Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 6 - SEWER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-601 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires, the
				  following definitions shall apply:
1. "Advance in aid of construction." Funds provided to the
				  utility by the applicant under the terms of a collection main extension
				  agreement the value of which may be refundable.
2. "Applicant." A person requesting the utility to supply
				  sewer service.
3. "Application." A request to the utility for sewer service,
				  as distinguished from an inquiry as to the availability or charges for such
				  service.
4. "Arizona Corporation Commission." The regulatory authority
				  of the state of Arizona having jurisdiction over public service corporations
				  operating in Arizona.
5. "Billing month." The period between any two regular
				  billings -- approximately 30 day interval.
6. "Billing period." The time interval between two
				  consecutive billings.
7. "Collection main." A sewer main of the utility from which
				  service collection lines are extended to customers.
8. "Commodity charge." The unit of cost per billed discharge
				  as set forth in the utility's tariffs.
9. "Contributions in aid of construction." Funds provided to
				  the utility by the applicant under the terms of a collection main extension
				  agreement and/or service connection tariff the value of which are not
				  refundable.
10. "Customer." The person or entity in whose name service is
				  rendered, as evidenced by the signature on the application or contract for that
				  service, or by the receipt and/or payment of bills regularly issued in his name
				  regardless of the identity of the actual user of the service.
11. "Customer charge." The amount the customer must pay the
				  utility for the availability of sewer service, excluding any amount of
				  discharged, as specified in the utility's tariffs.
12. "Day." Calendar day.
13. "Minimum charge." The amount the customer must pay for
				  the availability of sewer service, including an amount of discharge, as
				  specified in the utility's tariffs.
14. "Permanent customer." A customer who is a tenant or owner
				  of a service location who applies for and receives sewer service.
15. "Permanent service." Service which, in the opinion of the
				  utility, is of a permanent and established character. The use of sewer service
				  may be continuous, intermittent, or seasonal in nature.
16. "Person." Any individual, partnership, corporation,
				  governmental agency, or other organization operating as a single entity.
17. "Point of collection." The point where pipes owned,
				  leased, or under license by a customer connect to the utility's collection
				  system.
18. "Premises." All of the real property and apparatus
				  employed in a single enterprise on an integral parcel of land undivided by
				  public streets, alleys or railways.
19. "Residential subdivision development." Any tract of land
				  which has been divided into four or more contiguous lots for use for the
				  construction of residential buildings or permanent mobile homes for either
				  single or multiple occupancy.
20. "Residential use." Service to customers discharging
				  sewage for domestic purposes.
21. "Rules." The regulations set forth in the tariffs which
				  apply to the provision of sewage service.
22. "Service area." The territory in which the utility has
				  been granted a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity and is authorized by
				  the Commission to provide sewer service.
23. "Service establishment charge." The charge as specified
				  in the utility's Schedule of Rates which covers the cost of establishing a new
				  account.
24. "Service line." A sewer line that transports sewage from
				  a customer's point of collection to a common source (normally a collection
				  main) of collection of the utility's.
25. "Service reconnect charge." The charge as specified in
				  the utility's tariffs which must be paid by the customer prior to reconnection
				  of sewer service each time the sewer service is disconnected for nonpayment or
				  whenever service is discontinued for failure otherwise to comply with the
				  utility's fixed rules.
26. "Service reestablishment charge." A charge as specified
				  in the utility's tariffs for service at the same location where the same
				  customer had ordered a service disconnection within the preceding 12-month
				  period.
27. "Sewage." Ground garbage, human or animal excretions, and
				  other domestic, commercial or industrial waste normally disposed of through a
				  sanitary sewer system.
28. "Single family dwelling." A house, an apartment, a mobile
				  home permanently affixed to a lot, or any other permanent residential unit
				  which is used as a permanent home.
29. "Tariffs." The documents filed with the Commission which
				  list the services and products offered by the sewer company and which set forth
				  the terms and conditions and a schedule of the rates and charges for those
				  services and products.
30. "Temporary service." Service to premises or enterprises
				  which are temporary in character, or where it is known in advance that the
				  service will be of limited duration. Service which, in the opinion of the
				  utility, is for operations of a speculative character is also considered
				  temporary service.
31. "Utility." The public service corporation providing sewer
				  service to the public in compliance with state law.