Ohio § 4927.123
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 4927.123, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4927.123.
(A) As used in this section: “Exchange area” has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code . “ Line loss ” refers to the number of access lines, whether residential or commercial, for which
a customer of an incumbent local exchange carrier has terminated local exchange service. (B) Not earlier than the date that is exactly four years after the effective date of
this section, an incumbent local exchange carrier may apply to the public utilities
commission for an exemption from the requirements of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code for an exchange area, subject to division (E) of this section. (C) The commission shall approve an application under division (B) of this section if
the carrier demonstrates that both of the following apply: (1) The carrier has experienced at least fifty per cent line loss in the exchange area
since January 1, 2002. (2) One of the following applies: (a) The carrier increased the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for the
exchange area within the twelve months prior to September 13, 2010. (b) The commission made a determination that the exchange area qualified for alternative
regulation of basic local exchange service under Chapter 4901:1-4 of the Ohio Administrative Code as that chapter existed on September 13, 2010. (c) The carrier filed an application for the exchange area that was approved or deemed
approved under division (B)(3)(b) of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code . (D) On the thirty-first day after the filing of an application under division (B) of
this section, the commission shall be deemed to have found that the application meets
the requirements of division (C) of this section unless the commission, within thirty
days after the filing of the application, issues an order finding that the requirements
have not been met. (E) If an application for an exchange area is approved or deemed approved under this
section, the incumbent local exchange carrier that filed the application shall be
exempt from the requirements of section 4927.12 of the Revised Code for the exchange area to which the application applies, except that the carrier may
not alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service below the carrier's
incremental cost. “Incremental cost” has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code . (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the rights of any person to
file a complaint with the commission under section 4927.21 of the Revised Code , or the rights of the commission to initiate such a complaint, against an incumbent
local exchange carrier who has been granted an exemption under this section.
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