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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-27 - Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers › Section 4901:1-27-12 - Transfer or abandonment of a certificate

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 A retail natural
			 gas supplier or governmental aggregator shall not transfer its certificate to
			 any person without prior commission approval.
(1)
									 A retail natural
			 gas supplier or governmental aggregator may apply for commission approval to
			 transfer its certificate by filing a certificate transfer
			 application.
(2)
									 A transfer application shall be automatically approved
			 on the thirty-first day after filing, unless the commission or attorney
			 examiner acts to suspend or reject the application.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-27 - Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers › Section 4901:1-27-13 - Certification suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								 After reasonable notice and the opportunity for a
			 hearing, the commission may, upon its own motion or upon complaint, suspend,
			 rescind, or conditionally rescind a retail natural gas supplier's or
			 governmental aggregator's certificate, in whole or in part, for good cause
			 shown.
(B)
								 If the commission suspends a retail natural gas
			 supplier's or governmental aggregator's certificate:
(1)
									 The commission
			 will notify the retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator of the
			 reasons and effective dates for such suspension and specify the actions,
			 including associated time frames, that the retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator must take in order to have the suspension
			 lifted.
(2)
									 The retail natural gas supplier or governmental
			 aggregator shall continue to provide all services it is obligated to provide
			 under contract to its existing customers, but it shall not advertise, offer, or
			 contract to provide any new competitive retail natural gas service to existing
			 customers, nor advertise, offer, or contract to provide any competitive retail
			 natural gas service to potential customers during the suspension, unless the
			 commission orders otherwise. Such suspensions and related prohibitions against
			 advertising, offering or entering into contracts apply statewide, unless
			 otherwise ordered by the commission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-27 - Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers › Section 4901:1-27-13 - Certification suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) After
			 reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing, the commission may, upon
			 its own motion or upon complaint, suspend, rescind, or conditionally rescind a
			 retail natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's certificate, in
			 whole or in part, for good cause shown.
(B) If the commission suspends a retail
			 natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's certificate:
(1) The commission will notify the retail
			 natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator of the reasons and effective
			 dates for such suspension and specify the actions, including associated time
			 frames, that the retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator must
			 take in order to have the suspension lifted.
(2) The retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator shall continue to provide all services it is obligated
			 to provide under contract to its existing customers, but it shall not
			 advertise, offer, or contract to provide any new competitive retail natural gas
			 service to existing customers, nor advertise, offer, or contract to provide any
			 competitive retail natural gas service to potential customers during the
			 suspension, unless the commission orders otherwise. Such suspensions and
			 related prohibitions against advertising, offering or entering into contracts
			 apply statewide, unless otherwise ordered by the commission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-27 - Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers › Section 4901:1-27-14 - Financial security

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Pursuant to a
			 tariff filed with the commission in accordance with division (A) of section
			 4929.20 of the Revised Code and
			 rule
			 4901:1-29-13
			 of the Administrative Code, a natural gas company may require a retail natural
			 gas supplier to issue and maintain a financial security with the natural gas
			 company to protect the natural gas company and the regulated sales service
			 customers from default.
(B)
								 A natural gas company may require a retail natural gas
			 supplier to furnish financial and other information contained in the natural
			 gas company's tariff to determine the type and/or amount of the financial
			 security required for compliance with paragraph (A) of this
			 rule.
(C)
								 A retail natural gas supplier may bring an action
			 before the commission seeking review of the natural gas company's determination
			 of financial security requirements or may seek staff mediation as to any
			 dispute.
(D)
								 If a retail natural gas supplier fails to maintain
			 sufficient financial security to protect a natural gas company and customers
			 from default by the retail natural gas supplier, the natural gas company may
			 apply for relief at the commission.
Replaces: 4901:1-27-08
Effective: 12/1/2014
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 12/01/2019
Promulgated Under:
				111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4929.10,
				4929.20
Rule
				Amplifies: 4929.20,
				4905.26
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7/4/02, 4/13/07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-28 - Aggregation with Prior Consent › Section 4901:1-28-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Commission" means the public utilities
			 commission of Ohio.
(B) "Customer"
			 means 
								a
			 person who contracts with
			  or is
			 solicited by
								
