Bill Text: OH SB228 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To limit recovery of rate-case expenses for certain water-works and sewage disposal system companies.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-17 - To Energy & Public Utilities [SB228 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB228-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 228

Senators Goodman, Hughes 

Cosponsor: Senator Miller, D. 

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A BILL

To enact section 4909.181 of the Revised Code to

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limit recovery of rate-case expenses for certain

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water-works and sewage disposal system companies.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 4909.181 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 4909.181. (A) As used in this section:

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(1) "Rate-case expenses" means any of the following:

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(a) Fees, wages, or other compensation for labor paid to	8
attorneys, consultants, witnesses, or employees in relation to an	9
application for establishment of or change in rates;	10

(b) Expenses for attorneys, consultants, witnesses, or	11
employees in relation to an application for establishment of or	12
change in rates;	13

(c) Costs for preparing studies related to an application for	14
establishment of or change in rates, including lead-lag studies,	15
cost-of-service studies, depreciation studies, and other studies	16
related to an application for establishment of or change in rates;	17

(d) Any other expenses incurred in relation to an application	18
for establishment of or change in rates.	19

(2) "Application for establishment of or change in rates"	20
means an application filed under any of the ratemaking mechanisms	21
referenced in divisions (B) and (C) of this section.	22

(B) No water-works company that serves fifteen thousand or	23
more customers in Ohio, no sewage disposal system company that	24
serves fifteen thousand or more customers in Ohio, and no	25
water-works company that is also a sewage disposal system company	26
that serves a total of fifteen thousand or more customers in Ohio	27
may recover from its customers more than fifty per cent of the	28
total amount of rate-case expenses that it incurs for an	29
application filed under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code.	30

(C) No water-works company that serves fifteen thousand or	31
more customers in Ohio, no sewage disposal system company that	32
serves fifteen thousand or more customers in Ohio, no water-works	33
company that is also a sewage disposal system company that serves	34
a total of fifteen thousand or more customers in Ohio, and no	35
water-works company that is also a sewage disposal system company	36
that serves a total of fifteen thousand or more customers in Ohio	37
may recover from its customers any of the rate-case expenses that	38
it incurs for an application filed under section 4909.16,	39
4909.171, or 4909.172 of the Revised Code or any other ratemaking	40
mechanism established subsequent to the effective date of this	41
section.	42