South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Article 4 - GAS SYSTEMS › Subarticle 1 - GENERAL › Section 103-402 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in these rules,
				  shall have the meaning indicated:
1.
				Commission. "Commission" means the Public Service Commission of South
				Carolina.
2. Consolidated Political
				Subdivision. A "consolidated political subdivision" means that it exists
				pursuant to the Constitution of this State, and shall not be deemed a city,
				town, county, special purpose district or other governmental unit merged
				thereinto.
3. Customer. "Customer"
				means any person, firm, association, establishment, partnership or corporation,
				or any agency of the Federal, State, or local government, being supplied with
				gas service by a gas utility under the jurisdiction of this
				commission.
4. Gas. "Gas" or
				"Natural Gas" means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural and
				manufactured gas, including but not limited to, synthetic natural gas and
				liquefied petroleum.
5. Gas
				Service. "Gas Service" means those functions performed by a gas utility for its
				customers, including the purchase and/or manufacture of gas, storage of gas,
				transportation and delivery of gas to the customer.
6. Gas System. "Gas System" includes any gas
				utilities operating within this State, including gas authorities,
				municipalities, public service districts and other political subdivisions of
				this State insofar as they are within the jurisdiction of the commission for
				regulation of safety standards and conditions, pursuant to S. C. Code Ann.
				Section 58-5-920(f)
				(1976).
7. Gas Utility. "Gas
				Utility" includes every privately-owned corporation, firm or person furnishing
				or supplying gas service to the public, or any portion thereof, for
				compensation. Provided, however, this term shall not include any gas utility
				owned or operated by any municipality or agency thereof; nor shall it include
				any gas utility owned or operated by any gas authority specifically exempted by
				statute from the jurisdiction of the commission.
8. Municipality. "Municipality" includes a
				city, town, county, township and any other corporation existing, created or
				organized as a governmental unit under the Constitution and Laws of this
				State.
9. ORS. "ORS" means the
				Office of Regulatory Staff.
10.
				PHMSA. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the United
				States Department of Transportation ("DOT").
11. Rate. "Rate" when used in these Rules and
				Regulations means and includes every compensation charge, toll, rental, and
				classification, or any of them, demanded, observed, charged or collected by any
				gas utility for any gas service offered by it to the public, and any rules,
				regulations, practices or contracts affecting any such compensation, charge,
				toll, rental or classification.
12.
				Local Office or Business Office. These terms mean that in the event a gas
				utility operates a local office or business office set forth in this article,
				then the gas utility shall comply with the requirements of the section or
				subsection of the regulation addressing such local office or business office.
				In the event the utility does not operate a local office or business office,
				the section or subsection of the regulation does not apply to the gas
				utility.
13. Mail. The term "mail"
				means a communication sent by U.S. