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Rule 4901:1-19-01 | Definitions.
(A) "Alternative rate plan"
means a method, alternate to the method provided in section 4909.15 of the
Revised Code, for establishing rates and charges for a distribution service or
for a commodity sales service or ancillary service that is not exempt pursuant
to section 4929.04 of the Revised Code. Alternative rate plans may include, but
are not limited to, methods that provide adequate and reliable natural gas
services and goods in this state; minimize the costs and time expended in the
regulatory process; tend to assess the costs of any natural gas service or
goods to the entity, service, or goods that cause such costs to be incurred;
afford rate stability; promote and reward efficiency, quality of service, or
cost containment by a natural gas company; provide sufficient flexibility and
incentives to the natural gas industry to achieve high quality, technologically
advanced, and readily available natural gas services and goods at just and
reasonable rates and charges; or establish revenue decoupling mechanisms.
Alternative rate plans also may include, but are not limited to, automatic
adjustments based on a specified index or changes in a specified cost or
costs. (B) "Ancillary service" means a service that is
ancillary to the receipt or delivery of natural gas to consumers, including,
but not limited to, storage, pooling, balancing, and transmission. (C) "Applicant" means a natural gas company, as defined
in division (G) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, that has filed an
application under either section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised
Code. (D) "Choice-eligible customer" means a customer who is
eligible, according to a natural gas company's tariffs, to choose the
customer's retail natural gas supplier, and who is not enrolled in the
percentage of income payment plan program or any successor
program. (E) "Choice-ineligible customer" means a customer who
is ineligible, according to a natural gas company's tariffs, to choose the
customer's retail natural gas supplier, but who is not enrolled in the
percentage of income payment plan program or any successor
program. (F) "Commodity sales service" means the sale of natural
gas to consumers, exclusive of any distribution or ancillary
service. (G) "Consumer" means any person or association of
persons purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to
purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas, including industrial
consumers, commercial consumers, and residential consumers, but not including
natural gas companies. (H) "Default commodity sales service" means commodity
sales service supplied to choice-eligible customers who have not chosen their
retail natural gas supplier, choice-ineligible customers, or PIPP-enrolled
customers. (I) "Distribution service" means the delivery of
natural gas to a consumer at the consumer's facilities, by and through the
instrumentalities and facilities of a natural gas company, regardless of the
party having title to the natural gas. (J) "Exit the merchant function" means the complete
transfer of the obligation to supply default commodity sales service for
choice-eligible customers from a natural gas company to retail natural gas
suppliers without the occurrence of a competitive procurement
process. (K) "Market" means the set of all actual and potential
buyers and sellers of a particular product. (L) "PIPP-enrolled customer" means a customer who is
enrolled in the natural gas utility's percentage of income payment plan
program or any successor program. (M) "Product" means commodity sales and/or ancillary
goods or services. (N) "Reasonably available alternatives" means buyers
have access to a product that is available soon enough, priced low enough, with
quality high enough, under comparable terms and conditions to permit its
substitution as an alternative. (O) "Relevant market" means the market for the product
that is the subject of an application for exemption. (P) "Transmission" means the act or process of
transporting the commodity in bulk from a source or sources of supply to
principal parts of the system or to other utility systems.
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Rule 4901:1-19-02 | Purpose and scope.
(A) This chapter governs the filing,
consideration, and implementation of an application made pursuant to section
4929.04 of the Revised Code to exempt any commodity sales service or ancillary
service of a natural gas company from all provisions of Chapter 4905. of the
Revised Code with the exception of section 4905.10, Chapter 4909., and Chapter
4935. with the exception of sections 4935.01 and 4935.03; from sections
4933.08, 4933.09, 4933.11, 4933.123, 4933.17, 4933.28, and 4933.32 of the
Revised Code; and from any rule or order issued under those chapters or
sections, including the obligation under section 4905.22 of the Revised Code,
to provide the commodity sales service or ancillary service, subject to
divisions (D) and (E) of section 4929.04 of the Revised Code. (B) This chapter also governs the filing
and consideration of an application made pursuant to section 4929.04 of the
Revised Code by a natural gas company to exit the merchant
function. (C) This chapter also governs the filing and consideration of an
application made pursuant to section 4929.05 of the Revised Code, by a natural
gas company to request approval of an alternative rate plan. The applicant has
the burden to document and demonstrate in its alternative rate plan filing that
the applicant is in compliance with section 4905.35 of the Revised Code, that
the applicant is in substantial compliance with the state's natural gas
regulatory and economic policy specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised
Code, that the applicant is expected to continue to be in substantial
compliance with section 4929.02 of the Revised Code, after implementation of
its alternative rate plan, and that the alternative rate plan is just and
reasonable. (D) The commission may, upon an application or a motion filed by
a party, waive any requirement of this chapter, other than a requirement
mandated by statute, for good cause shown.
