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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 49 | Public Utilities » Chapter 4929 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Companies; Certification of Governmental Aggregators and Retail Natural Gas Suppliers

Section 4929.01 | Alternate Rate Plan for Natural Gas Company Definitions.

Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Alternative rate plan” means a method, alternate to the method of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, for establishing rates and charges, under which rates and charges may be established for a commodity sales service or […]

Section 4929.02 | Policy of State as to Natural Gas Services and Goods.

Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) It is the policy of this state to, throughout this state: (1) Promote the availability to consumers of adequate, reliable, and reasonably priced natural gas services and goods; (2) Promote the availability of unbundled and comparable natural gas services and goods […]

Section 4929.03 | Applicability of Other Public Utility Commission Provisions.

Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 4929.04 of the Revised Code, only the commodity sales services, distribution services, and ancillary services of a natural gas company are subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. Chapter 4905. with the exception of […]

Section 4929.041 | Regulatory Exemption of Investment in Storage or Gathering Facilities.

Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “regulatory exemption” means an exemption from all provisions of Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code with the exception of sections 4905.10, 4905.35, and 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, Chapters 4909., 4933., and 4935. of […]

Section 4929.042 | Notice of Converting Use of Gathering Facility.

Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly A natural gas company shall notify the public utilities commission in writing before converting the use of any gathering facilities described in division (B)(2) of section 4929.041 of the Revised Code.

Section 4929.05 | Request for Approval of Alternative Rate Plan.

Effective: September 9, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 129th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company may request approval of an alternative rate plan by filing an application under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the application is for an increase in rates. After investigation, which may include a hearing […]

Section 4929.06 | Prescribing Classifications, Procedures, Terms, or Conditions for Natural Gas Companies.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly In carrying out sections 4929.04 and 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may prescribe different classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for different natural gas companies and for the natural gas services they provide, provided the classifications, procedures, terms, or […]

Section 4929.07 | Proceedings After Approval of Exemption or Alternate Plan.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly (A) Within thirty days after the date of issuance of an order approving an exemption or alternative rate plan under section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code or within twenty days after the issuance of a rehearing entry pursuant to section […]

Section 4929.08 | Abrogation or Modification of Order.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction over every natural gas company that has been granted an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 of 4929.05 of the Revised Code, ass to any such company, the commission, upon its own motion […]

Section 4929.10 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Initial rules shall be adopted within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.

Section 4929.11 | Automatic Adjustment Mechanism or Device for Rates.

Effective: September 9, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 129th General Assembly (A) Upon an application filed under this section, the public utilities commission may allow any automatic adjustment mechanism or device in a natural gas company’s rate schedules that allows a natural gas company’s rates or charges for a regulated service or goods […]

Section 4929.111 | Implementation of Capital Expenditure Program.

Effective: September 9, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 129th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company may file an application with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18, 4929.05, or 4929.11 of the Revised Code to implement a capital expenditure program for any of the following: (1) Any infrastructure expansion, infrastructure improvement, or […]

Section 4929.12 | No Intent to Modify Existing Powers.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in the amendment of sections 4901.12, 4905.02, 4905.07, 4905.35, 4911.10, and 5727.33 and the enactment of sections 4929.01 to 4929.15 of the Revised Code by House Bill No. 476 of the 121st general assembly, the general assembly does […]

Section 4929.13 | Exercising Rights of Public Utility.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly A natural gas company granted an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code is a public utility for the purpose of exercising the rights of a public utility in support of its regulated services and […]

Section 4929.14 | Applying Consumer Sales Practices Act.

Effective: June 26, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 9 – 124th General Assembly Sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code shall apply to transactions between a natural gas company and its customers that involve natural gas services or goods that are exempt from or otherwise not subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities […]

Section 4929.15 | Investigating Service Complaints.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly (A) If, by the consumers’ counsel’s own inquiries or as a result of complaints, the consumers’ counsel has reasonable grounds to believe that a natural gas company is engaging in an act or practice giving rise to a ground for complaint under […]

Section 4929.16 | Definitions.

Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 319 – 130th General Assembly As used in sections 4929.16 to 4929.167 of the Revised Code: (A) “Infrastructure development” means constructing extensions of transmission or distribution facilities that a natural gas company owns and operates. (B) “Infrastructure development costs” means the investment to which both of the […]