Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-24 - Certification of CRES Providers
Section 4901:1-24-12 - Transfer or abandonment of a certificate
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4901:1-24-12
Current through all rules and regulations passed and filed through March 17, 2025
(A) A competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider shall not transfer its certificate to any person without prior commission approval.
(1) A CRES provider may
apply for commission approval to transfer its certificate by filing a
certificate transfer application.
(2) A transfer application shall be
automatically approved on the thirty-first day after filing, unless the
commission acts to suspend or reject the application.
(B) A CRES provider shall not abandon the service(s) it provides under a certificate without filing an abandonment application and without commission approval. The CRES provider shall fulfill the terms of all existing contracts with customers or assign such contracts to another CRES provider prior to abandoning service.
(1) Abandonment applications
should
be filed under the existing certification case
number at least ninety calendar days prior to the effective date on which
the CRES provider will cease providing service. The application shall include
copies of any notices provided pursuant to paragraphs (B)(2), (B)(3), and
(B)(4) of this rule.
(2) At least
ninety calendar days prior to abandoning service, a CRES provider shall provide
written notice to each electric utility in whose certified territory the CRES
provider operates of its intent to cease providing service. That notice shall
reflect that the CRES provider has filed an abandonment application with the
commission.
(3) At least ninety
calendar days prior to abandoning service, a CRES provider shall provide
written notice to its customers and the office of the Ohio consumer's counsel
of its intent to abandon service. Such notice shall indicate the CRES
provider's intent to fulfill or assign customer contracts, including the
effective date of such assignment, the effective date it will cease to provide
service, and should identify the commission's toll-free number as well as the
number through which hearing and speech impaired customers may contact the
commission. That notice shall also provide instructions to the customers on how
they may obtain replacement service(s).
(4) The CRES provider shall also provide
notice of its abandonment to its existing customers by separate message that is
mailed or otherwise directly delivered to the customer or by notice on customer
billing statements. Where the CRES provider is billing the customers, the CRES
provider shall provide notice of its abandonment. Where the electric utility is
providing billing, the CRES provider may negotiate with the electric utility to
provide such notice of its abandonment on each billing statement rendered to
existing customers. Abandonment notices shall begin at least ninety calendar
days prior to the effective date of the abandonment and shall continue to
provide such notice on all subsequent monthly billing statements until the
service is abandoned.
(5) If the
commission does not act upon the application within ninety calendar days of the
filing date, the application
will be deemed automatically approved on the
ninety-first day after the official filing date.
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