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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-13 - Transit traffic compensation

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Transit
			 traffic is traffic that originates on one telephone company(s) network,
			 terminates on a second telephone company's network, and is transmitted using an
			 intermediate third telephone company(s) network facilities.
(B) The intermediate telephone company(s)
			 carrying traffic originating and terminating on other telephone company's
			 networks 
								are
			 to be compensated for the use of its (their) network
			 facilities.
(C) An intermediate
			 telephone company 
								is not permitted to refuse to carry transit
			 traffic if:
(1) It is appropriately
			 compensated for the use of its network facilities necessary to carry the
			 transit traffic.
(2) The
			 originating and terminating telephone companies have a compensation agreement
			 in place with the intermediate telephone company that sets the rates, terms,
			 and conditions for the compensation of such transit traffic.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-14 - Compensation for intrastate switched access reciprocal compensation traffic and carrier-to-carrier tariff

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) For purposes
			 of this rule:
(1) "Nonrural incumbent local
			 exchange carrier" (nonrural ILEC)" 
									means an incumbent local exchange
			 carrier that is not a "rural telephone company" under
			 47 U.S.C.
			 153(37).
(2) "Rural competitive local exchange
			 carrier" (rural CLEC) 
									means a CLEC that does not serve (i.e., terminate
			 traffic to or originate traffic from) any customers located within either:
(a) An incorporated place of fifty thousand
			 inhabitants or more based on the most recently available population statistics
			 of the census bureau.
(b) An
			 urbanized area, as defined by the census bureau.
(3) "Switched access reciprocal compensation"
			 
									means  access reciprocal compensation
			 
									as
			 defined in 47 C.F.R.
			 51.903(h).
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-15 - Meet point billing (MPB)

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) MPB arrangements
			 
								are to
			 be used in billing for compensation for jointly provisioned switched access
			 service to another carrier by more than one local exchange carrier (LEC),
			 similar to MPB arrangements currently used by the incumbent local exchange
			 carriers.
(B) LECs may use MPB
			 arrangements for compensation of other types of traffic exchanged between
			 them.
(C) Under MPB compensation
			 arrangements, the meet point can be any technically feasible point of
			 interconnection pursuant to paragraph (A)(6) of rule
			 4901:1-7-06 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-16 - Unbundled network elements (UNE)

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
General unbundling requirements
(A) Each incumbent local exchange carrier
			 (ILEC) shall have the duty to provide, to any requesting telephone company for
			 the provision of telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access to
			 network elements, pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(c), and
			 251(d)(2), on an
			 unbundled basis at any technically feasible point consistent with
			 47 C.F.R.
			 51.307-321
								under
			 rates, terms, and conditions pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(c)(3) and
			 252.
(B)
			 Unbundled network element rates, terms, and conditions
			 
								may be
			 established through negotiation between telephone companies upon receipt of a
			 request for interconnection pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-06 of the
			 Administrative Code, or through arbitration pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-09 of the
			 Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-17 - Carrier-to-carrier pricing

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a
				section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal
				Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A)
								General principles
(1)
									These standards
			 apply to pricing of interconnection, unbundled network elements, methods of
			 obtaining interconnection and access to unbundled network elements (including
			 collocation), and reciprocal compensation pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(c) and
			 251(d)(2). All of
			 these provisions are referred to as "elements" for the purpose of this
			 rule.
(2)
									An incumbent local exchange carrier's (ILEC's) rates
			 for each element it offers are to comply with the general pricing standards
			 pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
			 51.503 and
			 47 C.F.R.
			 51.505 and the rate structure standards as
			 described in paragraph (B) of this rule.
(3)
									The commission,
			 at its discretion in an arbitration proceeding, shall set the ILEC's rates for
			 each element it offers by either:
(a)
										Utilizing interim rates, subject to a true up pursuant
			 to paragraph (A)(4) of this rule, that are based on the best information
			 available to the commission about the ILEC's forward-looking economic
			 costs.
(b)
										Pursuant to the forward-looking economic cost-based
			 pricing methodology described in rule
			 4901:1-7-19 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(4)
									The interim
			 rate(s) for an element(s) will no longer be in effect once the commission
			 determines rates based on forward-looking economic costs pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-19 of the Administrative Code, submitted by the ILEC and approved by
			 the commission. If the interim rate for an element is different from the rate
			 established by the commission pursuant to rule 4901:1-7-19 of the
			 Administrative Code, the involved telephone companies are to make adjustments
			 to the past rate charged for that element which allow each telephone company to
			 be charged at a rate level it would have been charged had the interim element
			 rate equaled the rate later established by the commission pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-19 of the
			 Administrative Code. The involved telephone companies may consider the
			 financial impact of the true up and negotiate the period of time over which the
			 true up takes place.
(5)
									The rate that an ILEC assesses for elements shall not
			 vary on the basis of the class of customer served by the requesting telephone
			 company, or on the type of services that the requesting telephone company
			 purchasing such elements uses them to provide.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-18 - Interim rates for forward-looking economic prices

