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Chapter 4905: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - GENERAL POWERS

• 4905.01 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Public utilities commission - general powers definitions.
• 4905.02 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Public utility defined.
• 4905.03 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Public utility company definitions.
• 4905.04 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Power to regulate public utilities and railroads.
• 4905.041 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Commission regulation of wholesale communications services.
• 4905.042 Commission jurisdiction over advanced or Internet protocol-enabled services.
• 4905.05 Scope of jurisdiction.
• 4905.06 General supervision.
• 4905.07 Information and records to be public.
• 4905.08 [Repealed].
• 4905.09 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Substantial compliance.
• 4905.10 Assessment for expenses.
• 4905.11 [Repealed].
• 4905.12 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Forfeiture.
• 4905.13 System of accounts for public utilities.
• 4905.14 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Annual report.
• 4905.15 Reports and accounts.
• 4905.16 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Copy of contract may be required by commission.
• 4905.17 Construction accounts.
• 4905.18 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Depreciation account.
• 4905.19 Depreciation fund.
• 4905.20 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Abandonment of facilities.
• 4905.21 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Application to commission to abandon, withdraw or close.
• 4905.22 Service and facilities required - unreasonable charge prohibited.
• 4905.23 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Inadequate service by telephone company.
• 4905.231 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Prescribing reasonable standards of telephone service.
• 4905.24 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Company not permitted to exercise right of franchise where another is giving adequate service.
• 4905.241 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Applications to render service.
• 4905.242 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Companies integrated, merged, consolidated, or otherwise combined when service inadequate.
• 4905.243 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Petition for change in service.
• 4905.244 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Continuing operation.
• 4905.25 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Petition for service in area not served by telephone company.
• 4905.26 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Complaints as to service.
• 4905.261 Telephone call center for consumer complaints.
• 4905.27 Standard units.
• 4905.28 Standards of measurement.
• 4905.29 Examinations and tests.
• 4905.30 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Printed schedules of rates must be filed.
• 4905.301 [Repealed].
• 4905.302 Purchased gas adjustment clause.
• 4905.303 Approving purchases of synthetic natural gas.
• 4905.304 Examining coal research and development costs incurred by gas or natural gas company.
• 4905.31 Reasonable arrangements allowed - variable rate.
• 4905.32 Schedule rate collected.
• 4905.33 Rebates, special rates, and free service prohibited.
• 4905.34 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Free service or reduced rates.
• 4905.35 Prohibiting discrimination.
• 4905.36 Separate hearings.
• 4905.37 Commission may change rules and regulations of public utilities.
• 4905.38 Repairs and improvements may be ordered by commission.
• 4905.381 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Ordering repairs and improvements in telephone service.
• 4905.39 Power to require additions and extensions.
• 4905.40 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Issuance of stocks, bonds, and notes.
• 4905.401 Issuing notes or other evidences of indebtedness.
• 4905.402 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Acquiring domestic telephone or electric utility company or holding company.
• 4905.403 Filing control bid for a natural gas company.
• 4905.41 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Proceedings to obtain authority.
• 4905.42 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Hearings on issuance of stocks, bonds, and notes.
• 4905.43 Public utility in possession of receiver exempted.
• 4905.44 [Repealed].
• 4905.45 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Indorsement of public utility or railroad securities.
• 4905.46 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Restrictions on dividend or distribution.
• 4905.47 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Capitalization.
• 4905.48 Transactions between public utilities.
• 4905.49 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Merger.
• 4905.491 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Cause for refusal of petition.
• 4905.50 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Power to form continuous line.
• 4905.51 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Use of equipment over street by other public utility.
• 4905.52 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Refusal to answer questions in examination.
• 4905.53 [Repealed].
• 4905.54 Compliance with orders.
• 4905.55 Liability for act of agent.
• 4905.56 Violation.
• 4905.57 Actions to recover forfeitures.
• 4905.58 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Indictment.
• 4905.59 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Action for forfeiture by prosecuting attorney.
• 4905.60 Writ of mandamus - injunction.
• 4905.61 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Treble damages.
• 4905.62 Limitation.
• 4905.63 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Companies formed to transact business subject to certain laws.
• 4905.64 Forfeiture shall be cumulative.
• 4905.65 Local regulation restricting construction, location, or use of public utility facility.
• 4905.66 to 4905.69 [Repealed].
• 4905.70 Energy conservation programs.
• 4905.71 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Filing tarrifs for charges for attachment to pole or conduit use of equipment.
• 4905.72 Changes in provider of natural gas service or public telecommunications service to consumer.
• 4905.73 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Jurisdiction.
• 4905.74 Persistent practice or pattern of violative conduct.
• 4905.75 Payments to agent not considered past due.
• 4905.76 to 4905.78 [Repealed].
• 4905.79 Tax credits for costs of service to aid communicatively impaired.
• 4905.80 Uniform registration and uniform permitting of persons engaged in the highway transportation of hazardous materials rules.
• 4905.801 Fees for shipment of nuclear materials.
• 4905.802 Crediting of fees collected for shipment of nuclear materials.
• 4905.81 Highway routing of hazardous materials rules.
• 4905.82 Disclosing information.
• 4905.83 Forfeitures for violations.
• 4905.84 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Annual assessment to pay for TRS service.
• 4905.85 [Repealed].
• 4905.86 Sulfur dioxide emission allowances.
• 4905.87 Biomass energy program fund.
• 4905.90 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Natural gas pipeline safety standards definitions.
• 4905.91 Intrastate gas pipelines.
• 4905.92 Assessments against operators - pipe-line safety fund.
• 4905.93 Duties of operator.
• 4905.94 Operator of master-meter system.
• 4905.95 Notices, hearings and orders of commission.
• 4905.96 Civil action against operator.
• 4905.99 [Effective Until 9/13/2010] Penalty.