Ohio Administrative Code

11.15 PDF: (A) Each electric utility which seeks recovery of transmission and transmission-related costs shall file and accordingly, annually update an application with the commission for a transmission cost recovery rider in compliance with the appendix to this rule.(B) The comm…

11.15 PDF: (A) The transmission cost recovery rider costs are reconcilable on an annual basis, with carrying charges to be applied to both over- and under-recovery of costs.(B) The transmission cost recovery rider shall be avoidable by all customers who choose alternative generat…

11.15 PDF: Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, the legal director, the deputy legal director, or the attorney examiner, the commission will approve the application or sets the matter for hearing within seventy-five days after the filing of a complete application under thi…

11.15 PDF: (A) On a biennial basis, the electric utility shall provide additional information detailing the electric utility's policies and procedures for minimizing any costs in the transmission cost recovery rider where the electric utility has control over such costs.(B) On a …

11.15 PDF: (A) "Affiliates" are companies that are related to each other due to common ownership or control. This includes any internal merchant function of the electric utility whereby the electric utility provides a competitive service.(B) "Commission" means the public utilitie…

11.15 PDF: (A) The purpose of this chapter is to require all of the state's electric utilities to meet the same standards so a competitive advantage is not gained solely because of corporate affiliation.(B) This chapter is intended to create competitive equality, prevent unfair c…

11.15 PDF: (A) The provisions of this chapter are applicable in accordance with sections 4928.17 and 4928.18 of the Revised Code and apply to:(1) The activities of the electric utility and its transactions or other arrangements with its affiliates.(2) Any shared services of the e…

11.15 PDF: (A) Structural safeguards.(1) Each electric utility and its affiliates that provide services to customers within the electric utility's service territory shall function independently of each other.(2) Each electric utility and its affiliates that provide services to cu…

11.15 PDF: (A) Any application for approval of a proposed corporate separation plan, filed with the commission pursuant to section 4928.17 of the Revised Code, should include a narrative describing how the plan ensures competitive equality, prevents unfair competitive advantage, …

11.15 PDF: (A) All proposed revisions and/or amendments to the electric utility's approved corporate separation plan shall be filed with the commission, with a copy of the filing simultaneously provided to the director of the rates and analysis department (or their designee).(B) …

11.15 PDF: (A) The electric utility shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate compliance with this chapter, and shall produce, upon the request of staff, all books, accounts, and/or other pertinent records kept by an electric utility or its affiliates as they may relate to…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each electric utility that receives products and/or services from an affiliate and/or that provides products and/or services to an affiliate shall maintain information in the CAM, documenting how costs are allocated between the electric utility and affiliates and t…

11.15 PDF: (A) An electric utility may apply for commission approval to sell or transfer any generating assets it wholly or partly owns by filing an application to sell or transfer.(B) An application to sell or transfer generating assets should include, at a minimum:(1) Clearly s…

11.15 PDF: (A) "Affidavit" means a written declaration made under oath before a notary public or other authorized officer.(B) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.(C) "Delta revenue" means the deviation resulting from the difference in rate levels between th…

11.15 PDF: (A) The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate the state's effectiveness in the global economy, to promote job growth and retention in the state, to ensure the availability of reasonably priced electric service, to promote energy efficiency and to provide a means of …

11.15 PDF: (A) An electric utility may file an application pursuant to section 4905.31 of the Revised Code for commission approval of a reasonable arrangement with one or more of its non-mercantile customers, consumers, or employees.(1) An electric utility filing an application f…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each electric utility shall require each of its customers served under any reasonable arrangement established pursuant to this chapter to submit an annual report to the electric utility and staff and file an annual report with the commission no later than April thi…

11.15 PDF: (A) The level of the incentives associated with any reasonable arrangement established pursuant to this chapter will be determined as part of the commission's review and approval of the applications filed pursuant to this chapter. Incentives will only be applicable to …

11.15 PDF: (A) Each electric utility that is serving customers pursuant to approved reasonable arrangements, may apply for a rider for the recovery of certain costs associated with its delta revenue for serving those customers pursuant to reasonable arrangements in accordance wit…

11.15 PDF: (A) If the customer being provided with service pursuant to a reasonable arrangement established pursuant to this chapter fails to substantially comply with any of the criteria for eligibility or fails to substantially comply with reporting requirements, the electric u…

11.15 PDF: (A) "Advanced energy fund" has the meaning set forth in section 4928.61 of the Revised Code.(B) "Biologically derived methane gas" means landfill methane gas; or gas from the anaerobic digestion of organic materials, including animal waste, municipal wastewater, instit…

11.15 PDF: (A) This chapter addresses the implementation of the renewable portfolio standard, including the incorporation of renewable energy credits, as detailed in sections 4928.64 and 4928.645 of the Revised Code respectively. Parties affected by these renewable portfolio stan…

11.15 PDF: (A) All electric utilities and affected electric services companies will ensure the benchmarks set forth in division (B)(2) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code are met. Non-electric sources as permitted by law and certified by the commission may be used to satisfy r…