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Interim rates
			 may be used by the commission in setting prices while arbitrating disputed
			 issues pursuant to rule
			 4901:1-7-9 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B)
								
								The
			 commission will set interim rates  when it determines that it does not have sufficient
			 time to review cost information provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier
			 or when it appears that there may be significant concerns with the cost studies
			 from the commission's cursory review.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-20 - Cost study requirements

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When a local exchange carrier (LEC)
			 submits a cost study to the commission staff, it must simultaneously submit a
			 complete set of supporting work papers and source documents.
(B) The work papers
			 
								are to
			 clearly and logically present all data used in developing the estimate and
			 provide a narrative explanation of all formulas or algorithms applied to these
			 data. These work papers must allow others to replicate the methodology and
			 calculate equivalent or alternative results using equivalent or alternative
			 assumptions.
(C) The work papers
			 
								are to
			 clearly set forth all significant assumptions and identify all source documents
			 used in preparing the cost estimate, including the technology being used in
			 providing the element.
(D) The work
			 papers 
								are
			 to be organized so that a person unfamiliar with the study will be able
			 to work from the initial investment, expense, and demand data to the final cost
			 estimate. Every number used in developing the study 
								is to be clearly
			 identified in the work papers as to what it represents. Further, the source
			 should be clearly identifiable and readily available, if not included with the
			 work papers.
(E) Any input
			 expressed as a "dollars per minute," "dollars per foot," "dollars per loop,"
			 "dollars per port," and the like 
								are to be traceable back to the original source
			 documents containing the number of dollars, minutes, feet, loops, ports, and
			 the like from which these figures were calculated.
(F) All data and work papers
			 
								are to
			 be provided in electronic format.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-21 - Resale

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Resale
			 provisioning
(1)
									
									Telecommunications services
			 available for resale by any local exchange carrier (LEC) are to be pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(b)(1).
(2)
									
									Incumbent LECs
									are to provide its retail
			 telecommunications services for resale pursuant to
			 47 U.S.C.
			 251(c)(4).
(3) Each ILEC 
									is
			 to provide nondiscriminatory, automated operational support systems. Such
			 systems 
									will enable other LECs reselling the ILEC's retail
			 telecommunications services to preorder and order service, installation,
			 repair, and number assignment; monitor network status; and bill for local
			 service. Such support systems 
									are to include, but not be limited to:
(a) Preordering and ordering functionalities
			 for processing customer service orders.
(b) Provisioning requirements to ensure
			 electronic transmission of data to the LEC providing telecommunications
			 services for resale, as well as order and service completion
			 confirmation.
(c) Repair and
			 maintenance requirements.
(4) ILECs are required to provide branding of
			 operator, call completion, or directory assistance services offered for
			 resale.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-22 - Customer migration

