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| To enact section 4933.29 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| restore discounts for customers with all-electric | 2 |
| homes, to restore electric, load-management | 3 |
| programs, and to declare an emergency. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 4933.29 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 4933.29. (A) As used in this section: | 7 |
| (1) "Dual fuel heating program" means a program under which | 8 |
| an electric light company provides an incentive, including a | 9 |
| discounted rate, for a customer to use a heating system that | 10 |
| operates on both electricity and gas, the electric portion of | 11 |
| which may be controlled by the company. | 12 |
| (2) "Electric light company" has the same meaning as in | 13 |
| section 4905.03 of the Revised Code. | 14 |
| (3) "Load management water heating program" means a program | 15 |
| under which an electric light company provides an incentive, | 16 |
| including a discounted rate, for a customer to use an electric | 17 |
| water heater that may be controlled by the company. | 18 |
| (B) Every electric light company that discontinued, during | 19 |
| the time period beginning one year before the effective date of | 20 |
| this section and ending on the effective date of this section, | 21 |
| discounts for residential customers with all-electric homes shall | 22 |
| restore all such discounts to the discount amounts at the time of | 23 |
| the discontinuance. | 24 |
| (C) Every electric light company that discontinued, during | 25 |
| the time period beginning one year before the effective date of | 26 |
| this section and ending on the effective date of this section, any | 27 |
| dual fuel heating program or any load management water heating | 28 |
| program shall restore in full any such discontinued program. | 29 |
| Section 2. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency | 30 |
| measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 31 |
| peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that | 32 |
| electric-utility customers are experiencing sudden, drastic | 33 |
| increases in electricity costs during an economic recession. | 34 |
| Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 35 |