Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-24 - Certification of CRES Providers › Section 4901:1-24-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Abandonment" means ceasing to provide
			 competitive retail electric service(s) to one or more classes of customers in
			 one or more electric distribution service territories prior to the expiration
			 of customers' contracts.
(B)
			 "Aggregation" means combining the electric load of multiple retail customers
			 through an agreement with the customers or formation of a governmental
			 aggregation pursuant to section
			 4928.20 of the Revised Code for
			 the purposes of purchasing retail electric generation service on an aggregated
			 basis.
(C) "Aggregator" means a
			 person, certified by the commission, who contracts with customers to combine
			 the customers' electric load for the purpose of purchasing retail electric
			 generation service on an aggregated basis. The term, as used in this chapter,
			 does not include a governmental aggregator.
(D) "Applicant" means a person who files an
			 application for certification or certification renewal under this
			 chapter.
(E) "Application form"
			 means a form, approved by the commission, that an applicant seeking
			 certification or certification renewal as a competitive retail electric service
			 provider 
								files with the commission as set forth in this
			 chapter.
(F) "Billing and
			 collection agent" 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(2) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(G) "Certified territory"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(3) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(H) "Competitive retail
			 electric service" (CRES) has the meaning set forth in division (A)(4) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, and
			 includes the services provided by retail electric generation providers, power
			 marketers, power brokers, aggregators, and governmental aggregators.
(I) "Commission" means the public utilities
			 commission of Ohio.
(J) "CRES
			 provider" means a person or entity, under certification by the commission who
			 supplies or offers to supply a CRES.
(K) "Electric cooperative"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(5) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(L) "Electric distribution
			 utility" 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(6) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(M) "Electric services
			 company" 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(9) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(N) "Electric utility"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(11) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(O) "Filing under seal" means
			 personally delivering to the commission's docketing division a sealed envelope
			 containing information intended to be kept proprietary and confidential. This
			 action must be accompanied by the filing and docketing of a "motion for
			 protective order," pursuant to rule
			 4901-1-24 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(P) "Governmental aggregator"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(13) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(Q) "Mercantile customer"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(19) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(R) "Person"
			 
								has the meaning set forth in division (A)(24) of
			 section 4928.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(S) "Power broker" means a
			 person, certified by the commission, who provides power brokerage.
(T) "Power brokerage" means assuming the
			 contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and/or arrangement for the
			 supply of retail electric generation service to a retail customer in this state
			 without taking title to the electric power supplied.
(U) "Power marketer" means a person,
			 certified by the commission, who provides power marketing services.
(V) "Power marketing" means assuming the
			 contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and provision of retail
			 electric generation service to a retail customer in this state and having title
			 to electric power provided at some point during the transaction.
(W) "Retail electric generation provider"
			 means a person, certified by the commission, who provides retail electric
			 generation service in this state.
(X) "Retail electric generation service"
			 means the provision of electric power to a retail customer in this state
			 through facilities provided by an electric distribution utility and/or a
			 transmission entity in this state. The term encompasses the services performed
			 by retail electric generation providers, power marketers, and power brokers,
			 but does not encompass the service provided by an electric utility pursuant to
			 sections 4928.141,
			 4928.142, and
			 4928.143 or division (D) of
			 section 4928.35 of the Revised
			 Code.
(Y) "Service agreement" means
			 the initial agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto entered into by
			 the applicant and any provider of a service necessary to transport, schedule,
			 and deliver CRES to the retail customer (e.g., transmission service, ancillary
			 services, scheduling coordination, and distribution service).
(Z) "Small commercial customer" means a
			 commercial customer that is not a mercantile customer.
(AA) "Staff" means the commission staff or
			 its authorized representative.