Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4928.2311

Any successor to an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall be bound by the requirements of sections 4928.23 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code. The successor shall perform and satisfy all obligations of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility, including the obligation to collect and pay phase-in-recovery revenues to the person entitled to receive those revenues. The successor shall have the same rights of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility.