Ohio Admin. Code 4901:1-24-01 - Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Abandonment" means ceasing to provide
competitive retail electric service(s) to one or more classes of customers in
one or more electric distribution service territories prior to the expiration
of customers' contracts.
(B)
"Aggregation" means combining the electric load of multiple retail customers
through an agreement with the customers or formation of a governmental
aggregation pursuant to section
4928.20 of the Revised Code for
the purposes of purchasing retail electric generation service on an aggregated
basis.
(C) "Aggregator" means a
person, certified by the commission, who contracts with customers to combine
the customers' electric load for the purpose of purchasing retail electric
generation service on an aggregated basis. The term, as used in this chapter,
does not include a governmental aggregator.
(D) "Applicant" means a person who files an
application for certification or certification renewal under this
chapter.
(E) "Application form"
means a form, approved by the commission, that an applicant seeking
certification or certification renewal as a competitive retail electric service
provider shall file
files with the commission as set forth in this
chapter.
(F) "Billing and
collection agent" shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(2) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(G) "Certified territory"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(3) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(H) "Competitive retail
electric service" (CRES) has the meaning set forth in division (A)(4) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, and
includes the services provided by retail electric generation providers, power
marketers, power brokers, aggregators, and governmental aggregators.
(I) "Commission" means the public utilities
commission of Ohio.
(J) "CRES
provider" means a person or entity, under certification by the commission who
supplies or offers to supply a CRES.
(K) "Electric cooperative"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(5) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(L) "Electric distribution
utility" shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(6) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(M) "Electric services
company" shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(9) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(N) "Electric utility"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(11) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(O) "Filing under seal" means
personally delivering to the commission's docketing division a sealed envelope
containing information intended to be kept proprietary and confidential. This
action must be accompanied by the filing and docketing of a "motion for
protective order," pursuant to rule
4901-1-24 of the Administrative
Code.
(P) "Governmental aggregator"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(13) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(Q) "Mercantile customer"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(19) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(R) "Person"
shall have
has the meaning set forth in division (A)(24) of
section 4928.01 of the Revised
Code.
(S) "Power broker" means a
person, certified by the commission, who provides power brokerage.
(T) "Power brokerage" means assuming the
contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and/or arrangement for the
supply of retail electric generation service to a retail customer in this state
without taking title to the electric power supplied.
(U) "Power marketer" means a person,
certified by the commission, who provides power marketing services.
(V) "Power marketing" means assuming the
contractual and legal responsibility for the sale and provision of retail
electric generation service to a retail customer in this state and having title
to electric power provided at some point during the transaction.
(W) "Retail electric generation provider"
means a person, certified by the commission, who provides retail electric
generation service in this state.
(X) "Retail electric generation service"
means the provision of electric power to a retail customer in this state
through facilities provided by an electric distribution utility and/or a
transmission entity in this state. The term encompasses the services performed
by retail electric generation providers, power marketers, and power brokers,
but does not encompass the service provided by an electric utility pursuant to
sections 4928.141,
4928.142, and
4928.143 or division (D) of
section 4928.35 of the Revised
Code.
(Y) "Service agreement" means
the initial agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto entered into by
the applicant and any provider of a service necessary to transport, schedule,
and deliver CRES to the retail customer (e.g., transmission service, ancillary
services, scheduling coordination, and distribution service).
(Z) "Small commercial customer" means a
commercial customer that is not a mercantile customer.
(AA) "Staff" means the commission staff or
its authorized representative.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4928.06
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4928.16
Prior Effective Dates: 09/18/2000, 06/29/2009
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