								a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator for the provision of a
			 competitive retail natural gas service.
(C) "Eligible governmental aggregation customer" means a person that
			 is eligible to participate in a governmental aggregation in accordance with
			 sections 4929.26 and
			 4929.27 of the Revised Code and
			 does not include any of the following:
(1) A person that is
			  both a distribution service customer and
			 a mercantile customer on the date of commencement of service to the
			 governmental aggregation, or the person becomes a distribution service customer
			 after the service commencement date and is also a mercantile
			 customer.
(2) A person that is
			 supplied with commodity sales service pursuant to a contract with a retail
			 natural gas supplier .
(3) A person
			 that is supplied with commodity sales service as part of the percentage of
			 income payment plan program or similar or successor program adopted by the
			 commission under Chapter 4905. or 4929. of the Revised Code.
(4) A person that has failed to discharge, or
			 enter into a plan to discharge, all existing arrearages owed to or being billed
			 by the incumbent natural gas company.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-28 - Aggregation with Prior Consent › Section 4901:1-28-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Commission" means the public utilities
			 commission of Ohio.
(B) "Customer"
			 means a person who contracts with or is solicited by a retail natural gas
			 supplier or governmental aggregator for the provision of a competitive retail
			 natural gas service.
(C) "Eligible
			 governmental aggregation customer" means a person that is eligible to
			 participate in a governmental aggregation in accordance with sections
			 4929.26 and
			 4929.27 of the Revised Code and
			 does not include any of the following:
(1) A
			 person that is both a distribution service customer and a mercantile customer
			 on the date of commencement of service to the governmental aggregation, or the
			 person becomes a distribution service customer after the service commencement
			 date and is also a mercantile customer.
(2) A person that is supplied with commodity
			 sales service pursuant to a contract with a retail natural gas
			 supplier.
(3) A person that is
			 supplied with commodity sales service as part of the percentage of income
			 payment plan program or similar or successor program adopted by the commission
			 under Chapter 4905. or 4929. of the Revised Code.
(4) A person that has failed to discharge, or
			 enter into a plan to discharge, all existing arrearages owed to or being billed
			 by the incumbent natural gas company.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-28 - Aggregation with Prior Consent › Section 4901:1-28-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								
								The rules in
			 this chapter apply to a governmental aggregator's formation and operation
			 of an opt-out governmental aggregation pursuant to Chapter 4929. of the Revised
			 Code and to cooperation between natural gas companies and governmental
			 aggregators.
(B)
								 The commission may, upon an application or a motion
			 filed by a party, waive any requirement of this chapter, other than a
			 requirement mandated by statute, for good cause shown.
(C) Are intended to:
(1) Establish minimum requirements for
			 formation and operation of governmental aggregations.
(2) Establish minimum requirements for a
			 governmental aggregator's operation and governance plan.
(3) Establish minimum requirements for a
			 governmental aggregator's opt-out notice to customers.
(4) Foster cooperation between natural gas
			 companies and governmental aggregators.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-28 - Aggregation with Prior Consent › Section 4901:1-28-05 - Cooperation between natural gas companies and certified governmental aggregators

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each natural gas company, each
			 governmental aggregator and each retail natural gas supplier of a governmental
			 aggregator shall cooperate to facilitate the proper formation and functioning
			 of governmental aggregations. To assist a certified governmental aggregator's
			 compliance with the opt-out disclosure notice requirements established in
			 division (D) of section
			 4929.26 of the Revised Code,
			 upon request, the incumbent natural gas company shall provide, on a
			 best-efforts basis, an updated list of eligible
			 customers, including: names, account numbers, and service and mailing addresses
			 for all eligible governmental aggregation
			 customers residing within the governmental aggregator's boundaries.
(B)
								 Governmental
			 aggregators shall use the list of eligible governmental aggregation customers
			 to distribute opt-out disclosure notices within thirty calendar days of the
			 date the list is received from the natural gas company.
(C)
			 Charges and/or fees for services and information provided to governmental
			 aggregators by natural gas companies shall be published in an approved tariff
			 filed with the commission.
(D) Unless the
			 customer notifies the incumbent natural gas company of the customer's intent to
			 not join a governmental aggregation by returning a confirmation notice or
			 providing some other notice as provided by that natural gas company's tariffs,
			 the incumbent natural gas company shall switch customer accounts to or from a
			 governmental aggregation under the same processes and time frames provided in
			 published tariffs for switching other customer accounts.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-28 - Aggregation with Prior Consent › Section 4901:1-28-05 - Cooperation between natural gas companies and certified governmental aggregators

