Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 65 - WATER SERVICE › Subchapter A - SERVICE GENERALLY › Section 65.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Annual line extension costs
-The sum of a
						utility's additional annual operating and maintenance costs, debt costs and
						depreciation charges associated with the construction, operation and
						maintenance of the line extension.
Annual revenue
-The utility's expected
						additional annual revenue from the line extension based on the utility's
						currently effective tariff rates and on the average annual usage of customers
						similar in nature and size to the bona fide service applicant.
Bona fide service applicant
-A person or
						entity applying for water service to an existing or proposed structure within
						the utility's certificated service territory for which a valid occupancy or
						building permit has been issued if the structure is either a primary residence
						of the applicant or a place of business. An applicant will not be deemed a bona
						fide service applicant if one of the following applies:
(i) The applicant is requesting water service
					 to a building lot, subdivision or a secondary residence.
(ii) The request for service is part of a
					 plan for the development of a residential dwelling or subdivision.
(iii) The applicant is requesting special
					 utility service.
Company's service line
-The connection
						between the distribution facilities or pipeline extensions of the utility which
						connects any main with the inlet connection of a service line of a customer at
						the curb or property line.
Customer
-A party contracting with a
						public utility for service.
Customer's service line
-The service line
						extending from the curb, property line or utility connection to a point of
						consumption.
Debt costs
-The utility's additional
						annual cost of debt associated with financing the line extension investment
						based on the current debt ratio and weighted long-term debt cost rate for that
						utility or that of a comparable jurisdictional water utility.
Depreciation charges
-The utility's
						additional annual depreciation charges associated with the specific line
						extension investment to be made based on the current depreciation accrual rates
						for that utility or that of a comparable jurisdictional water utility.
Line extension
-An addition to the
						utility's main line which is necessary to serve the premises of a
						customer.
Main
-The pipe of a public utility
						system, excluding service connections, located in a public highway, street,
						alley or private right-of-way which pipe is used in transporting water.
Nonessential uses of water
-Nonessential
						uses of water include:
(i) The use of
					 hoses, sprinklers or other means for sprinkling or watering of shrubbery,
					 trees, lawns, grass, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers or other
					 vegetation.
(ii) The use of water
					 for washing automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer houses or another type of
					 mobile equipment.
(iii) The washing
					 of streets, driveways, parking lots, service station aprons, office buildings,
					 exteriors of homes, sidewalks, apartments or other outdoor surfaces.
(iv) The operation of an ornamental fountain
					 or other structures making a similar use of water.
(v) The use of water for filling swimming or
					 wading pools.
(vi) The operation of
					 any water-cooled comfort air conditioning which does not have water-conserving
					 equipment.
(vii) The use of water
					 from fire hydrants for construction purposes or fire drills.
(viii) The use of water to flush a waste
					 water line or waste water manhole.
(ix) The use of water for commercial farms
					 and nurseries other than a bare minimum to preserve plants, crops and
					 livestock.
Operating and maintenance costs
-The
						utility's average annual operating and maintenance costs associated with
						serving an additional customer, including customer accounting, billing,
						collections, water purchased, power purchased, chemicals and other variable
						costs based on the current total company level of the costs, as well as costs
						particular to the specific needs of that customer, such as line
						flushing.
Public utility
-Persons or corporations
						owning or operating equipment or facilities in this Commonwealth for diverting,
						developing, pumping, impounding, distributing or furnishing water to or for the
						public for compensation. The term does not include a person or corporation not
						otherwise a public utility who or which furnishes service only to himself or
						itself, or a bona fide cooperative association which furnishes service only to
						its stockholders or members on a nonprofit basis.
Short-term supply shortage
-An emergency
						which causes the total water supply of a public utility to be inadequate to
						meet maximum system demand.
Special utility service
-Residential or
						business service which exceeds that required for ordinary residential purposes.
						The term may include installation of facilities such as oversized mains,
						booster pumps and storage tanks as necessary to provide adequate flows or to
						meet required pressure criteria and service to large water consuming commercial
						and industrial facilities.
The provisions of this §
													65.1 issued under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														317,
						  501,
						  504-506,
						  1301,
						  1304,
						  1501,
						  1502,
						  1504,
						  1507,
						  1508,
						  1702 and
						  1704.