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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. § 4927.12 Alteration of rates for basic local exchange service
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(A) As used in this section:"Exchange area" means a geographical service area established by an incumbent local exchange carrier and approved by the public utilities commission."Incremental cost" has the meaning as defined by the commission.(B) Subject to division (C) of this sec…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.121 Alteration of rates by incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers
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Subject to section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers may alter its rates for basic local exchange service upward by any amount and at any time.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.122 Upward alterations of rates
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Subject to section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall allow upward alterations to the rate for basic local exchange service by an incumbent local exchange carrier by any amount necessary in order to comply with the eligibility requirements prescri…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.123 Exemption for incumbent local exchange carriers
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(A) As used in this section:"Exchange area" has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code."Line loss" refers to the number of access lines, whether residential or commercial, for which a customer of an incumbent local exchange carrier has terminated local exchang…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.124 Notice of rate alteration

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(A) An incumbent local exchange carrier altering its rates for basic local exchange service under section 4927.12, 4927.121, or 4927.122 of the Revised Code shall provide not less than thirty days' notice to the public utilities commission and to affected customers. (B) Division …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.125 Tariffs

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The rates, terms, and conditions for basic local exchange service and for installation and reconnection fees for basic local exchange service shall be tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.13 Lifeline service for eligible residential customers

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(A) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.201 shall implement lifeline service throughout the carrier's traditional service area for its eligible residential customers.(1) Lifeline service shall consist of all of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.14 Adoption of rules for rates for persons with disabilities

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The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and direct-dial services for persons with communication disabilities.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.15 Rates, terms and conditions for 9-1-1 and other services

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(A)(1) The rates, terms, and conditions for 9-1-1 service provided in this state by a telephone company or a telecommunications carrier and each of the following provided in this state by a telephone company shall be approved and tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.16 Unbundling, resale or network interconnection

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(A) The public utilities commission shall not establish any requirements for the unbundling of network elements, for the resale of telecommunications service, or for network interconnection that exceed or are inconsistent with or prohibited by federal law, including federal regul…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.17 Notice of rates, terms or conditions of service; contact information to be provided on bills and notices

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(A) Except as provided in sections 4927.07 and 4927.124 of the Revised Code, a telephone company shall provide at least fifteen days' advance notice to its affected customers of any material change in the rates, terms, and conditions of any retail service required to be tariffed …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.18 Adoption of rules regarding inmate or juvenile offender services

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The public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding the rates, terms, and conditions of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from a telephone instrument set aside for use by inmates or juvenile offenders by authorities of a secured correctional facility.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.19 Examination of books, records or practices

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(A) The public utilities commission may investigate or examine the books, records, or practices of any telephone company, but only to the extent of the commission's jurisdiction over the company under sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code. Subject to that limitation, th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.20 Compliance with commission's directives

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To the extent subject to the public utilities commission's jurisdiction under this chapter, all of the following shall comply with every order, direction, and requirement of the commission made under authority of this chapter: (A) Every telephone company, including every wireless…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.21 Complaints against telephone company

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(A) Any person may file with the public utilities commission, or the commission may initiate, a complaint against a telephone company other than a wireless service provider, alleging that any rate, practice, or service of the company is unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminato…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4927.22 Broadband internet access service exempt from regulation

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(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code, other than division (B) of this section: (1) Broadband internet access service is not subject to regulation by the public utilities commission. (2) No agency, commission, or political subdivision of this state shall enact, ad…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.01 Competitive retail electric service definitions

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(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Ancillary service" means any function necessary to the provision of electric transmission or distribution service to a retail customer and includes, but is not limited to, scheduling, system control, and dispatch services; reactive supply from ge…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.02 State policy

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It is the policy of this state to do the following throughout this state: (A) Ensure the availability to consumers of adequate, reliable, safe, efficient, nondiscriminatory, and reasonably priced retail electric service; (B) Ensure the availability of unbundled and comparable ret…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.03 Identification of competitive services and noncompetitive services

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Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, and power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric utility are competitive retail electric services that …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.04 Additional competitive services

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(A) The public utilities commission by order may declare that retail ancillary, metering, or billing and collection service supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric utility on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service is a compet…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.041 Competitive retail electric service from electric utility prohibited

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(A) Except as provided in sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, no electric utility shall provide a competitive retail electric service in this state if that service was deemed competitive or otherwise legally classified as competitive prior to the effective date of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.05 Extent of exemptions

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(A)(1) A competitive retail electric service supplied by an electric services company, or by an electric utility consistent with section 4928.141 of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to supervision and regulation by a municipal corporation under Chapter 743. of the Revised C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.06 Commission to ensure competitive retail electric service

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(A) Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, the public utilities commission shall ensure that the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code is effectuated. To the extent necessary, the commission shall adopt rules to carry out this cha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.07 Separate pricing of services on bill

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To the maximum extent practicable on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code shall separa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.08 Certification to provide retail electric competitive service

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(A) This section applies to an electric cooperative, or to a governmental aggregator that is a municipal electric utility, only to the extent of a competitive retail electric service it provides to a customer to whom it does not provide a noncompetitive retail electric service th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.09 Consent to jurisdiction - appointment of statutory agent