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each natural gas company, each
			 governmental aggregator and each retail natural gas supplier of a governmental
			 aggregator 
								will cooperate to facilitate the proper formation and
			 functioning of governmental aggregations. To assist a certified governmental
			 aggregator's compliance with the opt-out disclosure notice requirements
			 established in division (D) of section
			 4929.26 of the Revised Code,
			 upon request, the incumbent natural gas company 
								will provide,
			 on a best-efforts basis, an updated list of eligible customers, including:
			 names, account numbers, and service and mailing addresses for all eligible
			 governmental aggregation customers residing within the governmental
			 aggregator's boundaries.
(B)
			 Governmental aggregators 
								will use the list of eligible governmental
			 aggregation customers to distribute opt-out disclosure notices within thirty
			 calendar days of the date the list is received from the natural gas
			 company.
(C) Charges and/or fees
			 for services and information provided to governmental aggregators by natural
			 gas companies 
								will be published in an approved tariff filed with the
			 commission.
(D) Unless the customer
			 notifies the incumbent natural gas company of the customer's intent to not join
			 a governmental aggregation by returning a confirmation notice or providing some
			 other notice as provided by that natural gas company's tariffs, the incumbent
			 natural gas company 
								will switch customer accounts to or from a
			 governmental aggregation under the same processes and time frames provided in
			 published tariffs for switching other customer accounts.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The rules in this chapter:
(1) Apply to persons offering or providing
			 any competitive retail natural gas service as defined by division (J) of
			 section 4929.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) Apply to the services of
			 natural gas companies as necessary to implement the rules of this
			 chapter.
(3) Are intended to:
(a) Provide minimum standards for service
			 quality, safety, and reliability.
(b) Provide customers with sufficient
			 information to make informed decisions about competitive retail natural gas
			 service.
(c) Protect customers
			 against misleading, deceptive, unfair, and
			 unconscionable acts and practices in the marketing, solicitation, and sale of
			 competitive retail natural gas service and in the administration of any
			 contract for that service.
(d)
			 Promote nondiscriminatory access to competitive retail natural gas services,
			 ensure timely enrollment with retail natural gas suppliers and governmental
			 aggregators, maintain natural gas service, and timely and correctly switch
			 retail natural gas suppliers and governmental aggregators.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The rules in this chapter:
(1) Apply to persons offering or providing
			 any competitive retail natural gas service as defined by division (J) of
			 section 4929.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(2) Apply to the services of
			 natural gas companies as necessary to implement the rules of this
			 chapter.
(3) Are intended to:
(a) Provide minimum standards for service
			 quality, safety, and reliability.
(b) Provide customers with sufficient
			 information to make informed decisions about competitive retail natural gas
			 service.
(c) Protect customers
			 against misleading, deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts and practices in
			 the marketing, solicitation, and sale of competitive retail natural gas service
			 and in the administration of any contract for that service.
(d) Promote nondiscriminatory access to
			 competitive retail natural gas services, ensure timely enrollment with retail
			 natural gas suppliers and governmental aggregators, maintain natural gas
			 service, and timely and correctly switch retail natural gas suppliers and
			 governmental aggregators.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-03 - General provisions

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A
								
								retail
			 natural gas 
								supplier or
								 governmental
aggregator shall not engage in
				unfair, misleading, deceptive, or unconscionable acts or practices related to,
				without limitation, the following activities:
(1) Marketing, solicitation, or sale of a
			 competitive retail natural gas service.
(2) Administration of contracts for such
			 service.
(3) Provision of such
			 service, including interactions with consumers.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-04 - Records and retention

