Ohio Code 4928.65 – Adoption of rules governing disclosure of costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements
(A) Not later than January 1, 2015, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules governing the disclosure of the costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements of sections 4928.64 and 4928.66 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include both of the following requirements:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4928.65
- Electric distribution utility: means an electric utility that supplies at least retail electric distribution service. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Electric services company: includes a power marketer, power broker, aggregator, or independent power producer but excludes an electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, governmental aggregator, or billing and collection agent. See Ohio Code 4928.01
- Renewable energy resource: includes , but is not limited to, any fuel cell used in the generation of electricity, including, but not limited to, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, or solid oxide fuel cell; wind turbine located in the state's territorial waters of Lake Erie; methane gas emitted from an abandoned coal mine; waste energy recovery system placed into service or retrofitted on or after the effective date of the amendment of this section by…. See Ohio Code 4928.01
(1) That every electric distribution utility list, on all customer bills sent by the utility, including utility consolidated bills that include both electric distribution utility and electric services company charges, the individual customer cost of the utility’s compliance with all of the following for the applicable billing period:
(a) The renewable energy resource requirements under section 4928.64 of the Revised Code, subject to division (B) of this section;
(b) The energy efficiency savings requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code;
(c) The peak demand reduction requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code.
(2) That every electric services company list, on all customer bills sent by the company, the individual customer cost, subject to division (B) of this section, of the company’s compliance with the renewable energy resource requirements under section 4928.64 of the Revised Code for the applicable billing period.
(B)(1) For purposes of division (A)(1)(a) of this section, the cost of compliance with the renewable energy resource requirements shall be calculated by multiplying the individual customer’s monthly usage by the combined weighted average of renewable-energy-credit costs, including solar-renewable-energy-credit costs, paid by all electric distribution utilities, as listed in the commission’s most recently available alternative energy portfolio standard report.
(2) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, the cost of compliance with the renewable energy resource requirements shall be calculated by multiplying the individual customer’s monthly usage by the combined weighted average of renewable-energy-credit costs, including solar-renewable-energy-credit costs, paid by all electric services companies, as listed in the commission’s most recently available alternative energy portfolio standard report.
(C) The costs required to be listed under division (A)(1) of this section shall be listed on each customer’s monthly bill as three distinct line items. The cost required to be listed under division (A)(2) of this section shall be listed on each customer’s monthly bill as a distinct line item.