction shall be counted based on 2008 federal standards, provided that when new construction replaces an existing facility, the difference in energy consumed, energy intensity, and peak demand between the new and replaced facility shall be counted toward meeting the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements. (C) The commission shall count both the energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction on an annualized basis.(D) The commission shall count both the energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction on a gross savings basis.(E) The commission shall count energy efficiency savings and peak demand reductions associated with transmission and distribution infrastructure improvements that reduce line losses. No energy efficiency or peak demand reduction achieved under division (E) of this section shall qualify for shared savings.(F) Energy efficiency savings and peak demand reduction amounts approved by the commission shall continue to be counted toward achieving the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements as long as the requirements remain in effect.(G) Any energy efficiency savings or peak demand reduction amount achieved in excess of the requirements may, at the discretion of the electric distribution utility, be banked and applied toward achieving the energy efficiency or peak demand reduction requirements in future years.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6610 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6610 | Definitions for Sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615.

Effective: October 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly|As used in sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615 of the Revised Code: (A) "Customer" means either of the following: (1) Effective January 1, 2020, a mercantile customer as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any customer of an electric distribution utility to which either of the following applies: (a) The customer receives service above the primary voltage level as determined by the utility's tariff classification. (b) The customer is a commercial or industrial customer to which both of the following apply: (i) The customer receives electricity through a meter of an end user or through more than one meter at a single location in a quantity that exceeds forty-five million kilowatt hours of electricity for the preceding calendar year. (ii) The customer has made a written request for registration as a self-assessing purchaser pursuant to section 5727.81 of the Revised Code.(B) "Energy intensity" means the amount of energy, from electricity, used or consumed per unit of production.(C) "Portfolio plan" means either of the following: (1) The comprehensive energy efficiency and peak-demand reduction program portfolio plan required under rules adopted by the public utilities commission and codified in Chapter 4901:1-39 of the Administrative Code or hereafter recodified or amended ; (2) Any plan implemented pursuant to division (G) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6611 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6611 | Opting Out of Portfolio Plan.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|Beginning January 1, 2017, a customer of an electric distribution utility may opt out of the opportunity and ability to obtain direct benefits from the utility's portfolio plan. Such an opt out shall extend to all of the customer's accounts, irrespective of the size or service voltage level that are associated with the activities performed by the customer and that are located on or adjacent to the customer's premises.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6612 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6612 | Notice of Intent.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|Any customer electing to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a verified written notice of intent to opt out to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-out notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice provided to the utility shall include all of the following:(A) A statement indicating that the customer has elected to opt out;(B) The effective date of the election to opt out;(C) The account number for each customer account to which the opt out shall apply;(D) The physical location of the customer's load center;(E) The date upon which the customer established, or plans to establish a process and implement, cost-effective measures to improve its energy efficiency savings and peak demand reductions.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6613 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6613 | Effect of Election to Opt Out.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|Upon a customer's election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code and commencing on the effective date of the election to opt out, no account properly identified in the customer's verified notice under division (C) of section 4928.6612 of the Revised Code shall be subject to any cost recovery mechanism under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code or eligible to participate in, or directly benefit from, programs arising from electric distribution utility portfolio plans approved by the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6614 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6614 | Opting In.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|(A) A customer subsequently may opt in to an electric distribution utility's portfolio plan after a previous election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply: (1) The customer has previously opted out for a period of at least three consecutive calendar years.(2) The customer gives twelve months' advance notice of its intent to opt in to the public utilities commission and the electric distribution utility from which it receives service.(B) A customer that opts in under this section shall maintain its opt-in status for three consecutive calendar years before being eligible subsequently to exercise its right to opt out after giving the utility twelve months' advance notice.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.6615 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.6615 | Notice of Intent to Opt In.

Effective: September 12, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly|Any customer electing to opt in under section 4928.6614 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a written notice of intent to opt in to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-in notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice shall include all of the following: (A) A statement indicating that the customer has elected to opt in;(B) The effective date of the election to opt in;(C) The account number for each customer account to which the opt in shall apply;(D) The physical location of the customer's load center.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.68 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.68 | Rules Establishing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Requirements.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4928.69 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.69 | No Surcharge, Service Termination Charge, Exit Fee, or Transition Charge.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in an agreement filed with and approved by the public utilities commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, an electric distribution utility shall not charge any person that is a customer of a municipal electric utility that is in existence on or before January 1, 2008, any surcharge, service termination charge, exit fee, or transition charge.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.70 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.70 | Review of Green Pricing Programs.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The public utilities commission may periodically review any green pricing program offered in this state as part of competitive retail electric service. At the conclusion of a review, the commission may make recommendations to improve or expand the program subject of the review. (B) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.71 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.71 | Study Regarding Customer Choice; Report.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|The public utilities commission shall study whether increased energy efficiency, demand response, generation, and transmission provide increased opportunities for customer choice. The commission shall include in the study an evaluation of emerging technologies. The commission shall commence the study not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this section. At the conclusion of the study, the commission shall prepare a report of its findings and make the report available on its web site.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.72 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.72 | Multi-State Study on the Development of Compressed Natural Gas Infrastructures for Transportation.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|The public utilities commission may, in cooperation with the department of transportation, work with other states to develop a multi-state study on the development of compressed natural gas infrastructures for transportation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.75 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.75 | Waiver Request.

