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Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council Draft Narural Gas Plan of Operion and Governance 1.3.1 .?;. Local legislative body passes ordinance or resolution authorizing Natural Gas Aggregation Program for customers (the indicating option for prior consent "opt- in", or option for automatic enrollment and opt-out opportunity); 1.3.2 Ordinance or resolution (if an automatic enrollment and apt-out is to be used) is submitted to the local Board of Elections not less than 75 days before the day of special election on the next primary or general election; 1.3.3 Ordinance or resolution authorizing opt-out is placed before voters at special elecrion, or in a referendum petition; approval of a majority of voters voting on the ordinance or resolution is required; or if by petition, signatures of not less than ten percent of the total number of electors in the respective community who voted for the office of Govemor in the preceding general electian; 1.3.4 Develop a Natural Gas Plan of Operation and Governance and submit Natural Gas Plan to PUCO for certification; 1.3.5 Pubiish notice of public hearing on Natural Gas Plan of Operation and Governance once a week for two consecutive weeks before the first public hearing on Natural Gas Plan (providing summary of Natural Gas Plan and the date, time, and Iocation of each hearing); 1.3.6 Hold two public hearings on Natural Gas Plan of Operation.and Governance 1.3.7 Adopt Natural Gas Plan of Operation and Govemance; : 1.18,. Notify:.eligible:,customers, of.automatic enrallment .and opt-out.period prior:-.to.•; service under the Natural Gas Aggregation Progratn -(notification is to state the - - rates, charges, and other terms and conditions of enrollment); 1.3.9 . Any enrolled customer participating in the Natural Gas Aggregation.Program will .F.. _. _, . have?fihe opportunity to opfi-out-of the Program every two years, withnut paying a switching fee. 1.4 Practical Steps and Requirements of the Competitive Market Practical steps and requirements of acquiring natural gas supply in the competitive mazket include the following activities to be undertaken by NOPEC acting as agent for member communities, and the contracted NOPEC Natural Gas Aggregation Program supplier(s): 1.4.1 Proposals submitted by Suppliers and negotiations undertaken with Suppliers by NOPEC and legal and technical advisors; 1.4.2 NOPEC selection of Supplier(s) and execution of Supply Contract(s); 1.4.3 Acquisition of electronic list of eligible customers in member communities from the natura.l gas distribution utility; 1.4.4 Notificarion of opt-out process noted in section 1.3:8 undertaken by NOPEC and selected Supplier(s) via U.S. mail and utilizing electronic customer list addresses; 1.4.5 Electronic customer list revised by NOPEC Supplier(s) who remove responding opt-out customers from the list; 1.4.6 Revised electronic customer list transmitted back to the natural gas distribution COL 281320.2 76130/16064 5