Bill Text: OH HB368 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To establish rights for public utility customers regarding smart meters installed on their premises.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-02 - To Public Utilities [HB368 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB368-Introduced.html
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Representative Lynch
Cosponsors:
Representatives Becker, Brenner, Cera, Thompson
| To enact sections 4933.26 and 4933.27 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to establish rights for public utility | 2 |
| customers regarding smart meters installed on | 3 |
| their premises. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 4933.26 and 4933.27 of the Revised | 5 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 4933.26. As used in this section and section 4933.27 of | 7 |
| the Revised Code: | 8 |
| (A) "Smart meter" means an advanced metering infrastructure | 9 |
| device with the capability for two-way communication between the | 10 |
| device and a utility. | 11 |
| (B) "Utility" means an electric light company, a gas company, | 12 |
| a natural gas company, or a water-works company as defined in | 13 |
| section 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility as | 14 |
| defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. | 15 |
| Sec. 4933.27. (A) A utility may install a smart meter on a | 16 |
| customer's premises, provided that the company does the following: | 17 |
| (1) Gives written notice to the customer, prior to | 18 |
| installation, that includes the following: | 19 |
| (a) A statement that the meter will be used for two-way | 20 |
| communication between itself and the utility; | 21 |
| (b) A description in plain language of the type of data the | 22 |
| meter will collect from the customer and send to the utility; | 23 |
| (c) The customer's rights under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of | 24 |
| this section, and what steps the customer must take to exercise | 25 |
| those rights. | 26 |
| (2) Allows a residential customer to choose not to have a | 27 |
| smart meter installed, without incurring an additional monthly or | 28 |
| other charge for this decision; | 29 |
| (3) Allows a residential customer to require removal of a | 30 |
| previously installed smart meter for any reason at an agreed-upon | 31 |
| time, without incurring any charge for such removal. | 32 |
| (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to meters | 33 |
| whose communication capabilities will be used only for remote | 34 |
| meter reading. | 35 |