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Each
			 competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) 
								is to provide systems to
			 facilitate the migration of customers between local exchange carriers (LECs).
			 Such systems may be manual but 
								are to enable another LEC to migrate customers
			 efficiently from that CLEC's network. Such systems 
								are to include,
			 but not be limited to, systems required to preorder, order, install, and repair
			 service, and billing for local service. CLEC responses to customer service
			 record requests 
								are to include information sufficient to
			 facilitate customer migration between LECs. For the purposes of this rule,
			 customer service information includes but is not limited to the following:
(1) Customer service records - detailed
			 identification of the regulated services to which the customer is
			 subscribed.
(2) Service completion
			 confirmation - the verification and notification that all tasks associated with
			 a service order have been completed.
(3) Line loss notification - the notification
			 to a LEC that a customer has initiated a transition to another LEC.
(4) Completion notices - notice that all work
			 to 
									affect a customer migration has been
			 completed.
(5) Circuit
			 identification - the manner and system a carrier uses to identify physical
			 circuits under its control, if applicable.
(6) 911 and directory listings.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-24 - Local number portability (LNP)

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a
				section of either the United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal
				Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02
				of the Administrative Code.]
(A)
			 Telephone companies do not have a proprietary interest in the customer's
			 telephone number. Customers must have the ability to retain the same telephone
			 number as they change from one telephone company to another at the same
			 location.
(B) All telephone
			 companies must provide permanent LNP pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 52. 21- 52.36.
Effective: 10/27/2017
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 8/11/2017 and
				07/14/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4927.03,
				4901.13
Rule
				Amplifies: 4901.13,
				4927.04
Prior
				Effective Dates: 11/30/2007, 3/2/2013
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-25 - Number optimization

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
All number holding telephone companies, including wireless
				service providers, must adhere to the following requirements:
(A) Upon request, provide copies of all NXX
			 code requests to the North American numbering plan administrator (NANPA) or
			 thousands block requests to the pooling administrator to the chief of the
			 
								regulatory utility services division of the rates
			 and analysis department of the commission.
(B) Initial and growth NXX code or thousands
			 block requests must comply with applicable federal regulation.
(C) The telephone company must obtain NXX
			 codes from NANPA or thousands blocks from the pooling administrator only for
			 those areas where it is certified and plans to activate service within six
			 months. If a telephone company is unable to meet the six-month deadline for
			 placing a code or thousands block into service by returning a part 4 form to
			 NANPA or to the pooling administrator, then further action regarding this code
			 or thousands block is the responsibility of the commission and the telephone
			 company.
(D) The telephone company
			 will adopt all current and future number resource optimization measures set
			 forth by the federal communications commission and the commission
			 orders.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-26 - Competition safeguards

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
				United States Code or a regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations, see rule
				4901:1-7-02 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A) Disclosure
			 of information
(1) Definitions
(a) For the purpose of this rule, "customer
			 proprietary network information" (CPNI) 
										is defined in accordance with
			 47 U.S.C.
			 222(h)(1).
(b) For the purpose of this rule, "subscriber
			 list information" 
										is defined in accordance with
			 47 U.S.C.
			 222(h)(3).
(c) For purposes of this rule
			 "customer-specific information" 
										is defined as any information specifically
			 pertaining to a customer that is not information included in the definitions
			 set forth in paragraphs (A)(1)(a) and (A)(1)(b) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-7 - Local Exchange Carriers › Section 4901:1-7-27 - Local exchange carrier default

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In the event a local exchange carrier
			 (LEC) intends to terminate another LEC's access to its network for nonpayment
			 or any other material default, as defined by an agreement between the LECs, and
			 in the event such termination of service would effectively result in the
			 disconnection of the defaulting LEC's customers from the local
			 telecommunications network without a customer notice, consistent with rule
			 4901:1-6-07 of the
			 Administrative Code, the aggrieved LEC 
								is to notify the commission at
			 least fourteen calendar days in advance of the date it intends to terminate the
			 other LECs' access. Such notice 
								will be made by email, facsimile, overnight mail,
			 or hand delivery to the defaulting LEC and to the director of the service
			 monitoring and enforcement department, the chief of the
			 