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Rule 4901:1-19-03 | Filing requirements for exemption applications filed pursuant to section 4929.04 of the Revised Code.
Effective:
October 15, 2024
(A) Notice of intent. The applicant shall notify the commission staff
by letter addressed to the directors of the rates and analysis department and
the service monitoring and enforcement department of its intent to file an
application at least thirty calendar days prior to the expected date of
filing. (B) Form of an application. (1) An exemption
application must be supported by direct testimony. (2) All direct testimony and exhibits
supporting the application shall be filed with the application, unless the
application is being filed in conjunction with an application for an increase
in rates under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, in which case the direct
testimony and exhibits may be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the
application. (3) The applicant shall provide a copy of
its application and supporting testimony to the office of the consumers'
counsel and each party of record in its previous alternative rate plan or rate
case proceeding. Such copies may be provided either in hard copy or by
electronic service. (4) The applicant shall provide or cause
to be provided a copy of the application to any person upon request. Such
copies may be provided either in hard copy or by electronic service, if
electronic service is feasible and the requestor consents to electronic
service. (5) Exemption applications are designated
by the commission's docketing division using the case purpose code
"EXM." (C) Exhibits to an exemption
application. (1) The applicant shall
provide a detailed description of each commodity sales service(s) and/or
ancillary service(s) for which the applicant is requesting an
exemption. (2) If the applicant is
proposing to implement an auction or other competitive procurement process for
provision of default commodity sales service, the applicant shall provide a
detailed description of whether the proposed auction or competitive procurement
process is consistent with previous commission orders considering exemption
applications as well as best industry practices. (3) The applicant shall
include a detailed discussion as to how the approval of the proposed
exemption(s) will promote the policy of the state under section 4929.02 of the
Revised Code. (4) The applicant shall
provide a discussion showing that the requested exemption(s) does not involve
undue discrimination for similarly situated customers. The applicant shall
provide a description of the internal process for addressing customer
complaints and inquiries. The applicant shall also include the name of a
contact person to work with the commission staff. This person shall have the
authority to resolve customer complaints and inquiries received by commission
staff. (5) The applicant shall
include a detailed discussion of why the applicant believes it is currently
subject to effective competition in the provision of each commodity sales
service or ancillary service for which it is requesting an exemption and/or a
detailed discussion of why the applicant believes the customers in the relevant
market currently have reasonably available alternatives to each commodity sales
service or ancillary service for which it is requesting an exemption. Detailed
discussions shall include all supporting documentation which shall include
empirical data. (6) The applicant shall
submit a proposed separation plan to ensure to the maximum extent practicable
that operations, resources, and employees involved in providing or marketing
exempt commodity sales services or ancillary services are operated and
accounted for separate from nonexempt operations. The applicant shall provide a
detailed discussion of its proposed separation plan. (7) The applicant shall
submit a proposed code of conduct which governs both the applicant's
adherence to the state policy specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code,
and its sharing of information and resources between those employees involved
in the provision or marketing of exempt commodity sales services or ancillary
services, and those employees involved in the provision or marketing of
nonexempt commodity sales services or ancillary services. (8) The applicant shall
provide one scored copy each of all proposed tariff schedules where applicable
(schedule E-1) which have all proposed changes underscored and current tariff
schedules to which changes are proposed (schedule E-2). (9) The applicant shall
provide the rationale underlying the proposed changes to the tariff (schedule
E-3), referencing the appropriate current or proposed rate schedules to which
the rationale is applicable and using the proper schedule and page number.
