Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16 - Public Service Companies › 47a - Gas Code of Conduct › Section 16-47a-1 - Definitions. Short title. Purpose. Principles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in sections 16-47a-1 to
			 16-47a-12,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Affiliate" means "affiliate" as defined
			 in §
									16-47a(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Centralized service company" or "CSC"
			 means (A) an affiliate of a gas company that provides shared corporate support
			 services, as defined in subdivision (14) of this subsection, on behalf of a gas
			 company, or (B) an affiliate of a gas company whose designated primary
			 corporate purpose is to provide shared corporate support services;
(3) "Customer information" means any
			 information or data specific to a customer, including, but not limited to,
			 customer personal information such as customer name, address, contact
			 information and account number, gas consumption, load profile, billing history,
			 or credit history, that a gas company acquires or develops in the course of its
			 provision of utility services;
(4)
			 "Department" means the Department of Public Utility Control or its
			 successor;
(5) "Employee" or
			 "Personnel" means an officer, director, worker, agent, representative,
			 consultant, independent contractor or any other person performing various
			 duties or obligations on behalf of or for a gas company or its
			 affiliate;
(6) "FERC" means Federal
			 Energy Regulatory Commission or its successor;
(7) "Fully allocated cost" means the sum of
			 fixed and variable direct costs plus an appropriate share of fixed and variable
			 indirect costs;
(8) "Gas assets and
			 services" include, but are not limited to, any gas commodities, pipeline
			 transportation contracts, local distribution infrastructure and services, or
			 gas storage contracts;
(9) "Gas
			 company" means "gas company" as defined in section
			 16-1 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Gas marketer" means (A) any person
			 registered to sell natural gas pursuant to section
			 16-258a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, including any agents or representatives of
			 such person, or (B) any person or aggregator or other entity, including any
			 agents or representatives of such person, aggregator or entity, other than a
			 "gas company" as defined in subdivision (9) of this subsection, that (i)
			 engages in or is involved in natural gas transmission transactions; (ii)
			 manages or controls natural gas transmission capacity of a natural gas
			 transmission provider; (iii) buys, sells, trades or administers natural gas or
			 any natural gas assets or services; or (iv) engages in financial transactions
			 relating to the sale or transmission of natural gas or any gas assets or
			 services;
(11) "Indirect costs"
			 means costs of a particular good or service that cannot be directly identified,
			 including but not limited to, overhead costs, administrative and general, and
			 taxes;
(12) "Money pool" means a
			 financial arrangement established by a parent company or holding company of a
			 regulated utility, including a gas company, and administered by such parent
			 company or a centralized service company affiliate, to (A) establish a general
			 purpose fund into which a member thereof may lend or borrow funds through the
			 money pool on a short-term basis to or from affiliates, and/or (B) facilitate
			 favorable interest rates for short-term borrowings or lending by affiliates who
			 are members of the money pool;
(13)
			 "OCC" means the Office of Consumer Counsel or its successor;
(14) "Shared corporate support services"
			 means services shared between or among a gas company, its parent holding
			 company or an affiliate or division, such as human resources, procurement,
			 information technology, regulatory services, administrative services, real
			 estate services including property management, legal services, accounting
			 services, environmental services, research and development, internal audit,
			 community relations, corporate communications, financial services, financial
			 planning and management support, customer service, billing and collection
			 services, and corporate services;
(15) "Subsidization" means the recovery of
			 costs from one business unit or company that are attributable to another;
			 and
(16) "Unregulated" means not
			 regulated by the Department or by any other state or federal agency.