Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-9 - NATURAL GAS MARKETERS' TERMS OF SERVICE › Rule 515-7-9-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
As used in this Utility Rule 515-7-9, the following terms
				  shall have the following definitions:
(a) "Ancillary service" means a service that
				is ancillary to the receipt or delivery of natural gas, including without
				limitation storage, balancing, peaking, and customer services.
(b) "Commission" means the Georgia Public
				Service Commission.
(c) "Commodity
				sales service" means the sale of natural gas exclusive of any distribution or
				ancillary service.
(d) "Consumer"
				means a firm retail customer of commodity sales service and 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 purposes of this rule, shall have the same meaning as the term
				"consumer."
(g) "Customer service"
				means a function related to serving a consumer or retail customer including
				without limitation billing, meter reading, turn-on service, and turn-off
				service.
(h) "Distribution service"
				means the delivery of natural gas by and through the intrastate
				instrumentalities and facilities of a gas company or of a marketer certificated
				pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-153, regardless of the party
				having title to the natural gas.
(i) "Electing Distribution Company" or "EDC"
				means a gas company that elects to become subject to the provisions of this
				article and satisfies the requirements of O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-154.
(j) "Fixed-term agreement" means a plan
				offered by a marketer to a consumer for the sale of natural gas, exclusive of
				any distribution or ancillary service, where all marketer charges and fees and
				terms and conditions of service remain the same for a specified period of time,
				unless modified by mutual consent of the marketer and the consumer.
(k) "Low-income residential consumer" means
				any person who meets the definition of a person who is qualified for the Low
				Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), as promulgated by the
				Department of Human Resources, pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									46-1-5.
(l) "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.
(m)
				"Non-residential firm retail customer" means a small business or any other
				customer who purchases gas for purposes other than resale or residential use,
				and who either contracts for such service at the marketer's published price,
				whose actual or estimated gas usage for the previous or ensuing 12-month period
				is less than 15,000 therms or whose premises billed at the metering point is
				less than 15,000 square feet. For purposes of this rule, the term
				"non-residential firm retail customer" shall be synonymous with "consumer" and
				"customer", as provided in Commission Utility Rule Chapter 515-7-6.
(n) "Published price" means the charge
				assessed by a marketer for a therm of natural gas, and, if applicable, any
				separate or additional charges for interstate capacity and customer service
				that are on file with the Georgia Public Service Commission pursuant to
				Commission Rule
				515-7-3-.04(14).
(o) "Regulated provider of natural gas" means
				the entity selected by the Commission to provide to consumers natural gas
				commodity service and ancillary services incident thereto in accordance with
				O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-166.
(p) "Standard pricing unit" shall be the
				price charged for a therm of natural gas.
(q) "Variable-term agreement" means a plan
				offered by a marketer to a consumer for the sale of natural gas, exclusive of
				any distribution or ancillary service, where the marketer's charges and fees
				and terms and conditions of service may be subject to modification.
O.C.G.A. §§
											46-2-30,
				  46-4-150 et seq. (See especially,
				  O.C.G.A. §§
											46-4-156,
				  46-4-158.2,
				  46-4-160).