Public Utilities Commission Of Ohio
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is the public utilities commission of the U.S. state of Ohio, charged with the regulation of utility service providers such as those of electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications as well as railroad safety and intrastate hazardous materials transport. Background Responsibilities The Commission is responsible for: *Enforcement of laws against service deemed unfair or unsafe *Hearing disputes between utilities and residential, business, and industrial customers, as well as between competing utilities. *Assuring availability of residential, business, and industrial utility services *Providing consumers with relevant information about their rights and responsibilities *Regulating rates for utility services in which there is little to no competition (i.e. electricity and natural gas services) *Periodically creating and changing Ohio Administrative Code that is related to its mission *Acting in some manner to relate the relevant Ad ...
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Public Utilities Commission
In the United States, it is a governing body of a utility. In Canada, it is a utility, not a regulatory body. Canada In Canada, a public utilities commission (PUC) is a public utility owned and operated by a municipal or local government under the oversight of one or more elected commissioners. It is not a regulatory body. Its role is analogous to a municipal utility district or public utility district in the US. * Brantford Public Utilities Commission * Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Regulatory bodies The utility that is being regulated may be owned by the consumers that it serves, a mutual utility like a public utility district, a state-owned utility, or it may be a stockholder owned utility either publicly traded on a stock exchange or closely held among just a few investors. These utilities often operate as legal monopolies, which means that they do not compete in a marketplace but are instead regulated by commissions to ensure fair pricing. Countries ;Americas * ...
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