Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission:
(A) Any two or more public utilities furnishing a like service or product and doing business in the same municipal corporation or locality within this state, or any two or more public utilities whose lines intersect or parallel each other within this state, may enter into contracts with each other that will enable them to operate their lines or plants in connection with each other.
(B) Any public utility may purchase or lease the property, plant, or business of any other such public utility.
(C) Any such public utility may sell or lease its property or business to any other such public utility.
(D) Any such public utility may purchase the stock of any other such public utility.
To obtain the consent and approval of the commission for such authority, a petition, joint or otherwise, signed and verified by the president and the secretary of the respective companies, clearly setting forth the object and purposes desired, and stating whether or not it is for the purchase, sale, lease, or making of contracts, or for any other purpose provided in this section, and also the terms and conditions of the same, shall be filed with the commission. If the commission deems it necessary, it shall, upon the filing of such petition, fix a time and place for a hearing.
If, after such hearing or in case no hearing is required, the commission is satisfied that the prayer of such petition should be granted and the public will thereby be furnished adequate service for a reasonable and just rate, rental, toll, or charge, it shall make such order as it deems proper and the circumstances require, and thereupon the things provided for in such order may be done.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers
Section 4905.01 | Definitions.
Section 4905.02 | Public Utility Defined.
Section 4905.03 | Public Utility Company Definitions.
Section 4905.04 | Power to Regulate Public Utilities and Railroads.
Section 4905.041 | Exclusive Jurisdiction of Commission.
Section 4905.042 | Commission Jurisdiction Over Advanced or Internet Protocol-Enabled Services.
Section 4905.05 | Scope of Jurisdiction.
Section 4905.06 | General Supervision.
Section 4905.07 | Information and Records to Be Public.
Section 4905.09 | Substantial Compliance.
Section 4905.10 | Assessment for Expenses.
Section 4905.13 | System of Accounts for Public Utilities.
Section 4905.14 | Annual Report.
Section 4905.15 | Reports and Accounts.
Section 4905.16 | Copy of Contract May Be Required by Commission.
Section 4905.17 | Construction Accounts.
Section 4905.18 | Depreciation Account.
Section 4905.19 | Depreciation Fund.
Section 4905.20 | Abandonment of Facilities.
Section 4905.21 | Application to Commission to Abandon, Withdraw or Close.
Section 4905.22 | Service and Facilities Required - Unreasonable Charge Prohibited.
Section 4905.26 | Complaints as to Service.
Section 4905.261 | Telephone Call Center for Consumer Complaints.
Section 4905.27 | Standard Units.
Section 4905.28 | Standards of Measurement.
Section 4905.29 | Examinations and Tests.
Section 4905.30 | Printed Schedules of Rates Must Be Filed.
Section 4905.302 | Purchased Gas Adjustment Clause.
Section 4905.303 | Approving Purchases of Synthetic Natural Gas.
Section 4905.31 | Reasonable Arrangements Allowed - Variable Rate.
Section 4905.32 | Schedule Rate Collected.
Section 4905.33 | Rebates, Special Rates, and Free Service Prohibited.
Section 4905.34 | Free Service or Reduced Rates.
Section 4905.35 | Prohibiting Discrimination.
Section 4905.36 | Separate Hearings.
Section 4905.37 | Commission May Change Rules and Regulations of Public Utilities.
Section 4905.38 | Repairs and Improvements May Be Ordered by Commission.
Section 4905.39 | Power to Require Additions and Extensions.
Section 4905.40 | Issuance of Stocks, Bonds, and Notes.
Section 4905.401 | Issuing Notes or Other Evidences of Indebtedness.
Section 4905.403 | Filing Control Bid for a Natural Gas Company.
Section 4905.41 | Proceedings to Obtain Authority.
Section 4905.42 | Hearings on Issuance of Stocks, Bonds, and Notes.
Section 4905.43 | Public Utility in Possession of Receiver Exempted.
Section 4905.45 | Indorsement of Public Utility or Railroad Securities.
Section 4905.46 | Restrictions on Dividend or Distribution.
Section 4905.47 | Capitalization.
Section 4905.48 | Transactions Between Public Utilities.
Section 4905.481 | Purchase of Municipal Water-Works or Sewage Disposal System Company.
Section 4905.49 | Acquisition of Water-Works or Sewage Disposal System; Rate Division.
Section 4905.491 | Contents of Order of Approval.
Section 4905.51 | Use of Equipment Over Street by Other Public Utility.
Section 4905.52 | Refusal to Answer Questions in Examination.
Section 4905.54 | Compliance With Orders.
Section 4905.55 | Liability for Act of Agent.
Section 4905.57 | Actions to Recover Forfeitures.
Section 4905.59 | Action for Forfeiture by Prosecuting Attorney.
Section 4905.60 | Writ of Mandamus - Injunction.
Section 4905.61 | Treble Damages.
Section 4905.63 | Company Formed to Acquire Property or Transact Business Subject to Certain Laws.
Section 4905.64 | Forfeiture Shall Be Cumulative.
Section 4905.70 | Energy Conservation Programs.
Section 4905.71 | Filing Tariffs for Charges for Attachment to Pole or Conduit Use of Equipment.
Section 4905.73 | Jurisdiction.
Section 4905.74 | Persistent Practice or Pattern of Violative Conduct.
Section 4905.75 | Payments to Agent Not Considered Past Due.
Section 4905.79 | Tax Credits for Costs of Service to Aid Communicatively Impaired.
Section 4905.80 | State Policy Regarding Motor Carriers.
Section 4905.81 | Duties of Public Utilities Commission.
Section 4905.84 | Annual Assessment to Pay for Trs Service.
Section 4905.86 | Sulfur Dioxide Emission Allowances.
Section 4905.87 | Biomass Energy Program Fund.
Section 4905.90 | Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Standards Definitions.
Section 4905.91 | Intrastate Gas Pipe-Lines.
Section 4905.911 | Compliance With Federal Design Requirements.
Section 4905.92 | Assessments Against Operators - Pipe-Line Safety Fund.
Section 4905.93 | Duties of Operator.
Section 4905.94 | Operator of Master-Meter System.
Section 4905.95 | Notices, Hearings and Orders of Commission.