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each natural gas company (for records
			 retention related to competitive retail natural gas services), each retail
			 natural gas supplier and each governmental aggregator shall establish and
			 maintain records and data sufficient to:
(1)
			 Verify its compliance with the requirements of any applicable commission rules.
(2) Support any investigation of
			 customer complaints.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-04 - Records and retention

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each retail natural gas supplier and each
			 governmental aggregator shall establish and maintain records and data
			 sufficient to:
(1) Verify its compliance with
			 the requirements of any applicable commission rules.
(2) Support any investigation of customer
			 complaints.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-05 - Marketing, solicitation, and customer information

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each retail natural gas supplier and
			 governmental aggregator that offers competitive retail natural gas service to
			 customers shall provide, in marketing materials that include or accompany a
			 service contract, sufficient information for customers to make informed cost
			 comparisons.
(1) For fixed-rate offers, such
			 information shall, at minimum, include:
(a)
			 The cost per Ccf or Mcf, whichever is consistent with the incumbent natural gas
			 company's billing format, for natural gas supply, if
			 the product is based on a per-unit price or, for flat-monthly rate offers, a
			 specific listing of the rate to be charged per month for the duration of the
			 contract.
(b) The amount of
			 any other recurring or nonrecurring retail natural gas supplier or governmental
			 aggregator charges.
(c) A statement
			 that the retail natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's rate is
			 exclusive of all applicable state and local taxes and the incumbent natural gas
			 company's service and delivery charges.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-07 - Credit and deposits

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
Each retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator
				must establish reasonable and nondiscriminatory creditworthiness standards and
				may require a deposit or other reasonable demonstration of creditworthiness
				from a customer as a condition of providing service. In the application of such
				standards, deposits, or creditworthiness procedures, the retail natural gas
				supplier or governmental aggregator shall:
(A) Disclose in service contracts with
			 customers its nondiscriminatory policies regarding creditworthiness and
			 deposits, including the amount of any deposit, the allocation of the deposit,
			 and the return of any deposit balance.
(B) Accept a reasonable and nondiscriminatory
			 deposit as sufficient evidence of the customer's creditworthiness to initiate
			 service.
(C) Disclose whether
			 interest will be paid on deposits and the applicable rate of interest.
(D) Provide the customer a receipt
			 for any deposit within ten business days of the date that the deposit is
			 collected.
(E) Return the deposit
			 within seven business days if the customer cancels the contract during the
			 rescission period.
(F) Apply the
			 deposit to the final bill and promptly refund any excess to the customer when
			 service is terminated.
(G) Not
			 require an applicant to pay the balance due another retail natural gas supplier
			 or governmental aggregator as a condition of establishing credit or providing
			 competitive retail natural gas service.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				07/28/2014 and
				07/28/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4929.10,
				4929.22
Rule
				Amplifies: 4929.22
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7/4/02, 4/13/07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-08 - Customer access and complaint handling

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Customer access
(1) Each retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator shall ensure customers reasonable access to its service
			 representatives to make inquiries and complaints, discuss charges on customer
			 bills, terminate competitive service, and transact any other pertinent
			 business.
(2) Telephone access
			 shall be toll free or local and afford customers
			 prompt answer times during normal business hours.
(3) Each retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator shall provide a twenty-four hour automated telephone
			 message instructing callers to report any service interruptions or natural gas
			 emergencies to the incumbent natural gas company.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-08 - Customer access and complaint handling

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Customer access
(1) Each retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator shall ensure customers reasonable access to its service
			 representatives to make inquiries and complaints, discuss charges on customer
			 bills, terminate competitive service, and transact any other pertinent
			 business.
(2) Telephone access
			 shall be toll free or local and afford customers prompt answer times during
			 normal business hours.
(3) Each
			 retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator shall provide a twenty-
			 four hour automated telephone message instructing callers to report any service
			 interruptions or natural gas emergencies to the incumbent natural gas
			 company.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-09 - Customer information

