Ohio Code 4928.03 – Identification of competitive services and noncompetitive services
Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, and power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric utility are competitive retail electric services that the consumers may obtain subject to this chapter from any supplier or suppliers. In accordance with a filing under division (F) of section 4933.81 of the Revised Code, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, or power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric cooperative that has made the filing are competitive retail electric services that the consumers may obtain subject to this chapter from any supplier or suppliers.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4928.03
- Certified territory: means the certified territory established for an electric supplier under sections 4933. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Competitive retail electric service: means a component of retail electric service that is competitive as provided under division (B) of this section. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Electric cooperative: means a not-for-profit electric light company that both is or has been financed in whole or in part under the "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" 49 Stat. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Electric utility: means an electric light company that has a certified territory and is engaged on a for-profit basis either in the business of supplying a noncompetitive retail electric service in this state or in the businesses of supplying both a noncompetitive and a competitive retail electric service in this state. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Retail electric service: means any service involved in supplying or arranging for the supply of electricity to ultimate consumers in this state, from the point of generation to the point of consumption. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each consumer in this state and the suppliers to a consumer shall have comparable and nondiscriminatory access to noncompetitive retail electric services of an electric utility in this state within its certified territory for the purpose of satisfying the consumer’s electricity requirements in keeping with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code.