Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly Any railroad or any political subdivision desiring to abandon, close, or have abandoned, withdrawn, or closed for traffic or service all or any part of a main track or depot, and any public utility or political subdivision desiring to abandon or close, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Every public utility shall furnish necessary and adequate service and facilities, and every public utility shall furnish and provide with respect to its business such instrumentalities and facilities, as are adequate and in all respects just and reasonable. All charges made or […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 – 130th General Assembly Upon complaint in writing against any public utility by any person, firm, or corporation, or upon the initiative or complaint of the public utilities commission, that any rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service, or any joint rate, fare, charge, […]
Effective: September 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall operate a telephone call center for consumer complaints, to receive complaints by any person, firm, or corporation against any public utility. The commission shall expeditiously provide the consumers’ counsel with all information concerning residential consumer complaints received […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall ascertain and prescribe suitable and convenient standard commercial units of the product or service of any public utility when the character of its product or service is such that it can be determined. Such units shall be […]
Effective: October 26, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 134 – 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, initial voltage, or other conditions pertaining to the supply or quality of the product furnished or adequacy of service rendered by any public utility […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may provide instruments for, and carry on, the examination and testing of all appliances used for the measurement of any product or service of a public utility or for the examination and testing of any devices or appliances […]
Effective: December 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 360 – 129th General Assembly (A) A public utility shall print and file with the public utilities commission schedules showing all rates, joint rates, rentals, tolls, classifications, and charges for service of every kind furnished by it, and all rules and regulations affecting them. The schedules shall […]
Effective: September 9, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 129th General Assembly (A)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term “purchased gas adjustment clause” means: (a) A provision in a schedule of a gas company or natural gas company that requires or allows the company to, without adherence to section 4909.18 or 4909.19 […]
Effective: December 14, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 415 – 112th General Assembly (A) Before entering into an agreement to purchase synthetic natural gas or other fuels produced by a facility originated under the auspices of the federal government pursuant to a contract with the federal energy research and development administration or its successor agencies […]
Effective: April 5, 1986 Latest Legislation: House Bill 750 – 116th General Assembly Once in every six months, the public utilities commission shall examine Ohio coal research and development costs incurred by a gas or natural gas company. The commission shall adopt a rule that: (A) Requires periodic reports, audits, and hearings and establishes investigative […]
Effective: July 31, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 221 – 127th General Assembly Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., 4927., 4928., and 4929. of the Revised Code do not prohibit a public utility from filing a schedule or establishing or entering into any reasonable arrangement with another public utility or with one or […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No public utility shall charge, demand, exact, receive, or collect a different rate, rental, toll, or charge for any service rendered, or to be rendered, than that applicable to such service as specified in its schedule filed with the public utilities commission […]
Effective: January 1, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly (A) No public utility shall directly or indirectly, or by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or method, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation a greater or lesser compensation for any services rendered, or to […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly Except as provided in sections 4905.33 and 4905.35 and Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code, Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code do not prevent any public utility or railroad from granting any of its […]
Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly (A) No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, firm, corporation, or locality, or subject any person, firm, corporation, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. (B)(1) A natural gas […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When complaint is made of more than one rate, charge, or service, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings on such complaint and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately at such times and places as it prescribes. No […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had upon complaint or upon its own initiative or complaint, served as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, that the rules, regulations, measurements, or practices of any public utility […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had, as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or upon its own initiative or complaint, that repairs, improvements, or additions to the plant or equipment of any public utility […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may, upon the filing of an application by any person, firm, or corporation, require of any public utility, by ordinance or otherwise, such additions or extensions to its distributing plant within such municipal corporation as […]
