New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter X - Power Authority Of The State Of New York › Part 454 - Power Service › Section 454.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following definitions shall apply for all the purposes of
				  this Part and of the service tariff and applications for electric service
				  pertaining thereto:
(a) Authority is
				Power Authority of the State of New York.
(b) Customer is an individual, firm,
				partnership, corporation, association, rural electric cooperative corporation,
				municipality, or governmental body receiving electric service from
				authority.
(c) Electric service is
				availability of any type of power and energy for customer in accordance with
				this Part, accepted applications for electric service, applicable service
				tariffs and other contract documents.
(d) Application for electric service is a
				written request for the furnishing of electric service to customers by
				authority on a form prescribed by authority.
(e) Service tariff is a schedule establishing
				rates and other conditions for sale of electric service.
(f) Firm power and energy are power and
				associated energy which are intended to be available at all times except for
				limitations provided in this Part, in a service tariff, in an accepted
				application for electric service, or other contract documents.
(g) Peaking power and energy are firm power
				and energy intended for use primarily in customer's peak load periods and
				limited as to the energy to be supplied.
(h) Firm storage power and energy are power
				and associated energy produced with water stored in an authority pumped-storage
				facility or power and energy supplied in lieu thereof, to be available as
				provided in a service tariff, or other contract documents.
(i) Nonfirm storage power and energy are
				power and associated energy produced with water stored in an authority
				pumped-storage facility of intermittent or temporary availability the supply of
				which will be limited as provided in a service tariff or in other contract
				documents.
(j) Pumping power and
				energy are power and associated energy supplied by customer or by authority for
				use in pumping water into an authority pumped- storage facility.
(k) Interruptible hydro power and energy are
				power and associated energy from authority's St. Lawrence or Niagara project
				which are normally available continuously for substantial periods of time but
				subject to interruption for extended periods because of decreased water
				flow.
(l) Replacement power is
				Niagara project firm power made available by authority to Niagara Mohawk Power
				Corporation pursuant to Public Law 85-159 to replace power formerly produced by
				Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in its Adams and Schoelkopf plants, sales of
				which are subject to approval by authority.
(m) Expansion power is firm power supplied
				from the Niagara project or substituted from other sources to utility customers
				for resale to industrial consumers which authority shall individually designate
				for use in the expansion of their operations, the amounts of each allocation to
				such consumers to be determined by authority.
(n) Priority customers are (1) exempt persons
				as defined in
				26 U.S.C.
				103(c)(3), and (2) entities
				entitled to preference under
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				U.S.C. 836(b)(1). High load
				factor manufacturers as defined in subdivision (o) of this section are priority
				customers to the extent provided in sections 1001 and 1005 of the Power
				Authority Act as amended (title 1, article 5 of the Public Authorities
				Law).
(o) High load factor
				manufacturer is an industrial establishment which normally utilizes a minimum
				electric demand of 5,000 kilowatts and which will normally utilize energy at
				the rate of approximately 540 kilowatt-hours per month for each kilowatt of
				demand and of which the cost of electricity normally represents at least 71/2
				percent of its total product value.
(p) Billing period shall be the calendar
				month except as otherwise specified in a service tariff or other contract
				document.
(q) Contract demand is
				the maximum amount of power which authority is obligated to supply under an
				accepted application for electric service or service tariff or other contract
				document.
(r) System capability is
				capacity available to authority from its own generating sources and from firm
				power purchases from others.
(s)
				Unsupported firm power and energy are power and associated energy normally
				supplied only to customers operating electric utility distribution systems, the
				customer to be responsible for providing substitute power and energy in the
				event of interruptions or reduction in authority supply.
(t) Withdrawable power and energy are power
				and associated energy not currently required for service to priority customers
				and subject to withdrawal for such service.
(u) Supporting energy is energy purchased by
				authority for use when it is unable to meet contractual commitments because of
				lack of availability of necessary power and energy from its system
				capability.
(v) Reserve power is
				that part of the authority's system capability which is reserved from sale for
				the purpose of assuring authority's ability to meet its contractual commitments
				for firm power and energy in conjunction with interconnected utility systems as
				contemplated by
				26 U.S.C.
				103(c)(3).
(w) Reserve energy is energy associated with
				reserve power and normally sold on an immediately withdrawable basis to
				utilities which contract to provide supporting energy to authority.
(x) Residual power and energy are power and
				associated energy available on a temporary basis from authority generating
				sources or purchases in excess of authority requirements.