Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 515 - RULES OF GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 515-7 - GAS UTILITIES › Subject 515-7-3 - MARKETERS' CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORITY › Rule 515-7-3-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
As used in this Utility Rule 515-7-3, the following terms
				  shall have the following definitions:
(a) "Act" means the Natural Gas Competition
				and Deregulation Act as provided for in O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-150 et seq.
(b) "Affiliate" means another person which
				controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such
				person.
(c) "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.
(d) "Applicant" means any
				person who has filed an application for a certificate of authority with the
				Georgia Public Service Commission to sell or offer to sell any commodity sales
				service or distribution service in intrastate commerce to retail customers who
				primarily receive firm service within the State of Georgia.
(e) "Commission" means the Georgia Public
				Service Commission.
(f) "Commodity
				sales service" means the sale of natural gas exclusive of any distribution or
				ancillary service.
(g) "Consumer"
				means a retail customer of commodity sales service or of firm distribution
				service who uses such service or services primarily for personal, family, or
				household purposes.
(h) "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.
(i) "Customer
				service" means a function related to serving a retail customer including
				without limitation billing, meter reading, turn-on service, and turn-off
				service. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person may
				perform one or more customer services without first becoming certificated in
				accordance with O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-153; provided however, that
				such service may only be performed in compliance with all stated and federal
				laws pertaining to the safety of natural gas pipelines and distribution systems
				and any other applicable safety standards.
(j) "Delivery Group" means a set of
				individual delivery points on one or more interstate pipeline suppliers to a
				gas company that may be aggregated and utilized for the distribution of gas to
				a particular set of retail customers.
(k) "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 Code Section
				46-4-153, regardless of the party
				having title to the natural gas.
(l) "Electing Distribution Company" or "EDC"
				means a gas company that elects to become subject to the provisions of the Act
				and satisfies the requirements of O.C.G.A. §
									46-4-154.
(m) "Electric activities" means all
				activities associated with the generation, transportation, marketing, and
				distribution of electricity.
(n)
				"Electric Membership Corporation" or "EMC" means any person defined in
				paragraphs (3) or (5) of O.C.G.A §
									46-3-171 or any joint venture of
				EMCs, their affiliates or subsidiaries.
(o) "EMC gas affiliate" means a separately
				organized person, the majority interest of which is owned or held by or, with
				respect to a cooperative, managed by one or more cooperatives or electric
				membership corporations and which applies to the Commission for a certificate
				of authority pursuant to O.C.G.A §
									46-4-153.
(p) "Firm" means a type of distribution
				service that ordinarily is not subject to interruption or
				curtailment.
(q) "Gas" means
				natural gas.
(r) "Gas activities"
				means all activities associated with the transportation, marketing, and
				distribution of natural gas conducted by a person certificated pursuant to
				O.C.G.A §
									46-3-153. Such terms shall not
				mean the production, transportation, marketing or distribution of liquefied
				petroleum gas.
(s) "Gas company"
				means any person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has
				been issued by the Commission to own, operate, acquire, or construct any
				intrastate pipeline or distribution system, or any extension thereof, for the
				sale of natural gas.
(t)
				"Interruptible" means a type of distribution service that is subject to
				interruption or curtailment.
(u)
				"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, as
				promulgated by the Department of Human Resources, pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									46-1-5.
(v) "Majority interest" means the ownership
				of greater than 50 percent of the partnership interests in a general or limited
				partnership; the membership interests of a limited liability company; or the
				stock in a for-profit corporation that entitles the shareholder to vote and
				share in common or preferred dividends.
(w) "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.
(x) "Person"
				means any corporation, whether public or private; company; individual; firm;
				partnership; or association, including a cooperative or an electric membership
				corporation.
(y) "Regulated gas
				service" means gas service provided by a regulated provider of natural
				gas.
(z) "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.
(aa) "Retail customer" or "retail purchaser"
				means a person who purchases commodity sales service or distribution service
				and such purchase is not for the purpose of resale.
O.C.G.A. §§
											46-2-30,
				  46-4-150 et seq. (See especially,
				  O.C.G.A. §§
											46-4-153,
				  46-4-153.1,
				  46-4-160).