Ohio Code § 4928.14

§ 4928.14.

(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the failure of a supplier to

provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory

of an electric distribution utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after

reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alternative supplier. (B) A supplier is deemed under this section to have failed to provide retail electric

generation service if the commission finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity

for hearing, that any of the following conditions are met: (1) The supplier has defaulted on its contracts with customers, is in receivership, or

has filed for bankruptcy. (2) The supplier is no longer capable of providing the service. (3) The supplier is unable to provide delivery to transmission or distribution facilities

for such period of time as may be reasonably specified by commission rule adopted

under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code . (4) The supplier's certification has been suspended, conditionally rescinded, or rescinded

under division (D) of section 4928.08 of the Revised Code . (C) If an electric distribution utility has an electric security plan that was approved

under section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the amendments to this section by this act, the

failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within

the certified territory of that utility shall result in the supplier's customers,

after reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under

that electric security plan until the customer chooses an alternative supplier or

until the utility's standard service offer is authorized under section 4928.142 of the Revised Code .