New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 3 - ALL UTILITIES › Subchapter 8 - EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE REGULATED SERVICES › Section 14:3-8.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In addition to the definitions at
				  14:3-1.1 and
				  14:4-1.2, the following words and
				  terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless
				  the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Applicable tariff" means the tariff, filed with and approved
				  by the Board, that covers the geographic area in which a particular development
				  or extension is located.
"Applicant for an extension" means a person that has applied
				  to the appropriate regulated entity, as defined at N.J.A.C. 14:3-1, for the
				  construction of an extension as defined at
				  14:3-8.2.
"Area not designated for growth" means an area that is not a
				  designated growth area as defined herein.
"Cost" means, with respect to the cost of construction of an
				  extension, actual and/or site-specific unitized expenses incurred for materials
				  and labor (including both internal and external labor) employed in the actual
				  design, construction, and/or installation of the extension, including overhead
				  directly attributable to the work, as well as overrides or loading factors,
				  such as those for mapping and design. This term does not include expenses for
				  clerical, dispatching, supervision, or general office functions.
"Center designation" or "designated center" means a center
				  that has been officially recognized as such by the State Planning Commission in
				  accordance with its rules at N.J.A.C. 5:85 or in the Pinelands Area, a center
				  recognized as such pursuant to a valid Memorandum of Agreement between the New
				  Jersey Pinelands Commission and the New Jersey State Planning
				  Commission.
"Designated growth area" means an area depicted on the New
				  Jersey State Planning Commission State Plan Policy Map as:
1. Planning Area 1 (Metropolitan Planning Area, or
				  PA-1);
2. Planning Area 2 (Suburban Planning Area, or PA-2);
3. A designated center;
4. An area identified for growth as a result of a petition
				  for municipal plan endorsement that has been approved by the State Planning
				  Commission pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:85-7;
5. A smart growth area and planning area designated in a
				  master plan adopted by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission pursuant to
				  subsection (
l
) of section 6 of
				  13:17-6; or
6. A Pinelands Regional Growth Area, Pinelands Village or
				  Pinelands Town, as designated in the Comprehensive Management Plan prepared and
				  adopted by the Pinelands Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Pinelands
				  Protection Act,
				  13:18A-8.
Assistance in determining whether a particular parcel of land
				  in a designated growth area can be obtained through the Smart Growth Locator
				  web site at
http://sgl.state.nj.us
,
				  and from the Department of Community Affairs Office of Smart Growth website at
http://www.nj.gov/dca/osg/
.
"Distribution revenue" means the total revenue, plus related
				  sales and use tax, collected by a regulated entity from a customer, minus the
				  following, as applicable:
1. For a gas public utility as defined at
				  14:4-2.2, basic gas supply service
				  charges, plus related sales and use tax on the basic gas supply service
				  charges, assessed in accordance with the gas public utility's tariff;
				  and
2. For an electric public utility as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  14:4-1.2, basic generation service charges, plus sales and use tax on the basic
				  generation service charges, and, unless included with basic generation service
				  charges, transmission charges derived from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
				  (FERC) approved Transmission Charges, plus Sales and Use Tax on the
				  transmission charges, assessed in accordance with the electric public utility's
				  tariff.
"Extension" means the construction or installation of plant
				  and/or facilities to convey new service from existing or new plant and/or
				  facilities to a structure or property for which the applicant has requested
				  service. This term also means the plant and/or facilities themselves. This term
				  includes all plant and/or facilities for transmission and/or distribution,
				  whether located overhead or underground, on a public street or right of way, or
				  on private property or a private right of way, including the wire, poles or
				  supports, cable, pipe, conduit, or other means of conveying service from
				  existing plant and/or facilities to each unit or structure to be served, except
				  as excluded at 1 through 5 below. An extension begins at the existing
				  infrastructure and ends as follows:
1. For water service and for wastewater treatment service,
				  the extension ends at the curb of the property or properties on which the
				  customers to be served are located, but also includes the meter, if any, as
				  well as any of the following that are located on the property's roadside
				  utility right-of-way:
i. Fire hydrants;
ii. Branches; or
iii. Other water infrastructure serving others besides the
				  applicant;
2. For gas service, the extension ends at the meter and
				  includes the meter;
3. For an overhead extension of electric service, the
				  extension ends at the point where the service connects to the building, but
				  also includes the meter;
4. For an underground extension of electric service, the
				  extension ends at, and includes, the meter; and
5. For telecommunications service, the extension ends at the
				  point of demarcation as defined in the regulated entity's tariff.
"Generation" means the manufacture, production, extraction or
				  creation of a substance (such as water or petroleum products), a form of energy
				  (such as electricity), or a signal (such as a telecommunications
				  signal).
"New Jersey State Planning Commission" means the commission
				  established by the State Planning Act,
				  52:18A-196 et seq.
"Office of Smart Growth" means the Office in the Department
				  of Community Affairs that staffs the State Planning Commission and provides
				  planning and technical assistance as requested. The Office of Smart Growth
				  serves the same functions as the Office of State Planning, described at
				  52:18A-201.
"Planning area" has the meaning assigned to the term in the
				  rules of the State Planning Commission at
				  5:85-1.4. As of December 20, 2004,
				  this term is defined in those rules to mean an area of greater than one square
				  mile that shares a common set of conditions, such as population density,
				  infrastructure systems, level of development, or environmental sensitivity. The
				  State Development and Redevelopment Plan sets forth planning policies that
				  serve as the framework to guide growth in the context of those
				  conditions.
"Plant and/or facilities" means any machinery, apparatus, or
				  equipment, including, but not limited to, mains, pipes, aqueducts, canals,
				  wires, cables, fibers, substations, poles, or other supports, generators,
				  engines, transformers, burners, pumps, and switches, used for generation,
				  transmission, or distribution of water, the collection of wastewater, energy,
				  telecommunications, cable television, or other service that a regulated entity
				  provides. This term includes service lines and meters, but does not include
				  equipment used solely for administrative purposes, such as office equipment
				  used for administering a billing system.