11.15 PDF: (A) The following resources or technologies, if they have a placed-in-service date of January 1, 1998, or after, are qualified resources for meeting the qualified renewable energy resource benchmarks:(1) Solar photovoltaic or solar thermal energy.(2) Wind energy.(3) Hy…

11.15 PDF: (A) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, each electric utility and electric services company shall file by April fifteenth of each year, on such forms as may be published by the commission, an annual renewable energy portfolio status report analyzing all activit…

11.15 PDF: An electric utility or electric services company may seek a force majeure determination from the commission for all or part of a minimum renewable-energy benchmark.(A) A decision on a request for a force majeure determination will be rendered within ninety days of an e…

11.15 PDF: (A) By no later than April fifteenth of each compliance year, electric utilities and electric services companies shall calculate their status relative to the statutory three per cent cost provision during the most recent compliance year. Alternatively, an electric util…

11.15 PDF: (A) Any electric utility or electric services company that does not achieve an annual renewable energy resource benchmark shall remit a compliance payment based on the amount of noncompliance rounded up to the next megawatt hour (MWh), unless the commission has identif…

11.15 PDF: (A) Pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code, staff will conduct an annual review of the renewable energy resource market and submit its findings in a report to the general assembly.(B) Prior to its submission to the general assembly, the repo…

11.15 PDF: (A) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.(B) "The Climate Registry" means the nonprofit collaboration among North American states, provinces, territories and native sovereign nations, using the website at www.theclimateregistry.org, that sets cons…

11.15 PDF: (A) This chapter provides rules for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions for each electric generating facility that is located in this state, is owned and operated by a public utility that is subject to the commission's jurisdiction, and emits greenhouse gases, pu…

11.15 PDF: Unless otherwise directed by the commission, any public utility owning or operating an electric generating facility within Ohio that emits greenhouse gases shall become a participating reporting member in the climate registry and shall report greenhouse gas emissions a…

11.15 PDF: (A) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.(B) "CRES provider" means a provider of "competitive retail electric service," as defined in division (A)(4) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code.(C) "Double-Counting" has the meaning set forth in rule 49…

11.15 PDF: (A) This chapter addresses the review of green pricing programs offered in this state as part of competitive retail electric service, pursuant to section 4928.70 of the Revised Code. Parties affected by these rules include all Ohio EDUs and CRES providers serving or so…

11.15 PDF: (A) Any Ohio EDU or CRES providers offering a green pricing program shall ensure that any program or marketing materials distributed to customers accurately portray the product.(B) Any program or marketing materials being used by an Ohio EDU or CRES provider that addre…

11.15 PDF: (A) "Annual report" means a report filed annually by any natural gas company with a commission-approved infrastructure development rider pursuant to this chapter.(B) "Application" means an application for a natural gas infrastructure development rider pursuant to this …

11.15 PDF: (A) This chapter authorizes a natural gas company to file an application with the commission for approval of an infrastructure development rider to recover prudently incurred infrastructure development costs of one or more economic development projects approved under s…

11.15 PDF: (A) Pursuant to division (A) of section 4929.163 of the Revised Code, a natural gas company may file, prior to beginning construction, for approval of an economic development project through an economic development project notice with the commission's docketing divisio…

11.15 PDF: (A) Each natural gas company's initial application for an infrastructure development rider pursuant to section 4929.161 of the Revised Code shall include all information set forth upon forms as may be prescribed by the commission, which forms are available on the commi…

(A) "Application" means an application to modify a percentage of income payment plan (PIPP) rider pursuant to this chapter.(B) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.(C) "Competitive retail electric service" (CRES) has the same meaning as set forth in division…

(A) The rules in this chapter:(1) Apply to the administration of the PIPP rider.(2) Are intended to:(a) Implement sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code.(b) Ensure a fair and unbiased auction process for the procurement of generation service for PIPP plus pr…

(A) The commission will periodically allocate to each electric distribution utility a share of the funding for low-income customer assistance programs administered by the director of the department of job and family services according to each electric distribution utility's annua…

(A) The procurement of generation supply to serve the aggregated PIPP plus program load in an electric distribution utility's service territory is to be done through the competitive request for proposal (RFP) auction process implemented by the electric distribution utility. The f…

(A) The commission will conduct, or cause to be conducted, periodic audits of each electric distribution utility's PIPP rider. Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule and unless otherwise ordered by the commission, each audit will be conducted by a qualified auditing fir…

11.15 PDF: As used within this chapter, these terms denote the following:(A) "Alternative operator services (AOS)" means any intrastate operator-assisted services, other than inmate operator services (IOS), in which the customer and the end user are totally separate entities. The…

11.15 PDF: [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 4901:1-6-02 of the Administrative Code.](A) The rules set forth in Chapter 4901:1-6 of the Administrative Code, apply to all incu…

11.15 PDF: Consistent with applicable law, nothing contained within this chapter precludes the commission or its staff from:(A) Requiring a telephone company to furnish additional information necessary to carry out its authority under Title 49 of the Revised Code.(B) Monitoring a…