Changes common to multiple rate forms need only be discussed once. (10) The applicant shall
provide a list and description of all dockets in which there are special
arrangements with customers that involve natural gas commodity service, which
customers may be affected by the application.
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Rule 4901:1-19-04 | Procedures for exemption applications filed pursuant to section 4929.04 of the Revised Code.
Effective:
September 29, 2013
(A) During the processing of the application, the commission may dismiss any application which does not substantially comply with the filing requirements of rule 4901:1-19-03 of the Administrative Code. (B) After notice and a period for public comment, the commission shall conduct a hearing upon an application by a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers for an exemption of any commodity sales service or ancillary service. The commission may, upon its own motion, conduct a hearing upon such an application by a natural gas company with fewer than fifteen thousand customers. (C) Discovery shall be served no later than twenty calendar days prior to hearing unless a different deadline has been specified in an order of the commission for the purposes of a specific proceeding.
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Rule 4901:1-19-05 | Filing requirements and procedures for applications to exit the merchant function.
Effective:
October 15, 2024
(A) During the processing of the
application, the commission may dismiss any application which does not
substantially comply with the filing requirements of this rule. (B) Notice of intent. The applicant shall notify the commission staff
by letter addressed to the directors of the rates and analysis department and
the service monitoring and enforcement department of its intent to file an
application at least thirty calendar days prior to the expected date of
filing. (C) Form of an application. (1) An
exit-the-merchant-function application must be supported by direct
testimony. (2) All direct testimony and exhibits
supporting the application shall be filed with the application, unless the
application is being filed in conjunction with an application for an increase
in rates under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, in which case the direct
testimony and exhibits may be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the
application. (3) The applicant shall provide a copy of
its application and supporting testimony to the office of the consumers'
counsel and each party of record in its previous exemption proceeding. Such
copies may be provided either in hard copy or by electronic
service. (4) The applicant shall provide or cause
to be provided a copy of the application to any person upon request. Such
copies may be provided either in hard copy or by electronic service if
electronic service is feasible and the requestor consents to electronic
service. (5) Exit-the-merchant-function
applications are designated by the commission's docketing division using
the case purpose code "EMF." (D) Exhibits to an
exit-the-merchant-function application. (1) The applicant shall
demonstrate that the retail natural gas suppliers providing default commodity
sales service to the natural gas company's choice-eligible customers have
done so reliably for at least two consecutive heating seasons through a
competitive procurement process. (2) The applicant shall
provide details of the proposed assignment and transfer of choice-eligible
customers to retail natural gas suppliers for default commodity sales
service. (3) The applicant shall
provide an accounting of the costs to implement the exit-the-merchant-function
plan. (4) The applicant shall
provide a plan for customer education regarding the exit-the-merchant-function
plan, which shall include efforts to encourage customers to choose retail
natural gas suppliers before the company fully exits the merchant
function. (5) The applicant shall
demonstrate that the application satisfies section 4929.04 of the Revised Code
and is just and reasonable. (E) The applicant may request recovery of
its reasonable costs of exiting the merchant function. (F) The commission shall order such
procedures as it deems necessary, consistent with these rules, in its
consideration of an application to exit the merchant function. (G) Review of the
application. (1) It is the
applicant's burden to show that the application satisfies paragraph (D)(5)
of this rule. (2) Any party opposing an
exit-the-merchant-function plan may present evidence to the commission that the
application to exit the merchant function does not meet the criteria in
paragraph (D)(5) of this rule. (3) If the commission
finds that the applicant has failed to meet the criteria in paragraph (D)(5) of
this rule, no exit from the merchant function shall be granted.
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Rule 4901:1-19-06 | Filing requirements for alternative rate plan applications filed pursuant to section 4929.05 of the Revised Code.