								regulatory utility services division of the rates
			 and analysis department, and the chief of the telecommunications section of the
			 legal department.
(B) If it is
			 determined by the commission, that further investigation is warranted or that
			 immediate termination may not be in the public interest, the commission or an
			 attorney examiner may direct the aggrieved LEC to stay the termination for
			 further investigation. This rule is not intended to replace any default or
			 dispute resolution provisions contained in an agreement between the LECs.
			 Rather, it is an additional requirement should a default trigger the potential
			 for termination of service(s) from the aggrieved LEC's network.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) As used in this
			 chapter:
(1) "Contribution in aid of
			 construction" means any amount of money or property contributed to an electric
			 utility to the extent that the purpose of the contribution is to provide for
			 line extensions for new or expanded customer loads.
(2) "Commission" means the public utilities
			 commission of Ohio.
(3) "Cost
			 estimate" means the detailed projected expenditure, including material costs
			 and overhead, equipment costs and overhead, labor costs and overhead, and all
			 taxes associated with each major material and service component, required for a
			 line extension
									with a separate identification
			 of any incremental costs associated with providing premium
			 services.
(4) "Customer" means any
			 individual, corporation, company, co-partnership, association, joint venture,
			 or government entity who has requested the construction of an electric line
			 extension from the electric utility.
(5) "Electric utility"
			 
									has the meaning set forth in division (A)(11) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(6) "Line extension" means
			 the provision of facilities (including, but not limited to, poles, fixtures,
			 wires, and appurtenances) necessary for delivering electrical energy from the
			 point of origin to one or more of the customer's points of delivery. Facilities
			 provided by the electric utility to maintain, protect, upgrade, or improve its
			 overall distribution system (even if necessary due to a customer's load
			 addition) are not considered part of a line extension.
(7) "Multifamily installation" means any line
			 extension to a new residential dwelling that will have two or more dwelling
			 units, where each unit has a separate account for electric service.
(8) "Point of origin" means the point where a
			 line extension under this rule connects with and receives energy from any
			 existing transmission or distribution equipment. The point of origin
			 
									is
			 designated as the nearest practical point to the customers to be served
			 by the line extension at which the appropriate voltage level is
			 available.
(9) "Premium service"
			 includes, but is not limited to, customer-requested oversizing of facilities,
			 underground construction, three-phase residential service, and any customer
			 request that is in excess of standard construction and requirements necessary
			 to provide electric service to the customer.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-03 - Demand, load, or time differentiated pricing meter option for residential customers

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Each electric utility shall maintain on file with the
				commission a tariff, in which the electric utility:
(A) Offers residential customers, whose
			 residences are primarily heated by electricity, the option of metering usage by
			 a demand, load, or time differentiated pricing meter.
(B) May require customers to pay for any
			 demand, load, or time differentiated pricing meter they select and its
			 installation, if no such meter is already installed or the technology
			 deployed.
(C)
								
								Bills customers with demand, load, or time
			 differentiated pricing meters for kilowatt hours in excess of a prescribed
			 number of kilowatt hours per kilowatt of billing demand, at a rate per kilowatt
			 hour that reflects the lower cost of providing service during off-peak
			 periods.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-05 - Uniform system of accounts for electric utilities

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Electric
			 utilities shall keep their books of accounts and records in accordance with the
			 uniform system of accounts prescribed by the federal energy regulatory
			 commission except to the extent that the provisions of said uniform system of
			 accounts are inconsistent in any way with the outstanding accounting orders of
			 the commission.
(B) The commission
			 reserves the right to 
								expect the creation and maintenance of such
			 additional accounts as may hereafter be prescribed to cover the accounting
			 procedures of electric utilities.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-06 - Retention of records

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in Chapter 4901:1-10 of the
				Administrative Code, the regulations governing the retention and preservation
				of records of electric utilities are set forth in the appendix to this rule
				[amended appendix, see attachment].
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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-07 - Rules, regulations, and practices for the construction of electric line extensions