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 A retail natural
			 gas supplier or governmental aggregator (and/or its agent) shall:
(1)
									 Not disclose or
			 use a customer's account number or any customer information for any purpose
			 other than for operation, maintenance, assignment, and transfer of a customer's
			 account, or for performing collection and credit reporting activities, and not
			 disclose or use a customer's social security number for any purpose other than
			 a to perform a credit check, without the customer's express written or
			 electronic authorization on a release form or pursuant to a court or commission
			 order. Forms requiring a customer to circle or to check off preprinted types of
			 information to be released may not be used. The release form shall:
(a)
										 Be on a separate
			 piece of paper.
(b)
										 Be clearly identified on its face as a release of
			 personal information and all text shall be in at least sixteen-point
			 type.
(c)
										 Contain the following statements prominently, just
			 prior to the signature, in type larger and darker than the type in surrounding
			 sentences: "I realize that, under the rules and regulations of the public
			 utilities commission of Ohio, I may refuse to allow (name of the retail natural
			 gas supplier or governmental aggregator) to release the information set forth
			 above. By my signature, I freely give (name of the retail natural gas supplier
			 or governmental aggregator) permission to release the information designated
			 above."
(d)
										 Specify the information to be
			 released.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-09 - Customer information

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator (and/or its agent) shall:
(1) Not disclose or use a customer's account
			 number or any customer information for any purpose other than for operation,
			 maintenance, assignment, and transfer of a customer's account, or for
			 performing collection and credit reporting activities, and not disclose or use
			 a customer's social security number for any purpose other than a to perform a
			 credit check, without the customer's express written or electronic
			 authorization on a release form or pursuant to a court or commission order.
			 Forms requiring a customer to circle or to check off preprinted types of
			 information to be released may not be used. The release form shall:
(a) Be on a separate piece of
			 paper.
(b) Be clearly identified on
			 its face as a release of personal information and all text shall be in at least
			 sixteen-point type.
(c) Contain the
			 following statements prominently, just prior to the signature, in type larger
			 and darker than the type in surrounding sentences: "I realize that, under the
			 rules and regulations of the public utilities commission of Ohio, I may refuse
			 to allow (name of the retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator)
			 to release the information set forth above. By my signature, I freely give
			 (name of the retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator) permission
			 to release the information designated above."
(d) Specify the information to be
			 released.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-10 - Contract administration and renewals

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 A retail natural
			 gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator shall arrange for the provision
			 of competitive retail natural gas service by contracting with its customers. In
			 its administration of such contracts, a retail natural gas supplier or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator is prohibited from engaging in unfair, deceptive,
			 misleading, and unconscionable acts and practices.
(B)
								 A retail natural
			 gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator shall maintain copies of
			 individual customer contracts for no less than two years after such contracts
			 terminate. Copies may be saved in electronic formats if such preserves the
			 image of the original signatures on signed documents.
(C)
								 For any contract
			 where the customer's signature is not physically on the same document as the
			 complete terms and conditions of such contract, the retail natural gas supplier
			 or opt-in governmental aggregator must assign a unique version number to each
			 version of the contract. Such version number must appear on the document
			 containing the customer's actual signature, on the copy of the terms and
			 conditions left with the customer, and on a master copy of the complete terms
			 and conditions of the contract. Both the document containing the customer's
			 physical signature and the master copy of the complete terms and conditions
			 must be retained in accordance with this rule. This provision shall not apply
			 where the retail natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator has
			 obtained the customer's consent by telephone or internet
			 enrollment.
(D)
								 In its administration of customer contracts, a retail
			 natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator shall:
(1)
									 Not assign a
			 customer contract to another retail natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental
			 aggregator without:
(a)
										 Providing a minimum of fourteen days written notice to
			 the commission's staff and any affected natural gas company before the contract
			 assignment. Such notice shall include:
(i)
											 The name of the
			 retail natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator to whom the
			 contract(s) will be assigned.
(ii)
											 The type of
			 contract(s) to be assigned (e.g., residential, small
			 commercial).
(iii)
											 The number of contracts to be
			 assigned.
(iv)
											 The incumbent natural gas company
			 involved.
(v)
											 The date of the assignment.
(vi)
											 A copy of the
			 customer notification.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-10 - Contract administration and renewals

