South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:10 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 20:10:15 - General gas and electric rules › Section 20:10:15:02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Terms used in chapters 20:10:15 to 20:10:20, inclusive,
				  mean:
(1) "Advance payment," any
				payment made upon application for service which is applied toward the first gas
				or electric bill;
(2) "Applicant,"
				one who is applying for gas or electric service;
(3) "Billing transmittal date," the date upon
				which a utility mails a bill;
(4)
				"Class of service," refers to groups of customers with similar characteristics
				(e.g. residential, commercial, industrial) which are identified for the purpose
				of setting a rate for electric or gas service;
(5) "Commission," the South Dakota Public
				Utilities Commission;
(6)
				"Deposit," a payment an applicant makes to a utility upon application for or
				during service which is held by the utility until the customer establishes
				satisfactory credit or ends service;
(7) "Disconnection," the termination of gas
				or electric service;
(8) "Due
				date," the date no less than 20 days after the billing transmittal date by
				which a bill should be paid and the date before which no disconnection notice
				may be sent;
(9) "Early payments
				list," a list containing the names of customers who have not established
				satisfactory credit with a utility which is used in lieu of a deposit.
				Customers on such a list generally must pay their bills in a shorter period of
				time than customers who have established satisfactory credit;
(10) "Energy usage," the consumption of any
				product used to create light, heat or power which is purchased from a
				utility;
(11) "Fuel adjustment
				clause," the vehicle by which a utility may automatically increase or decrease
				its rates to reflect increases or decreases from the base cost of
				fuel;
(12) "Household," a family or
				a group of people who live together;
(13) "Indebted household," a group of people
				living together among whom there is one who is indebted to a gas or electric
				utility for service provided previously to the residence for which service is
				now sought;
(14) "Power adjustment
				clause," the vehicle by which a utility may automatically increase or decrease
				its rates to reflect increases or decreases from the base cost of
				power;
(15) "Refusal," the act of
				refusing to provide gas or electric service to an applicant;
(16) "Residential," a customer receiving
				nonbusiness services from a utility including persons receiving service for the
				producing operations of a farm or ranch;
(17) "Tax adjustment clause," the vehicle by
				which a utility may automatically increase or decrease its rates to reflect
				increases or decreases from its base tax rates;
(18) "Utility," a company providing gas or
				electric service to persons in South Dakota;
(19) "Utility tariff," a published schedule
				of rates and charges for services and equipment including associated rules and
				regulations which is issued by a utility and filed with the
				commission;
(20) "KWH," kilowatt
				hours;
(21) "MCF," 1,000 cubic
				feet;
(22) "Therm," 100,000 British
				thermal units;
(23) "CCF," 100
				cubic feet.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 49-34A-4.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 49-34A-3,
					 49-34A-4,
					 49-34A-27.