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Applicability
This rule is applicable to all electric utilities to facilitate
				the policy of the state as set forth in section
				4928.02 of the Revised Code by
				requiring all of the state's electric utilities to apply the same policies and
				charges on a nondiscriminatory and comparable basis in fulfilling the
				obligation to construct line extensions when necessary to provide adequate
				distribution service to new or expanded customer loads, both residential and
				nonresidential.
(B) Tariff
			 criteria
(1) Each
			 electric utility shall have on file with the commission an approved tariff
			 schedule for the provision of line extensions consistent with the requirements
			 of this rule.
(2) In the event that
			 provisions are required to implement circumstances not addressed in this rule,
			 the electric utility shall address those circumstances in its application, but
			 will
			 make its best efforts to maintain consistency with the rules herein.
(3) Upon the filing of an application to
			 establish or modify line extension tariffs, the commission may fix a time and
			 place for hearing if the application appears to be unjust or unreasonable. The
			 burden of proof to show that the proposals in the application are just and
			 reasonable is placed upon the electric utility.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-9 - Metering Options › Section 4901:1-9-09 - Nuclear decommissioning reports

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) On a biennial
			 basis, commencing March 31, 2001, an electric utility or affiliate owning
			 nuclear generation facilities shall cause the entity responsible for managing
			 the external trust fund (fund) created to hold funds for the decommissioning of
			 each nuclear facility located in Ohio, as described in case no. 87-1183-EL-COI,
			 to report to the commission on the status of that fund. This reporting may be
			 coordinated so as to coincide with the reporting requirements of the nuclear
			 regulatory commission. The annual reports will include:
(1) Information on the receipts of the
			 fund.
(2) The investment income of
			 the fund.
(3) The costs incurred by
			 the fund.
(4) The balance of the
			 fund.
(5) A description of the
			 current fund investments, as to return and investment grade reported by
			 applicable reporting services.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-02 - Purpose and scope

Current through all regulations passed and filed
			 through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 The rules in this chapter:
(1) Apply to
			 investor-owned electric utilities, as defined in this chapter, and transmission
			 owners.
(2) Are intended to promote
			 safe and reliable service to consumers and the public, and to provide minimum
			 standards for uniform and reasonable practices.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-03 - Records

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Retention of
			 records
(1) Unless otherwise specified in this
			 chapter or in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, the regulations governing the
			 retention and preservation of electric utility records are set forth in the
			 appendix to rule
			 4901:1-9-06 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(2) Unless
			 otherwise specified in this chapter, each electric utility shall maintain, for
			 three years, records that are sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the
			 rules of this chapter. Failure to retain records, as required by this rule,
			 sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the rules of this chapter shall give
			 rise to a rebuttable presumption to the contrary.
(3) If compliance with any rule in this
			 chapter is determined on the basis of activities (such as inspection, testing,
			 or maintenance) occurring over a period of two years or more, then the
			 three-year record retention requirement shall be increased by the total number
			 of years over which such activities are required to occur and shall apply to
			 the compilation of records comprised of the activities required during the
			 stated period.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-04 - Equipment for voltage measurements and system voltage and frequency requirements

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Portable indicating instruments (e.g.,
			 electro-mechanical indicating, electronic indicating, and electronic indicating
			 and recording) used to test or record service voltage at the customer's
			 premises in response to a customer inquiry or complaint shall be checked for
			 accuracy against a recognized standard. For transmission facilities within the
			 commission's jurisdiction, the voltage measuring equipment accuracy and testing
			 requirements shall comply with the requirements of the transmission system
			 operator. Accuracy checks shall be conducted as recommended by the manufacturer
			 or once per calendar year if no period is specified. The most recent accuracy
			 test record shall be kept with each such instrument, or at a central location
			 for the electric utility and/or transmission owner.
(B) Electric utilities and transmission
			 owners shall comply with the following requirements regarding standard voltage:
(1) Each electric utility and transmission
			 owner supplying electrical energy for general use shall adopt nominal service
			 voltages to be supplied to its customers and shall make every reasonable
			 effort, by the use of proper equipment and operation, to maintain the service
			 voltages to its customers within the limits as defined within this
			 rule.
(2) Each electric utility
			 shall file with the commission, as part of its tariffs, the nominal service
			 voltage available to customers, including the number of phases and service
			 configurations and the voltage variations for each available service
			 configuration. The nominal service voltage shall be based on the
			 2016
			 edition of the "American National Standards Institute" standard C 84.1,
			 electric power systems and equipment voltage ratings, or as subsequently
			 amended.
(3) The limits specified
			 within this rule do not apply to voltage excursions.
(4) Each electric utility and transmission
			 owner shall develop procedures to reasonably ensure that the delivered service
			 voltages are within the ranges as specified in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule.
The procedures shall include a description of the electric
				utility's and transmission owner's practices to assure that service voltages
				are within acceptable limits and may include the inspections of substation
				voltage regulation equipment, line voltage regulation equipment (i.e., voltage
				regulators and capacitors), available substation voltage monitoring equipment
				and other field investigations and system voltage studies.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-06 - "National Electrical Safety Code"

