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Title 49, Title 49. Public Utilities

34 chapters · 1,096 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 491,096 Ch 4928, Chapter 4928 | Competitive Retail El…110 Ch 4905, Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Comm…94 Ch 4909, Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Comm…73 Ch 4907, Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Comm…70 Ch 4951, Chapter 4951 | Street Railways And I…54 Ch 4955, Chapter 4955 | Tracks; Crossings52 Ch 4929, Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan F…47 Ch 4933, Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Elec…45 Ch 4981, Chapter 4981 | Rail Development Comm…39 Ch 4957, Chapter 4957 | Elimination Of Crossings38 Ch 4961, Chapter 4961 | Special Powers Of Rai…37 Ch 4906, Chapter 4906 | Power Siting35 Ch 4903, Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Comm…31 Ch 4913, Chapter 4913 | Public Utilities Comm…30

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.234 Phase-in-recovery property
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(A) The phase-in-recovery property created in a final financing order may be transferred, sold, conveyed, or assigned to any person or entity not affiliated with the electric distribution utility subject to the final financing order or to any affiliate of the electric distributio…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.235 Duration of final financing order
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(A)(1) A final financing order shall remain in effect until the phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order and all financing costs related to the bonds have been paid in full. (2) A final financing order shall remain in effect and unabated notwithstanding the …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.236 Subsequent financing orders
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At the request of the electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order, the public utilities commission may commence a proceeding and issue a subsequent financing order that provides for retiring and refunding phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financi…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.237 Public utilities commission - prohibited acts
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(A) The public utilities commission, in exercising the commission's powers and carrying out the commission's duties regarding regulation and ratemaking, may not do any of the following: (1) Consider phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order to be the debt of th…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.238 Request for approval of adjustments to charges

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(A) An electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall file with the public utilities commission, at least annually, or more frequently as provided in the final financing order, a schedule applying the approved adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.239 Nonbypassable charges; collection

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(A) As used in this section, "nonbypassable," with respect to phase-in-recovery charges, means that such charges cannot be avoided by any customer or other person obligated to pay the charges. (B)(1) As long as phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order are outs…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.24 Federal energy advocate, duties

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The public utilities commission shall employ a federal energy advocate to monitor the activities of the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies and to advocate on behalf of the interests of retail electric service consumers in this state. The attorney gene…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.31 Transition plan

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(A) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, an electric utility supplying retail electric service in this state on that date shall file with the public utilities commission a plan for the utility's provision of retail electric service in this state du…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.32 Procedures for expedited discovery in proceeding initiated to consider transition plan

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(A) The public utilities commission shall establish reasonable procedures for expedited discovery in any proceeding initiated to consider a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code.(B) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which an electric utili…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.33 Transition plan approval

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(A) Not later than two hundred seventy-five days after the date an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, but, in any event, not later than October 31, 2000, the public utilities commission shall issue a final order approving the trans…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.34 Determinations for approval or prescribing of plan

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(A) The public utilities commission shall not approve or prescribe a transition plan under division (A) or (B) of section 4928.33 of the Revised Code unless the commission first makes all of the following determinations: (1) The unbundled components for the electric transmission …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.35 Schedules containing unbundled rate components set in approved plan

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(A) Upon approval of its transition plan under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, an electric utility shall file in accordance with section 4905.30 of the Revised Code schedules containing the unbundled rate components set in the approved plan in accordance with sec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.36 Complaint concerning transition plan

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The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint by any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, to determine whether an electric utilit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.37 Receiving transition revenues

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(A)(1) Sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code provide an electric utility the opportunity to receive transition revenues that may assist it in making the transition to a fully competitive retail electric generation market. An electric Utility for which transition revenue…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.38 Commencing and terminating transition revenues

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Pursuant to a transition plan approved under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, an electric utility in this state may receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service. Except…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.39 Determining total allowable transition costs

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Upon the filing of an application by an electric utility under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code for the opportunity to receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.40 Establishing transition charge for each customer class

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(A) Upon determining under section 4928.39 of the Revised Code the allowable transition costs of an electric utility authorized for collection as transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 492…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.43 Assisting employees affected by electric industry restructuring

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(A) Each state agency that provides employment assistance and job training programs, including the department of job and family services, shall provide concentrated attention through those programs to assisting employees whose employment is affected by electric industry restructu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.51 Universal service fund

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There is hereby established in the state treasury the electric partnership plan fund, into which shall be deposited all revenues remitted to the director of job and family services under this section, for the exclusive purposes of providing funding for the low-income customer ass…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.52 Universal service rider

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(A) Beginning January 1, 2026, the percentage of income payment plan rider shall replace, for each electric distribution utility, the universal service rider in existence on the effective date of the amendment of this section by this act. The percentage of income payment plan rid…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.53 Director of job and family services to administer low-income customer assistance programs

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(A) Beginning July 1, 2026, the director of job and family services shall administer the low-income customer assistance programs, except for the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. The director shall consolidate the admin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.54 Aggregate percentage of income payment plan program customers

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The public utilities commission shall aggregate percentage of income payment plan program customers for the purpose of establishing a competitive procurement process for the supply of competitive retail electric service for those customers. The process shall be an auction. Only b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.541 Duration of competitive procurement process

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The competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall be conducted until a winning bid is or winning bids are selected.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.542 Winning bids; requirements

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The winning bid or bids selected through the competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall meet all of the following requirements: (A) Be designed to provide reliable competitive retail electric service to percentage of income payment…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.543 Rules

