Alaska Administrative Code › Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development › Part 7 - Regulatory Commission of Alaska › Chapter 52 - Operation of Public Utilities › Article 5 - Electric Utilities › 3 AAC 52.500 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in
					 3 AAC 52.400 -
					 3 AAC 52.500
(1) "advance for construction" means money
				  provided to a utility by a customer for a line extension or service connection,
				  the value of which may be refundable by the utility;
(2) "applicant" means a person requesting the
				  utility to supply electric service;
(3) "application" means a request to the
				  utility for electric service, but not a mere inquiry as to the availability or
				  charges for the service;
(4)
				  "billing cycle" means the time interval between two consecutive bills for
				  electric service as prescribed in a utility's tariff;
(5) "cogeneration" means the production of
				  electric energy and forms of useful thermal energy (such as heat or steam),
				  employed for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes, through the
				  sequential use of energy;
(6)
				  "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
(7) "contribution-in-aid of construction"
				  means money or facilities provided to a utility by a customer for a line
				  extension or service connection, the value of which is not refundable by the
				  utility;
(8) "customer" means a
				  person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, cooperative
				  organization or governmental agency supplied with electric service by a
				  utility;
(9) "customer charge"
				  means the amount a customer must pay a utility for the availability of electric
				  service, excluding any electricity used, as provided for under
				  3 AAC 48.540(f) and as specified in the
				  utility's effective tariff;
(10)
				  "delinquent" means, for billing purposes, all past due amounts and associated
				  finance and late charges that are not received by the utility within 40 days
				  after the date the bill that is past due was rendered;
(11) "distribution lines" means the utility
				  lines operated at distribution voltage which are constructed along public
				  roadways or other bona fide rights-of-way, including easements on a customer's
				  property;
(12) "effective tariff"
				  means every rate schedule, or provision of one, and all terms, conditions, and
				  regulations for furnishing electric service that have been filed, noticed, and
				  placed in effect in full compliance with all procedural requirements
				  established by law and commission regulations;
(13) "finance charge" means the tariffed
				  percentage interest rate or charge, not to exceed that allowable under
				  AS
				  45.45.010(a), levied by a
				  utility on an account for which payment is past due or delinquent;
(14) "kilowatt" means a unit of power equal
				  to 1,000 watts;
(15)
				  "kilowatt-hour" means electric energy equivalent to the amount of electric
				  energy delivered in one hour at a constant rate of one kilowatt;
(16) "late charge" means the tariffed penalty
				  amount levied as a one-time charge to an account when the account first becomes
				  past due;
(17) "line extension"
				  means any additional lines and equipment capable of serving more than one
				  customer and necessary to extend the electric distribution system of a utility
				  to new customers;
(18) "meter"
				  means a device that measures and registers electrical quantities;
(19) "meter tampering" means illegally
				  altering a meter by methods such as bypassing a meter, using magnets to slow
				  the meter recording, or breaking meter seals;
(20) "outage" means an interruption of
				  electric service which requires utility intervention for resumption of service
				  when service cannot be resumed by the automatic recycling of utility
				  equipment;
(21) "past due" means,
				  with respect to a customer's account for electric service, an amount billed for
				  which payment was not received by the utility within 25 days after the date the
				  bill was rendered;
(22) "premises"
				  means a piece of land or real estate, including buildings and other
				  improvements;
(23) "qualifying
				  facility" means a cogeneration facility or a small power production facility as
				  defined in 3 AAC 50.820(11);
(24) "rendered" means the date a bill is
				  postmarked or the billing date shown on the bill, but the billing date cannot
				  differ from the postmark or mailing date by more than three working
				  days;
(25) "residential use" means
				  use of electricity for domestic purposes such as space heating, air
				  conditioning, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying, and includes service
				  in apartment buildings, mobile home parks, and other multi-unit residential
				  buildings;
(26) "service complaint"
				  is a claim or dispute regarding a customer's electric service;
(27) "service connection" means the line
				  extending from a distribution line or transformer to a customer's premises or
				  point of delivery where the line, as constructed, is only capable of serving
				  that customer's premises;
(28)
				  "steady-state standard frequency" means the frequency measured over time,
				  ignoring momentary fluctuations due to the addition or subtraction of large
				  loads to the system;
(29)
				  "temporary service" means service to premises or enterprises that are temporary
				  in character, or where it is known in advance that the service will be of
				  limited duration;
(30) "utility"
				  means an electric utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission;
				  and
(31) "utility plant" means all
				  real estate, fixtures, and property that is owned, controlled, operated, or
				  managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation,
				  transmission, and delivery of electricity for light, heat, or power.
(32) "self-generating customer" means a
				  retail electric customer capable of generating some or all of its power
				  requirements using electric generation equipment interconnected with the
				  electric utility's plant in a manner that allows parallel operation.
(33) "business day" means a day other than
				  Saturday, Sunday, or a state legal holiday;
(34) "business hours" means the hours of 8:00
				  a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a business day;
(35) "CAIDI" means customer average
				  interruption duration index as defined in IEEE Standard 1366, adopted by
				  reference in 3 AAC 52.495(a);
(36)
				  "immediate threat" means a situation which urgent corrective action is
				  necessary;
(37) "public
				  notification" means the use of broadcast or print media, public postings, or
				  other means appropriate to effectively notify customers of a scheduled
				  outage;
(38) "reliability reporting
				  area" means
(A) a non-interconnected
				  independent electric system within the utility's certificated service area;
				  or
(B) a geographic subdivision of
				  a utility's certificated service area that is a distinct area for
				  administration, operation, or data collection within the utility's certificated
				  service area;