(A) A natural gas company may file an application with the public utilities commission for approval of an economic development project that has been submitted to the director of development services for the SiteOhio certification program, pursuant to section 122.9511 of the Revised Code. The company shall file the application prior to beginning the project.
(B) The commission may approve a project under this section if both of the following apply:
(1) The infrastructure development costs for the project are projected to generate a return on the company's investment that is less than the most recently authorized rate of return.
(2) The amount of infrastructure development costs to be incurred by the company per calendar year, for the project and all other projects previously approved under this section, is not projected to exceed the product of one dollar multiplied by the aggregate number of the company's customers in this state.
(C) The commission shall adopt rules to provide for an accelerated review of an application filed under division (A) of this section. The rules shall provide for the automatic approval of the application not later than ninety days after the date of the application filing unless the commission suspends the application for good cause shown. If the application is suspended, the commission shall approve, deny, modify, or hold a hearing on the application not later than forty-five days after the date that the suspension begins.
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
Added by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 319, §1, eff. 3/23/2015.
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