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Each electric utility and transmission owner shall comply with
				the 
								2017
				edition of the "American National Standard Institute's," "National Electrical
				Safety Code" approved by the "American National Standards Institute" and
				adopted by the "Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-07 - Outage and accident reports

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								As used in this
			 rule, "outage" means an interruption of service to:
(1)
									One thousand, two
			 hundred fifty customers in an area for a projected or actual period of two
			 hours or more.
(2)
									Six hundred twenty-five customers in an area for a
			 projected or actual period of eight hours or more.
(3)
									One hundred or
			 more customers in an area for a projected or actual period of twenty-four hours
			 or more.
(4)
									A facility of any telephone company, electric light
			 company, natural gas company, water-works company, or a sewage disposal system
			 company, as defined in section
			 4905.03
			 of the Revised Code and including a company that is operated not-for-profit, or
			 owned or operated by a municipal corporation, when an interruption to that
			 facility for a projected period of four hours or more, affects or will affect
			 public safety.
(5)
									Any police department, fire department, hospital, or
			 countywide 9-1-1 system, for a projected period of four hours or more.
As used in this paragraph, "area" means
				the electric utility's certified territory within a county or all adjoining
				municipalities and townships in an electric utility's certified
				territory.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-09 - Minimum customer service levels

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) On a calendar monthly basis, each
			 electric utility shall complete the installation of new service or upgrade of
			 service as follows:
(1) Ninety-nine per cent
			 of new service installations requiring no construction of electric facilities
			 shall:
(a) Be completed within three business
			 days, except for meters that are capable of starting and stopping service
			 remotely, after the electric utility has been notified that the service
			 location is ready for service and all necessary tariff and regulatory
			 requirements have been met.
(b) Be
			 completed by the requested installation date, when an applicant requests an
			 installation date more than three business days after the service location is
			 ready for service and all necessary tariff requirements have been
			 met.
(c) Be completed within one
			 business day after the electric utility has been notified that the service
			 location is ready for service and all necessary tariff and regulatory
			 requirements have been met for meters that are capable of starting and stopping
			 service remotely.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-11 - Distribution circuit performance

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) General. This rule sets forth a method
			 for determining the performance of each electric utility's distribution
			 circuits.
(B) Circuit performance
			 methodology. The following provisions apply to the determination of the
			 appropriate method for calculating circuit performance.
(1) Circuit performance data during major
			 events and transmission outages shall be excluded from the calculation of
			 circuit performance.
(2) Each
			 electric utility shall submit, for review and acceptance by the director of the
			 service monitoring and enforcement department, a method to calculate circuit
			 performance, based on the service reliability indices defined in paragraph
			 (B)(1) of rule
			 4901:1-10-10 of the
			 Administrative Code and other factors proposed by the electric utility, and
			 supporting justification for that method. An electric utility may revise the
			 method it uses for calculating circuit performance (starting with the next
			 succeeding reporting period) by submitting such revisions and supporting
			 justification for such revisions to the director of the service monitoring and
			 enforcement department for review and acceptance.
(3) If the electric utility and the director
			 of the service monitoring and enforcement department cannot agree on the method
			 to calculate circuit performance, then the director of the service monitoring
			 and enforcement department shall issue a letter rejecting the proposal within
			 forty-five calendar days of its submittal. The electric utility or the director
			 may request a hearing to establish the appropriate calculation methodology. At
			 such hearing, the electric utility has the burden
			 of proof to show that the calculation methodology is just and reasonable
			 .
(4) No proposal
			 shall be effective until it is either accepted by the director or, in the event
			 of a hearing, approved by the commission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-12 - Provision of customer rights and obligations