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The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to implement sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code. The rules shall ensure a fair and unbiased auction process and the performance of the winning bidder or bidders. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.544 Design, management, and supervision of competitive procurement process

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For the purpose of facilitating compliance with sections 4928.54, 4928.541, and 4928.542 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall design, manage, and supervise the competitive procurement process required by section 4928.54 of the Revised Code. To the extent rea…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.545 Percentage of income payment plan rider administration

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The public utilities commission shall administer the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, including by performing periodic audits of each electric distribution utility's percentage of income payment plan rider. The commiss…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.55 Energy efficiency and weatherization program

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The director of job and family services shall establish an energy efficiency and weatherization program targeted, to the extent practicable, to high-cost, high-volume use structures occupied by customers eligible for the percentage of income payment plan program, with the goal of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.56 Education program for consumers eligible to participate in low-income customer assistance programs

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The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing an education program for consumers eligible to participate in the low-income customer assistance programs. The education program shall provide information to c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.58 Public benefits advisory board

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(A) There is hereby created the public benefits advisory board, which has the purpose of ensuring that energy services be provided to low-income consumers in this state in an affordable manner consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code. The adviso…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.61 Energy efficiency revolving loan fund

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(A) There is hereby established in the state treasury the advanced energy fund, into which shall be deposited all advanced energy revenues remitted to the director of development under division (B) of this section, for the exclusive purposes of funding the advanced energy program…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.62 Energy efficiency revolving loan program

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(A) There is hereby created the advanced energy program, which shall be administered by the director of development. Under the program, the director may authorize the use of moneys in the advanced energy fund for financial, technical, and related assistance for advanced energy pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.621 Creating an advanced energy manufacturing center

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(A) Any Edison technology center in this state is eligible to apply for and receive assistance pursuant to section 4928.62 of the Revised Code for the purposes of creating an advanced energy manufacturing center in this state that will provide for the exchange of information and …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.63 Purpose of energy efficiency program

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The director of development has the powers and duties provided in sections 4928.61 and 4928.62 of the Revised Code, in order to promote the welfare of the people of this state; stabilize the economy; assist in the improvement and development within this state of not-for-profit en…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.64 Electric distribution utility to provide electricity from qualifying renewable energy resources

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(A)(1) As used in this section, "qualifying renewable energy resource" means a renewable energy resource, as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code that: (a) Has a placed-in-service date on or after January 1, 1998; (b) Is any run-of-the-river hydroelectric facility that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.641 Costs being recovered through bypassable charge

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(A) If an electric distribution utility has executed a contract before April 1, 2014, to procure renewable energy resources and there are ongoing costs associated with that contract that are being recovered from customers through a bypassable charge as of September 12, 2014, that…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.643 Baselines for compliance with qualified renewable energy resource requirements

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 4928.644 of the Revised Code, the baseline for an electric distribution utility's or an electric services company's compliance with the qualified renewable energy resource requirements of section 4928.64 of the Re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.644 Adjustments to baselines

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(A) The public utilities commission may reduce either baseline described in section 4928.643 of the Revised Code to adjust for new economic growth in the electric distribution utility's certified territory or in the electric services company's service area in this state. (B) To f…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.645 Use of renewable energy credits

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(A) An electric distribution utility or electric services company may use, for the purpose of complying with the requirements under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code, renewable energy credits any time in the five calendar years following the date of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.65 Adoption of rules governing disclosure of costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements

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(A) Not later than January 1, 2015, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules governing the disclosure of the costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements of sections 4928.64 and 4928.66 of the Revi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.66 Implementing energy efficiency programs

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(A)(1)(a) Beginning in 2009, an electric distribution utility shall implement energy efficiency programs that achieve energy savings equivalent to at least three-tenths of one per cent of the total, annual average, and normalized kilowatt-hour sales of the electric distribution u…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.661 Low-income customer portfolio plan re-established

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(A) If an electric distribution utility had a portfolio plan that terminated on December 31, 2020, pursuant to division (F) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code and included a program that benefited, and was limited to, low-income customers with an annual income at or below two…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6610 Definitions for R.C. 4928.6611 to 4928.6615

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As used in sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615 of the Revised Code: (A) "Customer" means either of the following: (1) Effective January 1, 2020, a mercantile customer as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any customer of an electric distribution utility to which eith…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6611 Opting out of portfolio plan

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Beginning January 1, 2017, a customer of an electric distribution utility may opt out of the opportunity and ability to obtain direct benefits from the utility's portfolio plan. Such an opt out shall extend to all of the customer's accounts, irrespective of the size or service vo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6612 Notice of intent

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Any customer electing to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a verified written notice of intent to opt out to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-out notice to the sec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6613 Effect of election to opt out

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Upon a customer's election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code and commencing on the effective date of the election to opt out, no account properly identified in the customer's verified notice under division (C) of section 4928.6612 of the Revised Code shall be…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6614 Opting in

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(A) A customer subsequently may opt in to an electric distribution utility's portfolio plan after a previous election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply: (1) The customer has previously opted out for a period of at least three co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.6615 Notice of intent to opt in

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Any customer electing to opt in under section 4928.6614 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a written notice of intent to opt in to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-in notice to the secretary of th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.662 Measurement and determination of compliance with demand reduction requirements

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For the purpose of measuring and determining compliance with the energy efficiency and peak demand reduction requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall count and recognize compliance as follows: (A) Energy efficiency savings and …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.67 Standard contract or tariff providing for net energy metering

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(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an electric utility shall develop a standard contract or tariff providing for net metering. That contract or tariff shall be identical in rate structure, all retail rate components, and any monthly charges to the contr…