Effective:
October 15, 2024
(A) Notice of intent. The applicant shall notify the commission staff
by letter addressed to the directors of the rates and analysis department and
the service monitoring and enforcement department of its intent to file an
application at least thirty calendar days prior to the expected date of
filing. (B) Form of an application. (1) An alternative rate
plan application must be supported by direct testimony. (2) All direct testimony and exhibits
supporting the application shall be filed with the application, unless the
application is being filed in conjunction with an application for an increase
in rates under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, in which case the direct
testimony and exhibits may be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the
application. (3) The applicant shall provide a copy of
its application and supporting testimony to the office of the consumers'
counsel and each party of record in its previous alternative rate plan or rate
case proceeding. Such copies may be provided either in hard copy or by
electronic service. (4) The applicant shall provide or cause
to be provided a copy of the application to any person upon request. Such
copies may be provided either in hard copy or by electronic service, if
electronic service is feasible and the requestor consents to electronic
service. (5) Alternative rate plan applications
are designated by the commission's docketing division using the case
purpose code "ALT." (C) Exhibits to an alternative rate plan
application. (1) For alternative rate
plan applications that are for an increase in rates, applicants shall submit
the exhibits described in divisions (A) to (D) of section 4909.18 of the
Revised Code and the schedules and other information described in the standard
filing requirements pursuant to rule 4901-7-01 of the Administrative Code
unless otherwise waived by paragraph (D) of rule 4901:1-19-02 of the
Administrative Code. Except as otherwise provided in rule 4901:1-19-13 of the
Administrative Code or as otherwise determined by the commission, an
alternative rate plan application that does not use the same billing
determinants and revenue requirement authorized by the commission in the
applicant's most recent rate case proceeding is considered an application
for an increase in rates. (a) The applicant may use up to nine months of forecasted data
for its unadjusted test year operating income statement. The forecasted data
shall use the corporate budget which has been approved by the highest level of
officers of the applicant and is utilized to manage and operate the applicant
on a day-to-day basis. Adjustments the applicant believes are necessary to make
the corporate budget more appropriate for ratemaking purposes are to be
presented on schedule C-3. Failure to use the corporate budget as the basis of
the forecasted portion of the test year may result in the commission finding
that the application is deficient. (b) The applicant may request, no later than the filing of the
application, to file a two-month update to provide actual financial data and
significant changes in budgeted data (to be fully documented). (2) For any alternative rate plan
application, regardless of whether the plan is for an increase in rates, the
applicant will have the burden of proof to document, justify, and support its
plan and shall provide the following information. This additional information
is considered to be part of the standard filing requirements for a natural gas
company filing an alternative rate plan that is for an increase in rates.
(a) The applicant shall provide a detailed alternative rate plan,
which states the facts and grounds upon which the application is based, and
which sets forth the plan's elements, transition plans, and other matters
as required by these rules. This exhibit shall also state and support the
rationale for the initial proposed tariff changes for all impacted natural gas
services. The applicant will also identify which section(s) of the Revised Code
the application is being filed under and how the application complies with each
identified section of the Revised Code. (b) If the applicant has been authorized to exempt any services,
the applicant shall provide a listing of the services which have been exempted,
the case number authorizing such exemption, a copy of the approved separation
plan(s), and a copy of the approved code(s) of conduct. (c) The applicant shall provide a detailed discussion of how
potential issues concerning cross-subsidization of services have been addressed
in the plan. (d) The applicant shall provide a detailed discussion of how the
applicant meets the conditions of division (A) of section 4929.05 of the
Revised Code. (e) The applicant shall submit a list of witnesses sponsoring
each of the exhibits in its application.
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Rule 4901:1-19-07 | Procedures for alternative rate plan applications.