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(A)(1) No person shall operate in this state as an electric utility, an electric services company, a billing and collection agent, or a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission and having the responsibility for maintaining reliabilit…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.10 Minimum service requirements for competitive services

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For the protection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code specifying the necessary minimum service requirements, on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.101 Small commercial customer consumer protections

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(A) As used in this section and section 4928.102 of the Revised Code: (1) "Small commercial customer" means any customer that receives electric service pursuant to a nonresidential tariff if the customer's demand for electricity does not exceed twenty-five kilowatts within the la…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.102 Fixed-to-variable electric supplier rate change notice to customer

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(A) If a competitive retail electric service supplier offers a residential or small commercial customer a contract for a fixed introductory rate that converts to a variable rate upon the expiration of the fixed rate, the supplier shall send two notices to each residential and sma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.103 Rules for changing electric supplier using valid identification

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(A) As used in this section, "customer account information" means a unique electric distribution utility number or other customer identification number used by the utility to identify a customer and the customer's account record. (B) The public utilities commission shall adopt ru…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.104 Alternative billing for mercantile customers

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(A) A competitive retail electric service supplier may offer alternative billing and payment structures as agreed upon in a service contract with a mercantile customer, without restriction to specific models, provided the supplier complies with applicable laws and regulations. Th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.105 Expedited return of mercantile customer to standard service offer

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(A) Upon receiving a certified request from a competitive retail electric service supplier under a service agreement that explicitly authorizes an expedited return to an electric distribution utility's standard service offer, voluntarily entered into by a mercantile customer, a u…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.11 Minimum service requirements for noncompetitive services

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(A) For the protection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code that specify minimum service quality, safety, and reliability requirements for noncompetitive retail electric services su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.111 Review of distribution and transmission infrastructure

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The public utilities commission shall consult with electric distribution utilities to review the distribution infrastructure in this state and shall consult with regional transmission organizations and entities that own or control transmission facilities to review the transmissio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.112 Priority to hospitals in case of outage

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(A) In the event of an interruption of electric service during a period of emergency or disaster, an electric distribution utility's service restoration plan shall give priority to hospitals that are customers of the electric distribution utility. (B) If requested by a hospital t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.12 Qualifying transmission entities

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no entity shall own or control transmission facilities as defined under federal law and located in this state on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service unless that enti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.13 Nuclear generation facilities decommissioning

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Through a periodic filing with the public utilities commission in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, each electric utility that owns nuclear generation facilities located in this state shall demonstrate c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.14 Failure of supplier to provide service

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory of an electric distribution utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after reasonable notice, defau…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.141 Distribution utility to provide standard service offer

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(A)(1) An electric distribution utility shall provide consumers, on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis within its certified territory, a standard service offer of all competitive retail electric services necessary to maintain essential electric service to consumers, includi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.1410 Regulatory assets or liabilities for terminated electric security plan riders

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If an electric distribution utility has an existing electric security plan under which the commission had authorized the creation or continuation of riders, then, to the extent those riders will cease to exist after termination of the electric security plan, the electric distribu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.142 Standard generation service offer price - competitive bidding

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(A) For the purpose of complying with section 4928.141 of the Revised Code and subject to division (D) of this section and, as applicable, subject to the requirements of division (A) of section 4928.141 of the Revised Code, an electric distribution utility shall establish a stand…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.144 Phase-in of electric distribution utility rate or price

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The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility price established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ens…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.145 Availability of contract or agreement relevant to proceeding

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During a proceeding under sections 4928.141 to 4928.144 of the Revised Code and upon submission of an appropriate discovery request, an electric distribution utility shall make available to the requesting party every contract or agreement that is between the utility or any of its…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.146 Electric service within territory of another utility

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Nothing in sections 4928.141 to 4928.145 of the Revised Code precludes or prohibits an electric distribution utility providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.149 Electric energy storage system use in wholesale market prohibited

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No electric distribution utility may use any electric energy storage system to participate in the wholesale market, if the utility purchased or acquired that system for distribution service. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.15 Schedules for provision of noncompetitive service

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no electric utility shall supply noncompetitive retail electric distribution service in this state on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service except pursuant to a schedu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.151 Uniform policy regarding electric transmission facilities

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The public utilities commission shall adopt and enforce rules prescribing a uniform, statewide policy regarding electric transmission and distribution line extensions and requisite substations and related facilities that are requested by nonresidential customers of electric utili…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.16 Commission jurisdiction

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(A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding the provision by an el…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.17 Corporate separation plans

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(A) Except as otherwise provided in sections 4928.141 or 4928.142 or 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, no electric utility shall engage in this state, either directly or through an affiliate, in the businesses of supplying a noncompetitive retail electric service and supply…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.18 Jurisdiction and powers of commission concerning utility or affiliate

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(A) Notwithstanding division (E)(2)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, nothing in this chapter prevents the public utilities commission from exercising its authority under Title XLIX of the Revised Code to protect customers of retail electric service supplied by an electr…