Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901 - Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) - Administration and Director
Chapter 4901-3 - Open Commission Meetings
Section 4901-3-01 - Commission meetings

(1) All meetings of the public utilities commission at which official action is taken and formal deliberation upon official business is conducted shall be opened to the public. All resolutions, rules, or formal action of any kind shall be adopted in an open meeting of the public utilities commission. A majority of the public utilities commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business.

(2) The public utilities commission may hold an executive session for the purpose of the consideration of a matter contained in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. An executive session may be held only at a meeting for which notice has been given in accordance with paragraph (C) of this rule and only after a majority of a quorum of the public utilities commission determines, by a roll call vote, to hold such a session.

(1) The public utilities commission regularly meets on Wednesday to discuss issues in individual cases and to vote on orders and entries to be issued in cases. The commission may, in its discretion, schedule meetings on other days to discuss and vote on entries and orders in pending cases. Unless otherwise noticed by the commission, meetings are held at the offices of the public utilities commission, 180 East Broad street, Columbus, Ohio. The time of the meetings will be shown on the agenda issued for the meetings.

(2) An emergency meeting is one that is noticed to the public less than twenty-four hours prior to the start of the meeting.

(1) Any person may determine the time, place, and matters on the agenda for a commission meeting scheduled to consider cases or a specific or general topic by calling the commission's legal department at 614-466-6843 during normal business hours or by visiting the commission's docketing division . The meeting agendas are also available on the commission's web site www.puco.ohio.gov)(http://www.puco.ohio.gov [File Link Not Available]). The commission will distribute agendas, as they become available, via e-mail. Any person wishing to receive notices or agendas of commission meetings via e-mail may subscribe to the "agendas list" at http://www.puco.ohio.gov/PUCO/Legal, or by calling the commission's legal department at 614-466-6843, or by sending a request to legal department, public utilities commission of Ohio, 180 East Broad street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. The agendas for the regular weekly meetings are generally available by close of business on the preceding Thursday. Notice of agenda updates are posted to the web site and distributed by e-mail as early as possible prior to the meeting.

(2) Copies of the agenda for an emergency meeting, if time permits for the preparation of an agenda, will be available on the commission's web site and distributed by e-mail as early as possible prior to the meeting.

(3) The agenda for commission meetings in which specific cases are to be considered shall include the case number and a brief description of the case name. If a meeting is scheduled to consider a specific or general topic or subject matter, the agenda will only give the topic or subject matter to be discussed.

(1) Minutes of the commission meetings shall be considered and adopted at the next regularly scheduled meeting at which the commission votes on orders and entries to be issued in cases.

(2) Upon adoption, the secretary of the commission shall be responsible for maintaining the minutes.