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A retail natural gas supplier or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator shall arrange for the provision of competitive retail
			 natural gas service by contracting with its customers.
(B) A retail
			 natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator shall maintain copies of
			 individual customer contracts for no less than two years after such contracts
			 terminate. Copies may be saved in electronic formats if such preserves the
			 image of the original signatures on signed documents.
(C) For any contract where the customer's
			 signature is not physically on the same document as the complete terms and
			 conditions of such contract, the retail natural gas supplier or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator must assign a unique version number to each version of
			 the contract. Such version number must appear on the document containing the
			 customer's actual signature, on the copy of the terms and conditions left with
			 the customer, and on a master copy of the complete terms and conditions of the
			 contract. Both the document containing the customer's physical signature and
			 the master copy of the complete terms and conditions must be retained in
			 accordance with this rule. This provision shall not apply where the retail
			 natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator has obtained the
			 customer's consent by telephone or internet enrollment.
(D) In its administration of customer
			 contracts, a retail natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator
			 shall:
(1) Not assign a customer contract to
			 another retail natural gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator without:
(a) Providing a minimum of fourteen days
			 written notice to the commission's staff and any affected natural gas company
			 before the contract assignment. Such notice shall include:
(i) The name of the retail natural gas
			 supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator to whom the contract(s) will be
			 assigned.
(ii) The type of
			 contract(s) to be assigned (e.g., residential, small commercial).
(iii) The number of contracts to be
			 assigned.
(iv) The incumbent
			 natural gas company involved.
(v)
			 The date of the assignment.
(vi) A
			 copy of the customer notification.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-11 - Contract disclosure

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
All retail natural gas supplier and
				opt-in governmental aggregator customer contracts shall include, but not be
				limited to, the following information, which shall be stated in clear and
				understandable language:
(A) A notification
			 that switching fees may apply to a customer under the incumbent natural gas
			 company's tariff.
(B) A notification that the customer has the right to
			 request from the retail natural gas supplier 
								or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator up to twenty-four months of the customer's payment
			 history for services rendered by the retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator without charge.
(C) The retail natural
			 gas supplier's 
								or opt-in governmental aggregator's name, mailing
			 address, internet address (if applicable), and a toll-free telephone number
			 (with hours of operation and time zone reference) for customer
			 contacts.
(D) The services to be provided by the retail natural
			 gas supplier or opt-in governmental aggregator and those to be provided by the
			 incumbent natural gas company, including which entity will bill for those
			 services.
(E) The 
								seven-business-day period
			 during which a customer has to rescind such contract without penalty and the
			 methods for customers to make such rescission by contacting the incumbent
			 natural gas company (orally or in writing).
(F) The respective
			 policies, procedures, and any penalties for contract termination by the retail
			 natural gas supplier 
								or opt-in governmental aggregator and by the
			 customer after the rescission period, including any change in such policies,
			 procedures, and penalties that will become effective upon renewal of the
			 contract.
(G) A notification as to the consequences of
			 nonpayment:
(1) In the case where a retail natural gas supplier
			 or opt-in governmental aggregator bills
			 for its own services, a notification that, should the customer fail to pay the
			 bill or fail to meet any agreed-upon payment arrangement, the customer's
			 contract may be terminated by the retail natural gas supplier or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator on fourteen days' notice and that early termination
			 penalties may apply.
(2) In the case where the natural gas company bills
			 for the commodity service of a retail natural gas supplier and/or opt-in
			 governmental aggregator, a notification that, should the customer fail to pay
			 the bill or fail to meet any agreed-upon payment arrangement, the customer's
			 service may be terminated in accordance with the incumbent natural gas
			 company's tariffs and the customer's contract with its retail natural gas
			 supplier and/or opt-in governmental aggregator may be automatically terminated,
			 leading to early termination penalties.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-29 - Minimum Standards for Competitive Retail Natural Gas Service › Section 4901:1-29-13 - Coordination between natural gas companies and retail natural gas suppliers and governmental aggregators