(A) The following procedures and
timelines shall be used to determine the date of acceptance for an application
for purposes of calculating the time periods provided in section 4929.07 of the
Revised Code. The procedures and timelines are consistent with those contained
in chapter II, paragraph (A)(4)(c) of appendix A to rule 4901-7-01 of the
Administrative Code, which are used to determine the date of a rate case
application's acceptance by the commission. (1) The commission staff
will inform the applicant by letter within thirty calendar days of the date of
the original docketing of the application whether the application as originally
filed is in technical compliance, is substantially in compliance or fails to
substantially comply with the filing requirements. The letter will indicate any
defects or deficiencies with the filing requirements. (2) If the application is
in technical compliance, the application shall be deemed to have been filed as
of the date the original application was filed. (3) If the application is
in substantial compliance, the applicant shall file its response to the
commission staff's letter within fifteen calendar days. The application is
considered filed as of the date of the original application if the
applicant's response places the application in technical
compliance. (4) If the application
does not substantially comply, the application shall be considered as having
been filed as of the date upon which the supplemental information rendering the
application in technical compliance with the filing requirements was
filed. (B) Commission entry accepting
alternative rate plan application. (1) Within sixty days
from the date of the original docketing of the application with the commission,
the commission will issue an entry indicating whether the application has
complied with the filing requirements. The commission shall consider
supplemental information docketed by the applicant in determining the
completeness of the filing. (2) During the processing
of the application, the commission may dismiss any application which does not
substantially comply with the filing requirements of rule 4901:1-19-06 of the
Administrative Code. (3) Provided the
applicant has complied with paragraph (A)(3) of this rule, if the commission
issues no entry within sixty calendar days from the date of the original
docketing of the application, the application shall be considered in compliance
with the filing requirements and as having been filed as of the date of the
original docketing of the application for purposes of calculating the time
periods provided in section 4929.07 of the Revised Code. (C) The commission staff will file a
written report which addresses, at a minimum, the justness and reasonableness
of the proposed alternative rate plan. (D) At its discretion, the commission may
conduct a hearing to consider the application. If the commission, at its
discretion, conducts local public hearings, such hearings are subject to the
procedural parameters set forth in section 4903.083 of the Revised
Code. (E) Intervention is subject to section
4903.221 of the Revised Code and rule 4901-1-11 of the Administrative
Code. (F) Objections. (1) Objections
must: (a) Be filed with the commission and served on all parties within
thirty calendar days after the filing of the written report by the commission
staff. (b) Specifically designate those portions of the staff report
and/or the application that are considered to be objectionable and explain the
objection. (c) Sufficiently explain how the portions of the report and/or
the application objected to are unjust and unreasonable. (2) Intervenors shall
segregate their objections into two areas: (a) Objections to the staff report for issues discussed in the
staff report and any other issues relating to the review of the reasonableness
of the proposed alternative rate plan; and (b) Objections to the applicant's application for issues
relating to the applicant's proposed alternative rate plan to the extent
the issue was not addressed in the staff report. (G) Discovery shall be that time period
applicable to general rate proceedings pursuant to paragraph (B) of rule
4901-1-17 of the Administrative Code. Any motions or requests to change the
timing of discovery shall be fully supported. Except as otherwise provided
herein, discovery shall proceed according to Chapter 4901-1 of the
Administrative Code.
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Rule 4901:1-19-08 | Notice of intent to implement the exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan (or withdraw the application).
Effective:
October 15, 2024
(A) Within thirty calendar days after the
date of issuance of a commission order granting approval of an exemption, an
exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan under section 4929.04
or 4929.05 of the Revised Code, or within twenty calendar days after the
issuance of a rehearing entry or the denial by operation of law of an
application for rehearing pursuant to section 4903.10 of the Revised Code,
whichever is later, the applicant shall either: (1) File with the
commission a notice of the applicant's intention to implement the
exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan as
directed by the commission in its order, and a final and redline copy of the
applicant's revised rate schedules. (2) Withdraw the
exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan
application if the commission modifies or does not approve the application as
filed. (B) If the applicant files a notice of
intent to implement the exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan, or
alternative rate plan as approved by the commission, it shall serve that notice
on all parties to the proceeding which authorized the exemption,
exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan.
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Rule 4901:1-19-09 | Implementation of an exit-the-merchant-function plan.
(A) A natural gas company that has an
approved exit-the-merchant-function plan shall continue to supply default
commodity sales service for choice-ineligible customers and PIPP-enrolled
customers after the natural gas company's choice-eligible customers have
been transferred to retail natural gas suppliers pursuant to the approved plan.
Natural gas commodity for choice-ineligible customers and PIPP-enrolled
customers shall be procured by a competitive procurement process. (B) A natural gas company that has an
approved exit-the-merchant-function plan shall retain the natural gas
company's distribution function, including safety, but is not responsible
for supplying default commodity sales service to any choice-eligible customer.
However, the natural gas company may use best efforts to be the provider of
last resort.
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Rule 4901:1-19-10 | Consumer protection for exemption and exit-the-merchant-function plans.
