Arizona Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION › Chapter 2 - CORPORATION COMMISSION - FIXED UTILITIES › Article 5 - TELEPHONE UTILITIES › Section R14-2-501 - 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 construction agreement, which may
				  be refundable.
2. "Applicant." A person or agency requesting the utility to
				  supply telephone service.
3. "Application." A request to the utility for telephone
				  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. "Basic exchange service." Service provided to business or
				  residential customers at a flat or measured rate which affords access to the
				  telecommunications network.
6. "Billing period." The time interval between the issuance
				  of two consecutive bills for utility service.
7. "Central office." The switching equipment and operating
				  arrangements which provide exchange and long distance service to the public and
				  interconnection of customer telecommunication services.
8. "Contribution in aid of construction." Funds provided to
				  the utility by the applicant under the terms of a construction agreement or
				  construction tariff 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. "Day." Calendar day.
11. "Line extension." The lines and equipment necessary to
				  provide service to additional customers.
12. "Person." Any individual, partnership, corporation,
				  governmental agency, or other organization operating as a single entity.
13. "Service access point." A demarcation point where
				  facilities owned, leased, or under license by a customer connect to the utility
				  provided access line.
14. "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.
15. "Residential subdivision development." Any tract of land
				  which has been divided into four or more contiguous lots with an average size
				  of one acre or less for use for the construction of residential buildings or
				  permanent mobile homes for either single or multiple occupancy.
16. "Rules." The regulations set forth in the tariffs which
				  apply to the provision of telephone service.
17. "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 telephone service.
18. "Service charge." The charge as specified in the
				  utility's tariffs which covers the cost of establishing moving, changing or
				  reconnecting service or equipment.
19. "Access line." A communications facility that connects
				  service from a common distribution source to the service access point.
20. "Tariffs." The documents filed with the Commission which
				  list the utility services and products offered by the utility and which set
				  forth the terms and conditions and a schedule of the rates and charges for
				  those services and products.
21. "Terminal equipment." The equipment through which
				  communication services are furnished.
22. "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.
23. "Toll service." Service between stations in different
				  exchange areas for which a long distance charge is applicable.
24. "Utility." The company providing telephone service to the
				  public in compliance with state law.