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) At a minimum, the incumbent natural gas
			 company tariff shall include provisions governing the relationship between the
			 retail natural gas supplier and the governmental aggregator for competitive
			 retail natural gas service. Such provisions shall address:
(1) Nomination and deliveries.
(2) Billing (between the incumbent natural
			 gas company and the retail natural gas supplier or governmental
			 aggregator).
(3) Customer billing
			 (options, collection, application of customer payments).
(4) Measurement of delivered
			 volume.
(5) Shrinkage and
			 retainable factors.
(6) Customer
			 enrollment process information exchange.
(7) Dispute resolution process (between the
			 incumbent natural gas company and the retail natural gas supplier or
			 governmental aggregator).
(8)
			 Standard operating rules.
(9)
			 Performance standards of the retail natural gas supplier or governmental
			 aggregator.
(10) Creditworthiness
			 and default security.
(11) Supplier
			 agreement.
(12) A listing and
			 description of all fees and charges assessed to retail natural gas suppliers or
			 governmental aggregators.
(13)
			 Service termination and disconnection (of end-user customer).
(14) Conditions and processes for returning
			 customers to the incumbent natural gas company's commodity service.
(15) Customer enrollment and
			 switching.
(16) Supplier proof of
			 certification.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-30 - Reporting Requirements › Section 4901:1-30-01 - Regulatory assessment and reporting requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) In accordance
			 with sections 4905.10 and
			 4911.18 of the Revised Code,
			 each retail natural gas supplier and governmental aggregator is subject to an
			 annual assessment based upon its intrastate gross receipts or gross earnings
			 (collectively "gross revenue") associated with the provision of each
			 competitive retail natural gas service for which it is certified to
			 provide.
(B) Each retail natural
			 gas supplier that supplies competitive retail natural gas service shall, in the
			 manner and on the date specified by the commission or its staff, file an annual
			 report of the gross revenue derived from its intrastate sales of natural gas.
			 For the purpose of the report, sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas are
			 deemed to occur at the meter of a retail customer.
(C) Each retail natural gas supplier and
			 governmental aggregator that supplies competitive retail natural gas service(s)
			 in addition to, or other than, natural gas shall, in the manner and on the date
			 specified by the commission or its staff, file an annual report of the
			 intrastate gross revenue derived from its provision of such service(s). For the
			 purpose of the report, sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas are deemed to
			 occur at the meter of a retail customer.
(D) Each retail natural gas supplier and
			 governmental aggregator shall maintain detailed records to support the
			 information provided pursuant to paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule. Such
			 records and information are subject to audit by the commission.
(E) A governmental
			 aggregator may authorize its retail gas supplier, or a designated agent, to
			 file, on its behalf, any report required by this rule.
(F)
			 Each retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to
			 certification under section
			 4929.20 of the Revised Code
			 shall provide an annual report in such form as the public utilities commission
			 of Ohio directs. An annual report form will be made available on the public
			 utilities commission of Ohio's web site.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-31 - Opening Areas to Competition › Section 4901:1-31-01 - Opening areas to competitive retail natural gas service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								
								A
			 governmental 
								aggregator or retail natural gas
			 
								supplier seeking an order from the
			 public utilities commission
			 of Ohio ordering a natural gas company, with more
			 than fifteen thousand customers in this state, to provide fully open, equal and
			 nondiscriminatory distribution service to nonmercantile customers must file a
			 petition with the public utilities commission of
			 Ohio to open markets  which
			 shall:
(1) Be in the format prescribed on the
			 staff-approved  form, which shall be
			 available at the public utilities commission of Ohio's docketing division and
			 electronically on the public utilities commission of Ohio's web site
www.puco.ohio.gov
.
(2)
			 Include, if applicable, a copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the
			 creation of the governmental aggregation.
(3) Include a statement of all facts that
			 justify the granting of the petition.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-32 - Determination of Allowable Capacity and Commodity Costs › Section 4901:1-32-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Commission" means the public utilities
			 commission of Ohio.
(B) "Natural
			 gas company" means a natural gas company, as defined in section
			 4905.03 of the Revised Code,
			 that is a public utility as defined in section
			 4905.02 of the Revised Code and
			 excludes a retail natural gas supplier.
Effective: 12/1/2014
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 07/29/2014 and
				12/01/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4929.10,
				4929.25
Rule
				Amplifies: 4929.25
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7/4/02, 4/13/07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-32 - Determination of Allowable Capacity and Commodity Costs › Section 4901:1-32-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 The rules in
			 this chapter apply to the recovery or modification of recovery of capacity and
			 commodity costs, and costs incidental to those costs, and recovery of
			 decertification costs.
(B)
								 The commission may, upon an application or a motion
			 filed by a party, waive any requirement of this chapter, other than a
			 requirement mandated by statute, for good cause shown.
Effective: 12/1/2014
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 12/01/2019
Promulgated Under:
				111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4929.10,
				4929.25
Rule
				Amplifies: 4929.25
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-32 - Determination of Allowable Capacity and Commodity Costs › Section 4901:1-32-03 - Filing and contents of requests for recovery of capacity and commodity costs