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Each electric utility shall provide to new customers, upon
				application for service, and existing customers upon request, a written summary
				of their rights and obligations under this chapter. This written summary shall
				also be prominently posted on the electric utility's website.
				 For purposes of this rule "new customer" means a customer
				who opens a new account and has not received the latest version of the customer
				rights summary. The summary shall include, but not be limited to, the
				following:
(A) The electric utility
			 and commission procedures for complaints, which shall include:
(1) How complaints are made to the electric
			 utility, including a local or toll free number, an address and a website, if
			 applicable.
(2) A statement that:
"If your complaint is not resolved after you have called (your
				electric utility), or for general utility information, residential and business
				customers may contact the public utilities commission of Ohio (PUCO) for
				assistance at 1-800-686-7826 (toll free) from eight a.m. to five p.m. weekdays,
				or at
http://www.puco.ohio.gov
.
				Hearing or speech impaired customers may contact the PUCO via 7-1-1 (Ohio relay
				service)."
"The Ohio consumers' counsel (OCC) represents residential
				utility customers in matters before the PUCO. The OCC can be contacted at
				1-877-742-5622 (toll free) from eight a.m. to five p.m. weekdays, or at
http://www.pickocc.org
."
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-13 - Employee identification

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
Any electric utility employee or agent seeking access to the
				customer's or landlord's premises shall identify himself/herself by displaying
				company photo identification and, upon request, state the reason for the visit.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				09/30/2014 and
				09/30/2019
Promulgated
				Under: 111.15
Statutory
				Authority: 4905.22,
				4905.04,
				4928.06,
				4928.11
Rule
				Amplifies: 4905.06,
				4905.22,
				4905.28,
				4928.11
Prior
				Effective Dates: 7/1/99, 9/18/00, 1/1/04,
				6/29/09
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-14 - Establishment of credit for nonresidential applicants and customers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Each electric
			 utility shall establish written procedures to determine creditworthiness of
			 nonresidential applicants and customers for service based solely on the
			 customer's or applicant's creditworthiness.
(B) Upon request,
			 each electric utility shall provide applicants/customers with the following
			 information:
(1) Their credit history with
			 that company.
(2) A copy of this
			 rule, the commission's website and the toll-free and TTY numbers of the
			 commission's call center.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-15 - Reasons for denial or disconnection of nonresidential service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
Each electric utility may refuse or disconnect service to
				nonresidential customers for only the following reasons:
(A) When the customer violates or fails to
			 comply with an applicable electric utility contract or tariff(s).
(B) When electric utility service to a
			 customer violates any law of this state or any political subdivision thereof,
			 or any federal law or regulation.
(C) When a consumer tampers with electric
			 utility property or engages in a fraudulent practice to obtain service, as set
			 forth in rule
			 4901:1-10-20
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D) For
			 using electricity or equipment which adversely affects electric utility service
			 to other customers, e.g., voltage fluctuations, power surges, and interruptions
			 of service.
(E) When a safety
			 hazard to consumers or their premises, the public, or to the electric utility's
			 personnel or facilities exists.
(F)
			 When the customer, landlord of the tenant/customer, or tenant leasing the
			 landlord/ customer's premises refuses access to electric utility facilities or
			 equipment on the customer's property or property leased by the
			 customer.
(G) For nonpayment of
			 electric utility bills and any tariffed charges, including security deposits
			 and amounts not in bona fide dispute. Where the customer has registered a
			 complaint with the commission's call center or filed a formal complaint with
			 the commission which reasonably asserts a bona fide dispute, the electric
			 utility shall not disconnect service if the customer pays either the undisputed
			 portion of the bill or the amount paid for the same billing period in the
			 previous year.
(H) When the
			 customer has moved from the service location and no new
			 applicant is on record.
(I) For repairs, provided that the electric
			 utility has notified customers prior to scheduled maintenance interruptions in
			 excess of six hours.
(J) Upon the
			 customer's request.
(K) When a
			 former customer, whose account with that electric utility is in arrears for
			 service furnished at the premises, consumes service at, or has requested
			 service for, such premises.
(L)
			 When an emergency may threaten the health or safety of a person, a surrounding
			 area, or the operation of the electric utility's electrical system.
(M) For other good cause shown.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-16 - Notice of disconnection of nonresidential service

