Arizona Administrative Code › Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 14 - ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY › Article 1 - GENERAL › Section R12-14-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In this Chapter, the definitions in A.R.S. Title 30, Chapter
				  1 and in A.R.S. Title 45, Chapter 10 apply and, unless the context otherwise
				  requires, the following definitions also apply:
1. "Banked energy" means the electric energy held under an
				  agreement for later delivery.
2. "Banking" means an agreement under which an Entity agrees
				  to retain a portion of the Purchaser's electric energy for later
				  delivery.
3. "Capacity" means the electric capability of an Electric
				  Power System.
4. "Conference" means an informal proceeding before the
				  Commission at which formal action will not be taken by the Commission.
5. "District" means any Power or water organization governed
				  by A.R.S. Title 30, Chapter 1 or A.R.S. Title 48.
6. "Electric Power System" means the electric facilities and
				  equipment by which:
a. Power is made available to a Purchaser; and
b. Power is delivered to a Purchaser's customer.
7. "Energy" means electric energy made available to a
				  Purchaser.
8. "Entity" means any District, governmental agency,
				  Operating Unit, or Person.
9. "Exchange" means a transfer of electric Power by a
				  Purchaser to another Purchaser that is obligated to return a similar amount of
				  Power upon terms and conditions and at the time or times approved by the
				  Authority under
				  R12-14-401(K).
10. "Load" means the electric Power required to meet a
				  Purchaser's demand for electric service.
11. "Long-term Power" means any supply of Power that is
				  available to the Authority for a period more than 366 consecutive days and that
				  is subject to the jurisdiction of, and disposition by, the Authority, including
				  any Power recaptured by the Authority and any Power tendered or relinquished by
				  a Purchaser.
12. "Point of Delivery" means the point or points on a
				  transmission system where the Authority makes Power available for delivery to a
				  Purchaser.
13. "Power pooling" means an agreement for aggregating or
				  commingling the Long-term Power supplies of two or more Purchasers.
14. "Power Purchase Certificate" means the certificate
				  required before a Purchaser enters into a Power Sales Contract under A.R.S.
				  §
									30-151
				  et seq.
15. "Power Sales Contract" means a contract under which the
				  Authority sells Long-term Power to a Purchaser.
16. "Preference" means the priority of entitlement to Power
				  according to A.R.S. §
									30-125
				  or A.R.S. §
									45-1708.
17. "Purchaser" means any Qualified Entity that contracts to
				  purchase Power from the Authority under A.R.S. Title 30, Chapter 1 or under
				  A.R.S. Title 45, Chapter 10.
18. "Qualified Entity" means any Entity that is eligible to
				  purchase Power from the Authority under A.R.S. Title 30, Chapter 1 or A.R.S.
				  Title 45, Chapter 10.
19. "Recapture" means the recovery or retaking by the
				  Authority from a Purchaser of Long-term Power that exceeds the Purchaser's
				  needs, for reallocation among other Qualified Entities.
20. "Relinquish" means a Purchaser's return of unneeded Power
				  to the Authority.
21. "Secretary" means the person designated by the Commission
				  to act as the official Secretary or as the Assistant Secretary of the
				  Authority.
22. "Service Territory" means the geographic area in which
				  Power is sold or used by a Purchaser and is described in a Power Purchase
				  Certificate or an amendment to a Power Purchase Certificate.
23. "Short-term Power" means any supply of Power made
				  available by or through the Authority for a period of no more than 366
				  consecutive days.
24. "Tender" means a Purchaser's offer to return unneeded
				  Power to the Authority.
25. "Wheeling" means delivery of Power over the transmission
				  system of another Entity.