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Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2314 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2314 | Exemption From Taxes and Other Charges.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The transfer and ownership of phase-in-recovery property and the imposition, charging, collection, and receipt of phase-in-recovery revenues under sections 4928.231 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code are exempt from all taxes and similar charges imposed by the state or any county, municipal corporation, school district, local authority, or other subdivision. (B) Phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order shall not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of this state or of any county, municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision of this state. Bondholders shall have no right to have taxes levied by this state or the taxing authority of any county, municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision of this state for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds does not, directly, indirectly, or contingently, obligate this state or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of this state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.(C) Nothing in this section prohibits the levy of the tax imposed under Chapter 5751. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2315 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2315 | Prohibition of State Interference.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties under a final financing order that the state will not take or permit any action that impairs the value of phase-in-recovery property under the final financing order or revises the phase-in costs for which recovery is authorized under the final financing order or, except as allowed under section 4928.238 of the Revised Code, reduce, alter, or impair phase-in-recovery charges that are imposed, charged, collected, or remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties, until any principal, interest, and redemption premium in respect of phase-in-recovery bonds, all financing costs, and all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party under an ancillary agreement are paid or performed in full. (B) Any person who issues phase-in-recovery bonds is permitted to include the pledge specified in division (A) of this section in the phase-in-recovery bonds, ancillary agreements, and documentation related to the issuance and marketing of the phase-in-recovery bonds.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.2316 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2316 | Governing Law.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4928.2317 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2317 | Repealed Laws Have No Effect on Actions Taken.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4928.2318 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.2318 | Assignee or Financing Party Not Considered an Electric Distribution Utility.

Effective: March 22, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly|An assignee or financing party shall not be considered an electric distribution utility or person providing electric service by virtue of engaging in the transactions described in sections 4928.23 to 4928.2313 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.24 | Federal Energy Advocate, Duties.

Effective: July 31, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly|The public utilities commission shall employ a federal energy advocate to monitor the activities of the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies and to advocate on behalf of the interests of retail electric service consumers in this state. The attorney general shall represent the advocate before the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies. Among other duties assigned to the advocate by the commission, the advocate shall examine the value of the participation of this state's electric utilities in regional transmission organizations and submit a report to the public utilities commission on whether continued participation of those utilities is in the interest of those consumers.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.32 | Procedures for Expedited Discovery in Proceeding Initiated to Consider Transition Plan.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The public utilities commission shall establish reasonable procedures for expedited discovery in any proceeding initiated to consider a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code.(B) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, any person having a real and substantial interest in the transition plan may file with the commission preliminary objections to the transition plan, which shall identify with specificity issues pertaining to any aspect of the transition plan, and any such person may propose specific responses to those issues. The commission shall address those objections and responses in its final order.In addition, not later than ninety days after the plan's filing, the commission staff shall file with the commission a report of its recommendations with respect to the plan. Prior to commission approval of the plan, the commission shall afford a hearing upon those aspects of the plan that the commission determines reasonably require a hearing.(C) The commission shall maintain a complete record of all proceedings relative to a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code and shall issue and file with the record of the case findings of fact and written opinions setting forth the reasons for any modification to or its approval of a transition plan.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.33 | Transition Plan Approval.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Not later than two hundred seventy-five days after the date an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, but, in any event, not later than October 31, 2000, the public utilities commission shall issue a final order approving the transition plan as filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code or an order modifying and approving that plan. The order is subject to section 4903.15 of the Revised Code and is subject to review and appeal under chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.(B) If the commission fails to issue, by October 31, 2000, a final order approving a transition plan, or such a final order has been enjoined in whole or in part pending appeal to a court, the commission shall issue an interim order prescribing a transition plan, to have effect on an interim basis only, and containing the plan components required by division (A) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code and providing for the opportunity for transition revenue receipt if such an application were included in the plan filed by the utility under that section. The interim order is subject to section 4903.15 of the Revised Code but is not subject to review and appeal under Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.An interim plan prescribed under the interim order shall be effective for the electric utility beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service and shall continue in effect until such time as any other replacement transition plan takes effect pursuant to a final commission order or resolution of an appeal. Any interim plan so prescribed shall comply with the applicable provisions of section 4928.34 of the Revised Code. A final commission order shall provide for a reconciliation of those amounts determined in the final order relative to division (A) of section 4928.31 of the Revised Code as compared to the interim amounts as determined under this division.(C) No electric utility required to file a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code shall fail to implement a transition plan approved or prescribed for the utility by a commission order issued under division (A) or (B) of this section. No electric utility shall provide retail electric service in this state during the market development period except pursuant to such an approved or prescribed transition plan.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.36 | Complaint Concerning Transition Plan.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint by 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 failed to implement, in conformance with an order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code or in ongoing compliance with applicable provisions of the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code, a transition plan approved under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code. If, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, the commission determines that the utility has failed to so comply, the commission, in addition to any other remedies provided by law, may use the remedies specified in divisions (C)(1) to (3) and (D)(1) and (2) of section 4928.18 of the Revised Code to enforce compliance.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.38 | Commencing and Terminating Transition Revenues.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|Pursuant to a transition plan approved under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, an electric utility in this state may receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service. Except as provided in sections 4905.33 to 4905.35 of the Revised Code and this chapter, an electric utility that receives such transition revenues shall be wholly responsible for how to use those revenues and wholly responsible for whether it is in a competitive position after the market development period. The utility's receipt of transition revenues shall terminate at the end of the market development period. With the termination of that approved revenue source, the utility shall be fully on its own in the competitive market. The commission shall not authorize the receipt of transition revenues or any equivalent revenues by an electric utility except as expressly authorized in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.39 | Determining Total Allowable Transition Costs.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|Upon the filing of an application by an electric utility under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code for the opportunity to receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall determine the total allowable amount of the transition costs of the utility to be received as transition revenues under those sections. Such amount shall be the just and reasonable transition costs of the utility, which costs the commission finds meet all of the following criteria:(A) The costs were prudently incurred.(B) The costs are legitimate, net, verifiable, and directly assignable or allocable to retail electric generation service provided to electric consumers in this state.(C) The costs are unrecoverable in a competitive market.(D) The utility would otherwise be entitled an opportunity to recover the costs.Transition costs under this section shall include the costs of employee assistance under the employee assistance plan included in the utility's approved transition plan under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, which costs exceed those costs contemplated in labor contracts in effect on the effective date of this section.Further, the commission's order under this section shall separately identify regulatory assets of the utility that are a part of the total allowable amount of transition costs determined under this section and separately identify that portion of a transition charge determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code that is allocable to those assets, which portion of a transition charge shall be subject to adjustment only prospectively and after December 31, 2004, unless the commission authorizes an adjustment prospectively with an earlier date for any customer class based upon an earlier termination of the utility's market development period pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 4928.40 of the Revised Code.The electric utility shall have the burden of demonstrating allowable transition costs as authorized under this section. The commission may impose reasonable commitments upon the utility's collection of the transition revenues to ensure that those revenues are used to eliminate the allowable transition costs of the utility during the market development period and are not available for use by the utility to achieve an undue competitive advantage, or to impose an undue disadvantage, in the provision by the utility of regulated or unregulated products or services.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.43 | Assisting Employees Affected by Electric Industry Restructuring.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Each state agency that provides employment assistance and job training programs, including the bureau of employment services and the department of development, shall provide concentrated attention through those programs to assisting employees whose employment is affected by electric industry restructuring under this chapter.(B) To the extent not prohibited by federal law or any law of this state and except as otherwise provided in a labor contract or other agreement, no unencumbered money in a pension fund for employees of electric utilities shall be used for any purpose other than to pay allowable pensions or early retirement buyouts for the employees.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.47 | Customer Sited Renewable Energy Resource.

