Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 4 - WATER UTILITIES › Section R14-2-401 - 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 main extension agreement the
				  value of which may be refundable.
2. "Applicant." A person requesting the utility to supply
				  water service.
3. "Application." A request to the utility for water 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
				  readings of the utility's meters at approximately 30 day intervals.
6. "Billing period." The time interval between two
				  consecutive meter readings that are taken for billing purposes.
7. "Commodity charge." The unit of cost per billed usage, as
				  set forth in the utility's tariffs.
8. "Contributions in aid of construction." Funds provided to
				  the utility by the applicant under the terms of a main extension agreement
				  and/or service connection tariff the value of which are not refundable.
9. "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.
10. "Customer charge." The amount the customers must pay the
				  utility for the availability of water service, excluding any water used, as
				  specified in the utility's tariffs.
11. "Day." Calendar day.
12. "Distribution main." A water main of the utility from
				  which service connections may be extended to customers.
13. "Interruptible water service." Water service that is
				  subject to interruption or curtailment.
14. "Main extension." The mains and ancillary equipment
				  necessary to extend the existing water distribution system to provide service
				  to additional customers.
15. "Master meter." A meter for measuring or recording the
				  flow of water at a single location where said water is transported through an
				  underground piping system to tenants or occupants for their individual
				  consumption.
16. "Meter." The instrument for measuring and indicating or
				  recording the volume of water that has passed through it.
17. "Meter tampering." A situation where a meter has been
				  illegally altered. Common examples are meter bypassing, use of magnets to slow
				  the meter recording, and broken meter seals.
18. "Minimum charge." The amount the customer must pay for
				  the availability of water service, including an amount of usage, as specified
				  in the utility's tariffs.
19. "Minimum delivery pressure." 20 pounds per square inch
				  gauge at the meter or point of delivery.
20. "Permanent customer." A customer who is a tenant or owner
				  of a service location who applies for and receives water service.
21. "Permanent service." Service which, in the opinion of the
				  utility, is of a permanent and established character. The use of water may be
				  continuous, intermittent, or seasonal in nature.
22. "Person." Any individual, partnership, corporation,
				  governmental agency, or other organization operating as a single entity.
23. "Point of delivery." The point where facilities owned,
				  leased, or under license by a customer connect to the utility's pipes or at the
				  outlet side of the meter.
24. "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.
25. "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.
26. "Residential use." Service to customers using water for
				  domestic purposes such as personal consumption, water heating, cooking, and
				  other residential uses and includes use in apartment buildings, mobile home
				  parks, and other multiunit residential buildings.
27. "Rules." The regulations set forth in the tariffs which
				  apply to the provision of water service.
28. "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 water service.
29. "Service establishment charge." The charge as specified
				  in the utility's tariffs which covers the cost of establishing a new
				  account.
30. "Service line." A water line that transports water from a
				  common source (normally a distribution main) of supply to the customer's point
				  of delivery.
31. "Service reconnect charge." The charge as specified in
				  the utility's tariffs which must be paid by the customer prior to
				  reestablishment of water service each time the water is disconnected for
				  nonpayment or whenever service is discontinued for failure otherwise to comply
				  with the utility's fixed rules.
32. "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.
33. "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.
34. "Tariffs." The documents filed with the Commission which
				  list the services and products offered by the water company and which set forth
				  the terms and conditions and a schedule of the rates and charges for those
				  services and products.
35. "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.
36. "Utility." The public service corporation providing water
				  service to the public in compliance with state law.