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OH SB363

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Frank Hoagland

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Origin

Senate

133rd General Assembly (2019-2020)

AI Summary

  • Eliminates automatic enrollment in governmental electric and natural gas aggregation programs; customers must opt-in rather than opt-out to participate.

  • Allows people previously auto-enrolled in aggregation programs to opt out at any time without paying switching fees and default to standard service offers.

  • Requires municipal corporations, townships, and counties to obtain prior affirmative consent from non-mercantile customers before aggregating their electric loads, with exceptions for municipal utilities and nonprofit suppliers.

  • Modifies section 4928.20 to remove automatic aggregation provisions for electricity and section 4929.26 to remove automatic aggregation for natural gas, replacing them with opt-in requirements.

  • Establishes new sections 4928.201 and 4929.271 to provide opt-out rights for those previously enrolled in automatic aggregation programs without switching fees.

Legislative Description

Eliminate automatic enrollment in gas and electric aggregations

Utilities : Electric Utilities

Last Action

Refer to Committee: Energy and Public Utilities

9/22/2020

Committee Referrals

Energy and Public Utilities9/22/2020

Full Bill Text

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