Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 54 - ELECTRICITY GENERATION CUSTOMER CHOICE › Subchapter B - ELECTRICITY GENERATION SUPPLIER LICENSING › Section 54.31 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise.
Aggregator
-An entity licensed by the
						Commission, that purchases electric energy and takes title to electric energy
						as an intermediary for sale to retail customers. See section 2803 of the code
						(relating to definitions).
Applicant
-A person or entity seeking to
						obtain a license to supply retail electricity or electric generation
						service.
Broker
-An entity, licensed by the
						Commission, that acts as an intermediary in the sale and purchase of electric
						energy but does not take title to electric energy. See section 2803 of the
						code.
Code
-The Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.
						Part I).
Default service provider
-The incumbent
						EDC within a certificated service territory or a Commission approved
						alternative supplier of electric generation.
Department
-The Department of Revenue of
						the Commonwealth.
EDC
-Electric distribution
						company.
EGS-Electric generation supplier
-
(i) A person or corporation, including
					 municipal corporations which choose to provide service outside their municipal
					 limits except to the extent provided prior to the effective date of this
					 chapter (Editor's Note: The reference to ''this chapter'' refers to the code.),
					 brokers and marketers, aggregators or any other entities, that sell to end-use
					 customers electricity or related services utilizing the jurisdictional
					 transmission and distribution facilities of an EDC, or that purchase, broker,
					 arrange or market electricity or related services for sale to end-use customers
					 utilizing the jurisdictional transmission and distribution facilities of an
					 EDC.
(ii) The term excludes
					 building or facility owner/operators that manage the internal distribution
					 system serving the building or facility and that supply electric power and
					 other related power services to occupants of the building or the
					 facility.
(iii) The term excludes
					 electric cooperative corporations except as provided in 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 74
					 (relating to generation choice for customers of electric cooperatives). See
					 section 2803 of the code.
Interim license
-A temporary license
						granted to an EGS under interim standards adopted in the Commission's Final
						Order on Licensing Requirements for Electricity Generation Suppliers, entered
						February 13, 1997 at Dkt. No. M-00960890 F0004.
License
-A license granted to an EGS
						under this subchapter.
Licensee
-A person or entity which has
						obtained a license to provide retail electricity or electric generation
						service.
Market aggregator
-An entity licensed by
						the Commission, that purchases electric energy and takes title to electric
						energy as an intermediary for sale to retail customers. See section 2803 of the
						code.
Marketer
-An entity, licensed by the
						Commission, that acts as an intermediary in the sale and purchase of electric
						energy but does not take title to electric energy. See section 2803 of the
						code.
Marketing
-The publication, dissemination
						or distribution of informational and advertising materials regarding the EGS's
						services and products to the public by print, broadcast, electronic media,
						direct mail or by telecommunication.
Offer to provide service
-The extension
						of an offer to provide services or products communicated orally, or in writing
						to a customer.
Renewable resource
-As defined in section
						2803 of the code.