Section 4913.05. Request for imposition of fine or penalty

(A) Beginning January 1, 2016, an aggrieved person may request an inquiry with the staff of the public utilities commission seeking the imposition, in accordance with this chapter, of a fine or penalty on the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure described in division (A) of section 4913.01 of the Revised Code. The person shall make the request not later than ninety days after discovering the alleged compliance failure. The request shall not, by itself, cause the creation of a formal proceeding at the commission.

(B) A request made under this section shall state, at a minimum and with particularity, the name of the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure, the date of the compliance failure, the nature of the compliance failure, the location of the compliance failure, and any other information that the requestor considers relevant.

(C) The staff shall, not later than ten business days after receiving a request under this section, notify the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure that the request was made.

Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 378, §1, eff. 3/23/2015.