Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Title 220 CMR 14.00 - The Unbundling of Services Related to the Provision of Natural Gas › Section 14.02 - General Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
For the purposes of
		  220 CMR 14.00, the terms set
		  forth below shall be defined as follows, unless the context otherwise
		  requires.
Applicant
means any entity that has
		  filed an application for certification by the Department as a Supplier or
		  Retail Agent as required by
		  220 CMR 14.00.
Bill
means a written statement from a
		  Local Distribution Company or Supplier to its Retail Customer setting forth,
		  for the billing period identified in the Local Distribution Company's
		  tariff:
(a) the amount of natural gas consumed or estimated to have
		  been consumed;
(b) charges for Supplier and Distribution Services, as
		  appropriate; and
(c) any other charges.
Default Service
means service other
		  than Supplier Service that is provided to a Retail Customer in accordance with
		  220 CMR
		  14.03(4)  and the provisions
		  set forth in the Default Service tariff and terms and conditions as may be
		  approved and on file with the Department.
Department
means the Department of
		  Public Utilities.
Distribution Customer
means a
		  recipient of Distribution Service provided by a Local Distribution
		  Company.
Distribution Service
means the
		  delivery of natural gas to the Customer by the Local Distribution
		  Company.
Gas Service
means the provision of
		  Distribution, Default or Supplier Services.
Local Distribution Company
means a
		  company engaged in the distribution of natural gas to Retail Customers or that
		  owns, operates, or controls plant or equipment used for the distribution of
		  natural gas to Retail Customers.
Retail Agent
means any entity
		  facilitating or otherwise arranging for the purchase and sale of natural gas to
		  Retail Customers and that is certified by the Department to obtain, in
		  accordance with
		  220 CMR
		  14.04(4)(c), the
		  authorization from one or more Retail Customers to initiate Supplier Service
		  provided by a Supplier.
Retail Customer
means a customer
		  located in Massachusetts that purchases natural gas for its own consumption and
		  not for resale in whole or in part.
Non-residential Customer
means a
		  Retail Customer who purchases and consumes gas in Massachusetts for
		  non-household uses.
Residential Customer
means a Retail
		  Customer who purchases and consumes gas in Massachusetts for household
		  uses.
Service Territory
means the area
		  actually served by the Local Distribution Company as defined in its Schedule of
		  Rates.
Small Commercial and Industrial
		  Customers
are those customers whose annual load is less than or
		  equal to 7,000 therms of gas.
Supplier
means an entity certified by
		  the Department to sell natural gas, including the sale of capacity, commodity
		  or balancing and peaking services to a Retail Customer, with the exception
		  of:
(a) a Default Service provider; and
(b) a Retail Agent.
Supplier Service
means the sale of
		  natural gas, including the sale of capacity, commodity or balancing and peaking
		  services to a Retail Customer by a Supplier.