Guidebook Overview and Disclaimer Overview Certified Supplier Guidebook

The Certified Supplier Guidebook has been developed by Duke Energy to be used by electric suppliers interested in providing power and energy services within Duke Energy’s service area in Ohio. A certified supplier is a person, corporation, broker, marketer, aggregator, generator or any other entity licensed by the PUCO to sell electricity to end-use customers and registered in the Duke Energy Customer Choice Program.

This guidebook is intended to set forth the basic requirements for interactions and coordination between Duke Energy and the certified supplier necessary for ensuring the delivery of competitive retail electric service from certified suppliers to their end-use customers. This guidebook is a working document, and Duke Energy reserves the right to modify this guidebook to reflect regulatory and/or business process changes, as necessary and without notice. Duke Energy will endeavor to make changes to this guidebook available to certified suppliers via Duke Energy’s certified supplier Web site.

Disclaimer and Warning

Duke Energy has provided these guidelines for informational purposes only. In the event of any conflict between the guidelines contained within this guidebook and Duke Energy’s approved PUCO Certified Supplier Tariff, the tariff will take precedence.