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A) Except as
			 otherwise provided by contract approved by the commission pursuant to section
			 4905.31 of the Revised Code,
			 each electric utility shall provide the nonresidential customer with written
			 notice of pending disconnection, when either of the following conditions
			 exists:
(1) Violation of or noncompliance
			 with the contract or electric utility's tariff(s) which applies to customer
			 service, other than nonpayment of bills (which is addressed in rule
			 4901:1-10-17
			 of the Administrative Code).
(2)
			 The customer refuses access to electric utility facilities or equipment on the
			 customer's property or property leased by the customer.
The notice shall set forth the earliest date on which service
				may be disconnected, which date shall not be less than five calendar days after
				the postmark date on the notice.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-17 - Payment schedule and disconnection procedures for nonpayment by nonresidential customers

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A nonresidential customer's bill for
			 tariffed services shall not be due earlier than twenty-one calendar days from
			 the date of the postmark on the bill. If the bill is not paid by the due date,
			 it then becomes past due.
(B) The
			 utility may disconnect service, after at least five days notice, during normal
			 business hours. However, no disconnection for nonpayment shall be made after
			 twelve-thirty p.m. on the day preceding a day on which all services necessary
			 for the customer to arrange and the utility company to perform reconnection are
			 not regularly performed.
(C) Except as otherwise provided by contract
			 approved by the commission pursuant to section
			 4905.31 of the Revised Code,
			 each electric utility shall provide the nonresidential customer with a written
			 notice of pending disconnection for nonpayment of tariffed service
								with a
								postmark
			 not less than five calendar days before service is disconnected.
(D) The disconnection notice shall clearly
			 display each of the following items:
(1) The
			 delinquent billing account number, total amount past due, reconnection charge,
			 and any security deposit owed.
(2)
			 The earliest date when disconnection may occur.
(3) The address and phone number of the
			 electric utility's office for customers to contact about their
			 accounts.
(4) A statement that the
			 staff is available to render assistance with unresolved complaints, and the
			 commission's current address, toll-free and TTY numbers of the commission's
			 call center, and the commission's website.
(5) A statement that the customer's failure
			 to pay the amount required at the electric utility's office or to one of its
			 authorized agents by the date specified in the notice may result in a security
			 deposit and  a charge for
			 reconnection.
(6)
			 If any non-tariffed charges appear on the bill, a statement that the nonpayment
			 of non-tariffed charge(s) shall not result in the disconnection of distribution
			 service;
(7) If any charges for
			 competitive retail electric services appear on the bill, a statement that the
			 failure to pay charges for competitive retail electric services may result in
			 loss of those products and services.
(8) If any charges for competitive retail
			 electric services appear on the bill a statement that the failure to pay
			 charges for competitive retail electric service may result in cancellation of
			 the customer's contract with the competitive retail electric service provider,
			 and returning of the customer to the electric utility's standard offer for
			 generation services.
The information required by this paragraph may be included in
				documents accompanying the disconnection notice.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-10 - Electric Companies › Section 4901:1-10-18 - Reconnection of nonresidential service

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Unless a nonresidential customer requests
			 the reconnection to occur at a later time in which the
			 utility company regularly performs service reconnections, an electric utility shall reconnect
			 service by the close of the following regular business day after either of the
			 following:
(1) The electric utility receives
			 both of the following:
(a) The full amount in
			 arrears, for which service was disconnected, or the amount in default on an
			 agreed-upon deferred payment plan.
(b) Any security deposit authorized under
			 this chapter and any tariffed reconnection charges.