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 If a natural gas
			 company seeks to recover, or modify the amount of recovery of, pursuant to
			 section 4929.25 of the Revised Code,
			 capacity and commodity costs, and costs incidental thereto, entered into on
			 behalf of customers that take commodity sales service from other than the
			 natural gas company, it must file an application for such. Such application
			 shall be filed with the commission in the form of an application for approval
			 of a migration cost recovery rider (XX-XX-GA-MCR).
(B)
								 In addition to a
			 fully-documented analysis and justification for the proposed migration cost
			 recovery rider, the migration cost recovery rider application should provide
			 the following information:
(1)
									 Customer migration rates (both with and without
			 percentage of income payment plan customers) for the most recent five years of
			 the competitive retail natural gas service program and the associated
			 volumes.
(2)
									 Customer migration due to governmental aggregation
			 (both with and without percentage of income payment plan customers) for the
			 most recent five years of the competitive retail natural gas service program
			 and the associated volumes.
(3)
									 Description of
			 existing capacity and commodity contracts including:
(a)
										 Vendor/service
			 provider and description of service being provided.
(b)
										 Quantities -
			 daily, seasonal, and annual.
(c)
										 Term/applicable
			 period.
(d)
										 Rates/prices (including any reservation fees, minimum
			 takes, and demand charges).
(e)
										
			 Termination/buyout/buydown opportunities and costs.
(f)
										 Any ratchet
			 provisions in the contracts.
(4)
									 Contract cost
			 mitigation opportunities (e.g., capacity release, off-system
			 sales).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-32 - Determination of Allowable Capacity and Commodity Costs › Section 4901:1-32-04 - Filing and contents of requests for recovery of decertification costs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								 Pursuant to section
			 4929.20 of the Revised Code, if
			 a natural gas company seeks to recover, or modify the amount of recovery of
			 incremental costs incurred by the company in connection with the commission's
			 continuation, suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission of a particular
			 retail natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's certification, it
			 shall submit an application for such. Such application shall be filed with the
			 commission in the form of an application for approval of an incremental
			 decertification cost recovery rider (XX-XX-GA-DCR).
(B)
								 In addition to a
			 fully-documented analysis and justification for the proposed decertification
			 cost recovery rider, the decertification cost recovery rider application should
			 provide the following information:
(1)
									 A reference to the commission order that resulted in
			 the continuation, suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission of the
			 retail natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's
			 certification.
(2)
									 A description of the source of the incremental costs
			 incurred by the natural gas company, including costs incurred both prior to and
			 subsequent to the commission order.
(3)
									 A description of
			 any efforts to mitigate the impact of the retail natural gas supplier's or
			 governmental aggregator's decertification.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-33 - Not-for-Profit Customer Declarations of Mercantile Status › Section 4901:1-33-01 - Not-for-profit customer declarations of nonmercantile status

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) All
			 not-for-profit customers that consume, other than for residential use, more
			 than five hundred thousand cubic feet of natural gas per year at a single
			 location within this state, or consume natural gas, other than for residential
			 use, as part of an undertaking having more than three locations within or
			 outside this state, that intend to assert nonmercantile status
			  must file a declaration of
			 nonmercantile
			 status with the public utilities commission of Ohio, which shall:
(1) Be in the format prescribed on the
			 public utilities commission of Ohio's
			 staff-approved  form, which shall be
			 available at the public utilities commission of Ohio's docketing division and
			 electronically on the public utilities commission of Ohio's web site.
(2) Be effective upon filing.