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. ~ ~ '~'Vortheast Ohio Public Energy Council 2.6 Rights and Responsibilities of Program Participants 2.6.1 Rights All Aggregation Program participants shall enjoy the protections of consumer law as they currently exist or as they-may be amended from time to time. Under protocols developed by the PUCO, problems related to billing or service shall be directed to the appropriate parties: the distribution utility or the selected Supplier(s). 2.6.2 Responsibilities All Aggregation Program participants shall meet all standards and responsibilities required by the PUCO, including timely payment of billings and access to essential metering and other equipment to carry out utility operations. 2.6.2.1 Taxes The selected Supplier(s) shall include on the participating consumer's bill and remit to the appropriate authority all sales, gross receipts, or excise or similar taxes imposed with respect to the consumption of electricity. Participating consumers shall be responsible for all taxes (except for taxes on the Supplier's income). Participating consumers shall be responsible. for identifying and requesting any applicable exemption from the collection of any tax by providing appropriate documentation to the Supplier. 3.0 Organizational Structure and Governance of the Aggregation Program 3.1 Description of Organization and Management of Aggregation Program Each NOPEC member community has one representative on the NOPEC Assembly, which serves as the legislative body for the organization. Assembly members from each county represented in the membership of NOPEC elect a member to the Board of Directors. NOPEC acts as agent for member communities to establish the Aggregation Program in accordance with law and to provide managerial, technical, and financial resources to acquire service and financial guarantees sufficient to protect consumers and the electric distribution utility. NOPEC has developed a firmly based organization and employed legal and technical assistance from experienced and highly reputable firms to undertake service acquisition. NOPEC's legal counsel, Arter &Hadden LLP, handles the legal needs of energy producers, energy consumers in both the public and the private sector, as well as new energy marketers, providing legal services ranging from representation in regulatory proceedings, to negotiating new contractual relationships, to handling the acquisition, disposition and financing of energy businesses and facilities. Arter &Hadden LLP has advised numerous Ohio political subdivisions in connection with the deregulation energy markets in Ohio.. 14