Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.04 (2026)

Power to regulate public utilities and railroads

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The public utilities commission is hereby vested with the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate public utilities and railroads, to require all public utilities to furnish their products and render all services exacted by the commission or by law, and to promulgate and enforce all orders relating to the protection, welfare, and safety of railroad employees and the traveling public, including the apportionment between railroads and the state and its political subdivisions of the cost of constructing protective devices at railroad grade crossings.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case: Saint Torrance v. Firstar, 529 F. Supp. 2d 836 (S.D. Ohio 2007).
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Saint Torrance v. Firstar, 529 F. Supp. 2d 836 (S.D. Ohio 2007). · cites it 2× “26 provides in pertinent part, Upon complaint in wilting against any public utility by any person, ..., that any rate, ..., charge, ..., or service, .”
Ohio Bell Tel. Co. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 593 N.E.2d 286 (Ohio 1992). “The plain language of this enactment does not suggest that it is somehow optional. The commission cannot defeat the General Assembly’s demand for quasi-judicial proceedings merely by supplying a different label to the attempted modification.”
In re Comm. Rev. of the Capacity Charges of Ohio Power Co. (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 1607 (Ohio 2016). · cites it 2× “The commission therefore determined that it could rely on R.C. 4905.04, 4905.05, and 4905.06 to approve a cost-based charge, because the transaction is appropriately characterized as an intrastate wholesale transaction.”
In re Complaint of Wingo v. Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C. (Slip Opinion), 2020 Ohio 5583 (Ohio 2020). · cites it 2× “” See R.C. 4905.04. But in the decision below, the PUCO did not look to the statutory scheme to determine whether the submeterer is a public utility; instead, it applied a jurisdictional test of its own devising.”
Kazmaier Supermarket, Inc. v. Toledo Edison Co., 573 N.E.2d 655 (Ohio 1991). “, R.C. 4905.04, 4905.06, 4905.22, 4905.231 and 4905.”
GTE North, Inc. v. Zaino, 96 Ohio St. 3d 9 (Ohio 2002). “R.C. 4905.04 includes both local exchange telephone companies and interexchange telecommunications companies among those subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission.”
GTE North, Inc. v. Zaino, 2002 Ohio 2984 (Ohio 2002). “R.C. 4905.04 includes both local exchange telephone companies and interexchange telecommunications companies among those subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission.”
State ex rel. Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co. v. Cuyahoga Cnty. Court of Common Pleas, 727 N.E.2d 900 (Ohio 2000). “, R.C. 4905.04, 4905.06, 4905.22, 4905.231 and 4905.”
In re Ohio Power Co., 40 N.E.3d 1060 (Ohio 2015). “The commission’s “ongoing supervision and jurisdiction” does not allow it to violate other statutory provisions {¶ 31} The commission also found that its “ongoing supervision and jurisdiction” over the rate phase-in allowed it to modify the ESP Order.”
Hull v. Columbia Gas, 850 N.E.2d 1190 (Ohio 2006). “, R.C. 4905.04, 4905.06, 4905.22, 4905.231 and 4905.”
Vernon v. Warner Amex Cable Commc'ns, Inc., 495 N.E.2d 374 (Ohio 1986). “Chapter 4905, and specifically R.C. 4905.04, gives the Public Utilities Commission the authority to supervise and regulate public utilities.”
Haning v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 712 N.E.2d 707 (Ohio 1999). · cites it 3× “02, which are subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under R.C. 4905.04 and Title 49. With four stated exceptions, R.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.04(A) — 1 case
Pledger v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 849 N.E.2d 14 (Ohio 2006).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.04(A)(5) — 2 cases
Haning v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 712 N.E.2d 707 (Ohio 1999). “02, which are subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission under R.C. 4905.04 and Title 49. With four stated exceptions, R.”
Haning v. Pub. Util. Comm., 1999 Ohio 90 (Ohio 1999).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.04(B) — 3 cases
AT&T Commc'ns of Ohio, Inc. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 88 Ohio St. 3d 549 (Ohio 2000).
AT&T Commc'ns of Ohio, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm., 2000 Ohio 422 (Ohio 2000).
MCI Telecomm. Corp. v. Pub. Util. Comm., 2000 Ohio 423 (Ohio 2000).
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