Retail natural gas suppliers assigned a
choice-eligible customer shall: (A) Not charge that customer any more
than the retail natural gas supplier's posted standard variable rate,
which the supplier shall submit to the commission and which the commission
shall post on its web site. (B) Not charge that customer a
termination fee if the customer chooses another retail natural gas
supplier. (C) Not require that the customer remain
a customer of that retail natural gas supplier for a minimum period of time
beyond the first month in which that customer is assigned to the retail natural
gas supplier. (D) Keep the assigned customer's
personal, billing, account number, and usage information confidential except to
the natural gas company with the distribution function or as otherwise provided
under commission rules.
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Rule 4901:1-19-11 | Abrogation or modification of an order granting an exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan.
(A) The commission may, upon its own
motion or upon the motion of any person adversely affected by an exemption,
exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan, including the
natural gas company operating under the exemption or plan, and after notice and
hearing pursuant to division (A) of section 4929.08 of the Revised Code, modify
or abrogate any order granting the exemption, exit-the-merchant-function plan,
or alternative rate plan under section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code,
where both of the following conditions exist: (1) The commission
determines that the findings upon which the order was based are no longer valid
and that the modification or abrogation is in the public interest. (2) The modification or
abrogation is not made more than eight years after the effective date of the
order, unless the affected natural gas company consents. (B) The commission may order such
procedures as it deems necessary, consistent with this chapter, in its
consideration of whether to modify or abrogate an order granting an exemption,
exit-the-merchant-function plan, or alternative rate plan. (C) If the commission has issued an order
approving an exemption under section 4929.04 of the Revised Code, the natural
gas company will not be required to provide default commodity sales service
through a purchased gas adjustment clause, unless the commission determines
that market conditions are not competitive or that the physical supply of
natural gas commodity has been compromised by unforeseen circumstances. The
commission may issue orders or directives imposing temporary measures necessary
for the provision of default commodity sales service and set an expedited
hearing on the orders or directives. Any such orders or directives are drawn as
narrowly as possible to accomplish the purpose of protecting the public on an
interim basis. The commission takes all possible steps to ensure that the
temporary measures remain in place only long enough to remedy noncompetitive
market conditions or resumption of the ordinary function of the physical supply
of natural gas commodity. A natural gas company may request recovery of all
costs reasonably incurred by the company in complying with any temporary
measures imposed under this chapter.
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Rule 4901:1-19-12 | Progress reports for alternative rate plans.
The commission may request that an applicant
provide progress reports during the term of its authorized alternative rate
plan. The commission may order such procedures as it deems necessary,
consistent with this chapter, regarding such progress reports, including the
frequency, form, and content of such reports.
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Rule 4901:1-19-13 | Initiation or continuation of an alternative rate plan.
(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. (B) An alternative rate plan filed by a
natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code that proposes to
initiate or continue a revenue decoupling mechanism shall be considered an
application not for an increase in rates if the rates, joint rates, tolls,
classifications, charges, or rentals are based upon the billing determinants
and revenue requirement authorized by the commission in the company's most
recent rate case proceeding and the plan also establishes, continues, or
expands an energy efficiency or energy conservation program. (C) An alternative rate plan filed by a
natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code that seeks
authorization to continue a previously approved alternative rate plan is
considered an application not for an increase in rates. An alternative rate
plan that proposes material or substantial changes to a previously approved
alternative rate plan is not considered as seeking authorization to continue a
previously approved alternative rate plan.
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Rule 4901:1-19-14 | Compliance provision.
Nothing in these rules limits the ability of the
commission and/or its staff to obtain whatever information deemed appropriate
to monitor the compliance with a commission order issued under Chapter 4929. of
the Revised Code or to carry out the responsibilities of the commission and/or
its staff under Title 49 of the Revised Code.
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Rule 4901:1-19-15 | Assessment of costs and enforcement.
Effective:
October 15, 2024
The commission may, in its discretion, assess the
costs of hearing or investigation on a non-consenting applicant or any other
party pursuant to section 4903.24 of the Revised Code. On a case-by-case basis,
the commission may prescribe such costs, restrictions, or other enforcement
measures as it deems necessary for any applicant failing to comply with any of
the rules of this chapter.
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