Ohio Administrative Code › Title 122:5 - Office of Community Services › Chapter 122:5-3 - Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP) Program › Section 122:5-3-05 - Procedures for disbursing public funds to electric utilities; timely remittance of revenue

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Application of customer deposits. If an
			 electric distribution utility has collected a deposit from a customer who
			 subsequently enrolls in the PIPP plus program,
			 the electric distribution utility shall apply the deposit to the customer's
			 account in a manner consistent with rule
			 4901:1-10-14
			 of the Administrative Code (or any successor rule of substantially the same
			 effect) promptly following delivery of notice by the director that the customer
			 has enrolled in the PIPP plus program. Consistent
			 with the commission rule set forth in paragraph (B) of rule
			 4901:1-18-15
			 of the Administrative Code (or any successor rule of substantially the same
			 effect), electric distribution utilities shall not charge or collect deposits
			 from any PIPP plus customer as long as such
			 customer continues to be an active PIPP plus
			 customer and customer deposits shall not be charged to or payable from the
			 fund.
(B) Payment for electric
			 service. The director shall make monthly payments from the fund to electric
			 distribution utilities on behalf of active PIPP plus customers. For each active PIPP
			 plus customer, the director shall pay an amount
			 equal to the difference between the cost of electric service provided by the
			 relevant electric distribution utility to such active PIPP
			 plus customer during the applicable billing cycle
			 and the monthly PIPP plus installment amount for
			 such customer for the corresponding billing cycle whether or not the customer
			 has paid the monthly PIPP plus installment
			 amount. It shall be the responsibility of each electric distribution utility to
			 collect monthly PIPP plus installment amounts,
			 which shall not be paid from the fund for any electric service provided after
			 the effective date of this rule. The director shall also make monthly payments
			 from the fund to electric distribution utilities for transition assistance for
			 eligible graduate PIPP plus customers as provided
			 in paragraph (B)(5)(a) of rule
			 122:5-3-04
			 of the Administrative Code. Electric distribution utilities may not bill the
			 director for electric service or any other charges to a customer's account for
			 any time during which electric service to such customer was disconnected or for
			 any time during which such customer was not an active PIPP
			 plus customer, and no such amounts will be paid
			 from the fund. Electric distribution utilities shall submit invoices to the
			 director monthly by the fifteenth day of the month for all billing cycles ended
			 during the preceding revenue month. "Revenue months" shall be periods
			 established by each electric distribution utility corresponding to its
			 respective billing activities and listed in an annual schedule that shall be
			 provided to the director. If the fifteenth is not a business day, invoices may
			 be submitted on the next business day after the fifteenth. Invoices shall be in
			 the form further described in paragraph (F)(1) of this rule. The director shall
			 use its commercially reasonable efforts to remit payments from the fund to the
			 electric distribution utility within fifteen days after receipt of a proper
			 invoice for such services. In the event the director fails to remit payment
			 within thirty days after receipt of a proper invoice for services, the director
			 shall be obligated to pay interest on the late payment at the rate then
			 provided for in section
			 126.30 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) Municipal electric
			 utility or electric cooperative. In the event a municipal electric utility or
			 an electric cooperative elects to participate in the low-income customer
			 assistance programs as permitted by section
			 4928.51 of the Revised Code,
			 such municipal electric utility or electric cooperative shall be subject to all
			 applicable conditions and requirements of sections
			 4928.51 to
			 4928.61 of the Revised Code and
			 the rules in this chapter of the Administrative Code. For purposes of applying
			 the rules in this chapter to a municipal electric utility or electric
			 cooperative, all references to an electric distribution utility will be
			 construed to refer to such municipal electric utility or electric cooperative.
			 A detailed plan for participation of a municipal electric utility or an
			 electric cooperative and administration of low-income customer assistance
			 programs for the customers of the municipal electric utility or electric
			 cooperative shall be developed by the director and such municipal electric
			 utility or electric cooperative and memorialized in a written
			 agreement.
(D) Timely remittance of
			 revenue; deposit to fund.
(1) Collections
			 remitted. Each electric distribution utility shall remit to the director all
			 universal service rider revenue collected by such electric distribution utility
			 and all revenue collected by such electric distribution utility in respect of
			 any customer arrearages for which the electric distribution utility was at any
			 time paid from the fund or otherwise through a PIPP plus rider mechanism. Such revenue shall be paid over
			 to the director by the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the
			 month in which the revenue is received by the electric distribution utility. In
			 the event an electric distribution utility fails to remit timely any universal
			 service rider revenue or revenue from the collection of customer arrearages,
			 such electric distribution utility shall be obligated to pay interest on the
			 late payment at the rate then provided for in section
			 126.30 of the Revised Code. Each
			 payment from an electric distribution utility to the director shall be
			 accompanied by a revenue report as further described in paragraph (F)(2) of
			 this rule. Payments shall be made to the director by electronic funds transfer
			 according to funds transfer instructions provided by the director from time to
			 time.
(2) Deposit to universal
			 service fund. All revenue remitted by any electric distribution utility to the
			 director in connection with the PIPP plus program
			 shall be deposited promptly by the director into the fund.