New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Authorized emergency vehicles" means vehicles of fire
				  departments, utilities, police vehicles, ambulances, and such other vehicles as
				  are approved by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
				  Commission pursuant to
				  39:1-1 et seq.
"Board" means the New Jersey Board of Public
				  Utilities.
"Boiler fuel" means natural gas or petroleum product(s) used
				  as a fuel for the generation of steam or electricity. This term includes
				  natural gas or petroleum product(s) used in gas turbines for the generation of
				  electricity.
"BTUH" means British thermal units per hour, and pertains to
				  the volume of natural gas.
"Commercial" means a classification of service to customers
				  engaged primarily in the sale of goods or services, including institutions and
				  local, State and Federal government agencies for uses other than those
				  involving manufacturing or electrical power generation.
"Commercial vehicle" means a motor vehicle used for
				  commercial purposes on the highways, such as for the transportation of goods,
				  which either bears commercial plates or bears the name and address of the owner
				  of the vehicle affixed to the exterior of the vehicle in the manner prescribed
				  for commercial vehicles in N.J.S.A. 39:4. This term includes motor vehicles
				  designed but not used for the transportation of passengers, and also includes
				  motor vehicles that are not designed for the transportation of
				  passengers.
"Electric utility" means a public utility, as that term is
				  defined in
				  48:2-13, that transmits and
				  distributes electricity to end-users within the State of New Jersey.
"End-user" means any person who is a retail consumer of
				  energy.
"Energy emergency" means a shortage in the supply of a
				  particular source of energy of a dimension which endangers the public health,
				  safety or welfare in all or any part of the State of New Jersey.
"Farm vehicle" means any vehicle registered under the
				  provisions of
				  39:3-24 (self-propelled farm
				  tractors, traction equipment, and farm machinery) and
				  39:3-25 (farm trucks) which bear
				  farmer, farm use, or tractor plates.
"Feedstock gas" means natural gas used as raw material for
				  its chemical properties in creating an end product.
"Firm" means a classification of energy service from
				  schedules or contracts under which seller is expressly obligated to deliver
				  specific energy units within a given time period and which anticipates no
				  interruption, but which may permit unexpected interruption in case the supply
				  to higher priority customers is threatened.
"Gas utility" means all public utilities engaged in the
				  distribution of gas within the State of New Jersey.
"Industrial" means a classification of energy service to
				  customers engaged primarily in a process which creates or changes raw or
				  unfinished materials into another form or product, including the generation of
				  electric power.
"Interruptible" means a classification of energy service from
				  schedules or contracts under which seller is not expressly obligated to deliver
				  specific energy units within a given time period, and which anticipates and
				  permits interruption on short notice, or service under schedules or contracts
				  which expressly or impliedly require installation of equipment to allow use of
				  an alternative fuel.
"Mcfd" means thousand cubic feet per day, and pertains to the
				  volume of natural gas.
"Motor fuel" means a mixture of volatile hydrocarbons such as
				  gasoline or diesel fuel used in motor vehicles.
"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by a petroleum
				  product, electricity or natural gas, excepting such vehicles as run only upon
				  rails or tracks.
"Omnibus" means a motor vehicle used for the transportation
				  of passengers for hire, including transit buses, taxicabs, and livery car
				  services. This term does not include a commuter van or vehicle used in
				  ridesharing arrangements, or a school bus, unless the van, vehicle or school
				  bus is otherwise used in the transportation of passengers for hire.
"Passenger automobile" means any motor vehicle used and
				  designed for transportation of passengers, except omnibus, school bus, and
				  authorized emergency vehicle.
"Person" means and includes natural persons and partnerships,
				  firms, associations, joint stock companies, syndicates and corporations, and
				  any receiver, trustee, conservator, or other officer appointed pursuant to law
				  or by any court, State or Federal; also counties, municipalities, authorities
				  and other political subdivisions of this State, singular or plural, and the
				  State of New Jersey.
"President of the Board" means the President of the New
				  Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
"Prime supplier" means supplier, or producer who makes the
				  first sale of petroleum products into the State distribution system for
				  consumption within the State.
"Purchase" means and includes, in addition to its ordinary
				  meaning, any acquisition of ownership or possession.
"Regulated petroleum product" means any of the following:
				  motor fuel, as defined herein; aviation gasoline; jet fuel; kerosene; diesel
				  fuel; number 1 distillate fuel; number 2 fuel oil; number 4 fuel oil; residual
				  fuel oil; and propane.
"Residential" means a classification of energy service to all
				  buildings and structures, or parts thereof, in which families or households
				  live, or in which sleeping accommodations are provided for individuals with or
				  without dining facilities.
"Retail dealer" means any person who engages in the business
				  of selling motor fuel from a fixed location such as a service station, filling
				  station, store, or garage directly to the operator of a motor vehicle by
				  dispensing such motor fuel into the service tank of the motor vehicle.
"Sale" means and includes, in addition to its ordinary
				  meaning, any exchange, gift or other disposition. In every case where motor
				  fuel is exchanged, given, or otherwise disposed of, it shall be deemed to have
				  been sold.
"School bus" means a motor vehicle used for the
				  transportation of children to or from school for secular or religious
				  education, operated by, or under contract with, a public or governmental
				  agency, or religious or other charitable organization or corporation, or
				  privately operated for compensation, which complies with the regulations of the
				  Department of Education affecting school buses.
"Truck" means a commercial vehicle, as defined herein, which
				  is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of goods.
				  This term does not include sport utility vehicles (SUVs).
"Truck stop" means any retail dealer who provides service
				  predominantly to trucks and truck tractors, as these terms are defined in
				  39:1-1.