Effective: October 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly|Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the director of development services shall, in each fiscal year, submit a completed waiver request in accordance with section 96.83 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the United States department of health and human services and any other applicable federal agencies for the state to expend twenty-five per cent of federal low-income home energy assistance programs funds from the home energy assistance block grants for weatherization services allowed by section 96.83(a) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the United States department of health and human services.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.80 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.80 | Rate Schedule Applicable to County Fairs and Agricultural Societies.

Effective: October 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Each electric distribution utility shall file with the public utilities commission a rate schedule applicable to county fairs and agricultural societies that includes either of the following: (1) A fixed monthly service fee; (2) An energy charge on a kilowatt-hour basis. (B) The minimum monthly charge shall not exceed the fixed monthly service fee and the customer shall not be subject to any demand-based riders. (C) The electric distribution utility shall be eligible to recover any revenue loss associated with customer migration to this new rate schedule.
Ohio Rev Code § 4929.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.02 | Policy of State as to Natural Gas Services and Goods.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) It is the policy of this state to, throughout this state: (1) Promote the availability to consumers of adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced natural gas services and goods;(2) Promote the availability of unbundled and comparable natural gas services and goods that provide wholesale and retail consumers with the supplier, price, terms, conditions, and quality options they elect to meet their respective needs;(3) Promote diversity of natural gas supplies and suppliers, by giving consumers effective choices over the selection of those supplies and suppliers;(4) Encourage innovation and market access for cost-effective supply- and demand-side natural gas services and goods;(5) Encourage cost-effective and efficient access to information regarding the operation of the distribution systems of natural gas companies in order to promote effective customer choice of natural gas services and goods;(6) Recognize the continuing emergence of competitive natural gas markets through the development and implementation of flexible regulatory treatment;(7) Promote an expeditious transition to the provision of natural gas services and goods in a manner that achieves effective competition and transactions between willing buyers and willing sellers to reduce or eliminate the need for regulation of natural gas services and goods under Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code;(8) Promote effective competition in the provision of natural gas services and goods by avoiding subsidies flowing to or from regulated natural gas services and goods;(9) Ensure that the risks and rewards of a natural gas company's offering of nonjurisdictional and exempt services and goods do not affect the rates, prices, terms, or conditions of nonexempt, regulated services and goods of a natural gas company and do not affect the financial capability of a natural gas company to comply with the policy of this state specified in this section;(10) Facilitate the state's competitiveness in the global economy;(11) Facilitate additional choices for the supply of natural gas for residential consumers, including aggregation;(12) Promote an alignment of natural gas company interests with consumer interest in energy efficiency and energy conservation.(B) The public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall follow the policy specified in this section in exercising their respective authorities relative to sections 4929.03 to 4929.30 of the Revised Code.(C) Nothing in Chapter 4929. of the Revised Code shall be construed to alter the public utilities commission's construction or application of division (E) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4929.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.03 | Applicability of Other Public Utility Commission Provisions.

Effective: May 27, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 4929.04 of the Revised Code, only the commodity sales services, distribution services, and ancillary services of a natural gas company are subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. Chapter 4905. with the exception of section 4905.10, Chapter 4909., Chapter 4935. with the exception of sections 4935.01 and 4935.03, and sections 4933.08, 4933.09, 4933.11, 4933.123, 4933.17, 4933.28, and 4933.32 of the Revised Code do not apply to any other service or goods provided by a natural gas company. Nothing in this chapter prevents the commission from exercising its authority under Title XLIX of the Revised Code to protect customers of nonexempt, regulated services or goods from any adverse effects of the provision of unregulated services or goods. Nothing in this chapter affects the authority of the commission to enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4929.042 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.042 | Notice of Converting Use of Gathering Facility.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|A natural gas company shall notify the public utilities commission in writing before converting the use of any gathering facilities described in division (B)(2) of section 4929.041 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4929.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.05 | Request for Approval of Alternative Rate Plan.

Effective: September 9, 2011|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4929.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.051 | Plan Proposing to Initiate or Continue a Revenue Decoupling Mechanism.

Effective: September 9, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly|(A) An alternative rate plan filed by a natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code and proposing to initiate or continue a revenue decoupling mechanism shall be considered an application not for an increase in rates if the rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals are based upon the billing determinants and revenue requirement authorized by the public utilities commission in the company's most recent rate case proceeding and the plan also establishes, continues, or expands an energy efficiency or energy conservation program. (B) An alternative rate plan filed by a natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code and seeking authorization to continue a previously approved alternative rate plan shall be considered an application not for an increase in rates.
Ohio Rev Code § 4929.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers|Section 4929.06 | Prescribing Classifications, Procedures, Terms, or Conditions for Natural Gas Companies.

Effective: September 17, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly|In carrying out sections 4929.04 and 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may prescribe different classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for different natural gas companies and for the natural gas services they provide, provided the classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions are reasonable and do not confer any undue economic, competitive, or market advantage or preference upon any natural gas company.