New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 9 - WATER AND WASTEWATER › Subchapter 7 - PURCHASED WATER AND WASTEWATER ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES › Section 14:9-7.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  14:3-1.1 and
				  14:9-1.2.
"Base cost of purchased wastewater treatment" means the cost
				  of contractually purchased wastewater treatment, as established in the most
				  recent base rate case or through a PSTAC that has been approved through the
				  procedures in
				  14:9-7.7. Purchased wastewater
				  treatment cost shall be stated as a cost per 1,000 gallons or per 1,000,000
				  gallons, unless otherwise specifically approved by the Board.
"Base cost of purchased water" means the cost to a water
				  utility of purchasing water through a contract. The base cost of purchased
				  water is established in the most recent base rate case or adjustment clause
				  case for that water utility. Base cost shall be stated as a cost per 1,000
				  gallons or cost per 1,000,000 gallons unless otherwise specifically approved by
				  the Board.
"Base water consumption" means the amount of water consumed
				  by customers of a particular water utility, as established in the most recent
				  base rate Board Order, or adjustment clause Board Order that applies to that
				  water utility. Base consumption is determined by subtracting unaccounted for
				  water from the total amount of water that arrives from the purveyor to the
				  utility water intake.
"Deferred accounting" means the deferral by a utility of
				  accounting, on its books and records, for the amount of its over or under
				  recovery of purchased water or wastewater treatment costs under a PWAC or
				  PSTAC. A utility may request authorization for deferred accounting through a
				  petition filed under
				  14:9-7.6.
"Flat rate basis" means the calculation of costs, rates
				  and/or tariffs based on a method other than a metered basis, as defined in this
				  section.
"Metered basis" means the calculation of costs, rates and/ or
				  tariffs based on the flow of water or wastewater through a meter.
"New cost of purchased wastewater treatment" means the base
				  cost of purchased wastewater treatment, as defined in this section, plus the
				  increase or decrease in the wastewater treatment purveyor's charges to the
				  utility since the base cost was last approved by the Board.
"New cost of purchased water" means the base cost of
				  purchased water, as defined in this section, plus the increase or decrease in
				  the water purveyor's charges to the utility since the base cost was last
				  approved by the Board.
"Operating and maintenance expenses" means the amount a
				  utility uses to pay for day-to-day operations including, but not limited to,
				  wages, maintenance, office supplies, etc.
"Purchased wastewater treatment adjustment clause" or "PSTAC"
				  means the provision in a wastewater utility's tariff that authorizes the
				  utility to adjust its rates to compensate for an increase or decrease in the
				  cost of wastewater treatment purchased from a wastewater treatment
				  purveyor.
"Purchased water" means water that a water utility buys from
				  a water purveyor.
"Purchased water adjustment clause" or "PWAC" means the
				  provision in a water utility's tariff that authorizes the utility to adjust its
				  rates to compensate for an increase or decrease in the cost of water purchased
				  from a water purveyor.
"True up schedule" means a detailed list which reconciles the
				  actual recovery of costs under the PWAC or PSTAC that is in effect for a
				  particular water or wastewater utility, for a specific period of time, with the
				  Board approved criteria for recovery of such costs, and specifies when this
				  reconciliation will occur.
"Wastewater treatment purveyor" means either of the
				  following:
1. A governmental entity,
				including a utility authority or commission, that is empowered by law to charge
				for the treatment of wastewater; or
2. A private entity, whose rates for the sale
				of wastewater treatment are regulated by the Board.
"Water utility using a flat rate basis" means any water
				  utility whose rates and tariffs are not designed on a meter flow basis.
"Water utility using a metered basis" means any water utility
				  whose rates and tariffs are designed on a meter flow basis.