Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) In a prosecution for a theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, that involves alleged tampering with a gas, electric, steam, or water meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly Each electric light company, gas company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, water-works company, or heating or cooling company, as defined by division (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, or its lessees, trustees, or receivers, […]
Effective: August 18, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 605 – 112th General Assembly No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb, cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulating, operating, or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, conduits, pipelines, mains, service pipes, house […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, disconnect, displace, cut, break, tap, ground, or make a connection with, or willfully or maliciously interfere with any pole, pier, cable, tower, or wire, legally erected, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, cut, break, adjust, or interfere with any pipe, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, stopcock, trap, meter, or other regulating or measuring device or appliance used in […]
Effective: September 19, 1961 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 500 – 104th General Assembly No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the tanks, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, […]
Effective: May 6, 1998 Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 – 122nd General Assembly No sewage disposal system company established after September 19, 1961, or expanding after October 2, 1969, or water-works company established or expanding after October 2, 1969, shall construct, install, or operate sewage disposal system facilities or water distribution facilities until it has […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly (A) Whenever a gas, natural gas, or electric light company operated for profit or not for profit has undercharged any residential customer as the result of a meter or metering inaccuracy or other continuing problem under its control, the company may only […]
Effective: August 14, 1979 Latest Legislation: House Bill 154 – 113th General Assembly Every portion of the schedule of an electric light, natural gas, and gas company and every order of the public utilities commission relating to curtailment of residential service by such a company shall apply uniformly to all residential consumers, as defined in […]
Effective: December 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 287 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Annually, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 5727.80 of the Revised Code, shall state on each customer bill, or shall distribute to each of its customers, the following statement: “Under state law, the amount you are being billed includes: […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 – 134th General Assembly As used in sections 4933.41 to 4933.42 of the Revised Code: (A) “Political subdivision” means a township, county, or municipal corporation. (B) “Competitive retail natural gas service,” “natural gas company,” “distribution service,” and “retail natural gas service” have the same meanings as […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 – 134th General Assembly (A) (1) Every person seeking to obtain distribution service or retail natural gas service has the right to obtain any available distribution service or retail natural gas service from a natural gas company with capacity to provide service to the person in […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 – 134th General Assembly Section 4933.41 of the Revised Code promotes the public policy of the state to do the following: (A) Increase utilization of the state’s indigenous energy resources as provided in section 1551.18 of the Revised Code. (B) Promote the availability of natural gas […]
Effective: October 5, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 3 – 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code: (A) “Electric supplier” means any electric light company as defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including electric light companies organized as nonprofit corporations, but not including municipal corporations or […]
Effective: July 12, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 577 – 112th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the boundaries of the certified territory of each electric supplier shall be considered set as a line or lines substantially equidistant between its existing distribution lines and the nearest existing distribution lines of any […]
Effective: July 12, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 577 – 112th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, each electric supplier shall have the exclusive right to furnish electric service to all electric load centers located presently or in the future within its certified territory, […]
Effective: July 12, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 577 – 112th General Assembly Annexation or incorporation by a municipal corporation or other unit of local government does not affect the right of an electric supplier to continue or extend electric service within its certified territory except insofar as that right is affected or modified by […]
Effective: July 12, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 577 – 112th General Assembly The rights and authority granted under sections 4933.81 to 4933.84 of the Revised Code may be assigned or transferred only with the approval of the public utilities commission and approval shall be granted if the commission finds that the assignment or transfer […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly Any electric supplier that renders electric service in violation of sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to remedies and penalties provided by sections 4905.54, 4905.56, 4905.57, 4905.59, 4905.60, and 4905.61 and division (B) of section 4905.99 of the […]
