Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-6 - NATURAL GAS MARKETER BILLING PRACTICES › Rule 515-7-6-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
As used in this Utility Rule 515-7-6, the following terms
				  shall have the following definitions:
(a) "Base charge" means those Commission
				approved charges levied by an EDC to a marketer for each of the marketer's
				retail customers. This charge includes, but is not limited to: intrastate
				delivery (DDDC), EDC meter reading, base customer charge, peaking charges, and
				Commission approved riders. This charge does not include interstate capacity
				charges, consumption charges or marketer customer services charges.
(b) "Commission" means the Georgia Public
				Service Commission.
(c)
				"Competitive retail natural gas service charges" means the consumption charge,
				the interstate capacity charge and the customer service charge.
(d) "Consumer" means a firm retail customer
				of commodity service or of firm distribution service who uses such service or
				services primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
(e) "Consumer preferred method of
				communication" shall mean the method of written communication agreed upon by
				the marketer and the consumer regarding the method of notification the consumer
				shall receive in compliance with Commission rules. Such preferred method of
				communication may include but need not be limited to: first class mail, bill
				message, email, text or other electronic means supported by the
				marketer.
(f) "Customer," for the
				purpose of this rule, shall have the same meaning as the term
				"consumer."
(g) "Customer service"
				means a function related to serving a retail customer including without
				limitation billing, meter reading, turn-on service, and turn-off
				service.
(h) "Customer service
				charges" means any fee or fees charged by a marketer to a consumer less the
				amount of the base charge and excluding marketer charges for consumption,
				interstate capacity, and taxes.
(i)
				"Cramming" means billing for goods or services not requested or authorized by
				the consumer.
(j) "EDC information"
				means all the information needed by a marketer to process a correct bill. This
				term includes but is not limited to: meter reading, switch information, and EDC
				billing charge information.
(k)
				"Electing Distribution Company" or "EDC" means a gas company that elects to
				become subject to the provisions of the Natural Gas Competition and
				Deregulation Act and satisfies the requirements of O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-154.
(l) "Firm" means a type of distribution
				service that ordinarily is not subject to interruption or
				curtailment.
(m) "Marketer" means
				any person certificated by the Commission to provide commodity sales service or
				distribution service pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-153 or ancillary services
				incident thereto.
(n) "Published
				price" means the charge assessed by a marketer for a therm of natural gas, and,
				if applicable, any separate or additional marketer charges for interstate
				capacity and customer service that are on file with the Georgia Public Service
				Commission.
(o) "Retail Customer"
				means a person who purchases commodity sales service or distribution service
				and such purchase is not for the purpose of resale, and for the purposes of
				this rule shall be synonymous with "customer".
O.C.G.A. §§
										46-2-30,
				  46-2-91,
				  46-4-150 et seq. (See especially,
				  O.C.G.A. §§
										46-4-153,
				  46-4-160).