Effective: October 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) An electric distribution utility may, on a nondiscriminatory basis and subject to approval by the public utilities commission, enter into an agreement having a term of three years or more with a mercantile customer or group of mercantile customers for the purpose of constructing a customer sited renewable energy resource in this state that will provide the mercantile customer or group with a material portion of the customer's or group's electricity requirements. (B) Any direct or indirect costs, including costs for infrastructure development or generation, associated with the in-state customer-sited renewable energy resource shall be paid for solely by the utility and the mercantile customer or group of mercantile customers. At no point shall the commission authorize the utility to collect, nor shall the utility ever collect, any of those costs from any customer other than the mercantile customer or group of mercantile customers.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.52 | Universal Service Rider.

Effective: October 5, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) Beginning July 1, 2000, the universal service rider shall replace the percentage of income payment plan rider in existence on the effective date of this section and any amount in the rates of an electric utility for the funding of low-income customer energy efficiency programs. The universal service rider shall be a rider on retail electric distribution service rates as such rates are determined by the public utilities commission pursuant to this chapter. The universal service rider for the first five years after the starting date of competitive retail electric service shall be the sum of all of the following:(1) The level of the percentage of income payment plan program rider in existence on the effective date of this section;(2) An amount equal to the level of funding for low-income customer energy efficiency programs provided through electric utility rates in effect on the effective date of this section;(3) Any additional amount necessary and sufficient to fund through the universal service rider the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program created in section 4928.56 of the Revised Code.(B) If, during or after the five-year period specified in division (A) of this section, the director of development, after consultation with the public benefits advisory board created under section 4928.58 of the Revised Code, determines that revenues in the universal service fund and revenues from federal or other sources of funding for those programs, including general revenue fund appropriations for the Ohio energy credit program, will be insufficient to cover the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program and provide adequate funding for those programs, the director shall file a petition with the commission for an increase in the universal service rider. The commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may adjust the universal service rider by the minimum amount necessary to provide the additional revenues. The commission shall not decrease the universal service rider without the approval of the director, after consultation by the director with the advisory board.(C) The universal service rider established under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be set in such a manner so as not to shift among the customer classes of electric distribution utilities the costs of funding low-income customer assistance programs.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.54 | Aggregate Percentage of Income Payment Plan Program Customers.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The director of development services shall aggregate percentage of income payment plan program customers for the purpose of establishing a competitive procurement process for the supply of competitive retail electric service for those customers. The process shall be an auction. Only bidders certified under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code may participate in the auction.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.541 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.541 | Duration of Competitive Procurement Process.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall be conducted until a winning bid is or winning bids are selected.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.542 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.542 | Winning Bids; Requirements.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The winning bid or bids selected through the competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall meet all of the following requirements:(A) Be designed to provide reliable competitive retail electric service to percentage of income payment plan program customers;(B) Reduce the cost of the percentage of income payment plan program relative to the otherwise applicable standard service offer established under sections 4928.141, 4928.142, and 4928.143 of the Revised Code;(C) Result in the best value for persons paying the universal service rider under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4928.543 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail Electric Service|Section 4928.543 | Rules.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The director of development services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code. The rules shall ensure a fair and unbiased auction process and the performance of the winning bidder or bidders.