Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 11, 2023
(A)
A retail natural
gas supplier or governmental aggregator shall file with the commission
notification of any material change to the information supplied in a
certification or most recent certification renewal application within thirty
days of such material change.
(1)
A retail natural gas supplier or governmental
aggregator shall file such notice under the docket number assigned to the
retail natural gas supplier's or governmental aggregator's initial
certification or most recent certification renewal application, whichever is
the most recent.
(2)
After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the
commission may suspend, rescind, or conditionally rescind a retail natural gas
supplier's or governmental aggregator's certificate if it determines that the
material change will adversely affect the retail natural gas supplier's or
governmental aggregator's fitness or ability to provide the services for which
it is certified; or to provide reasonable financial assurances sufficient to
protect natural gas companies and the regulated sales service customers from
default.
(B)
Material changes to the information contained in or
supplied with a certification or most recent certification renewal application
include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Any significant
change in ownership (being an ownership interest of five per cent or more) of
the applicant or retail natural gas supplier.
(2)
An affiliation
with any public utility or change of an affiliation with a public utility in
this state.
(3)
Retirement or other long-term changes to the
operational status of supply resources relied upon by the retail natural gas
supplier or the retail natural gas supplier of a governmental aggregator to
provide competitive retail natural gas service.
(4)
Revocation,
restriction, or termination of any interconnection or service agreement with a
pipeline company or natural gas company relied upon by a retail natural gas
supplier or the retail natural gas supplier of a governmental aggregator to
provide competitive retail natural gas service.
(5)
The applicant or
retail natural gas supplier's bond rating falls below BBB- as reported by
Standard & Poors, Duff & Phelps, or Fitch IBCA or below Baa3 as
reported by Moody's investor service.
(6)
The applicant or
retail natural gas supplier has or intends to file for reorganization,
protection from creditors, or any other form of bankruptcy with any
court.
(7)
Any judgment, finding, or ruling by a court or
regulatory agency that could affect a retail natural gas supplier's or
governmental aggregator's fitness or ability to provide service in this
state.
(8)
Any change in the name of the applicant's regulatory
contact, the staff contact for consumer complaints, and the customer service
contact, the contact's business or electronic mail address, or telephone or fax
number.
(9)
Any change in the applicant's name or any use of a
fictitious name.
Replaces: 4901:1-27-10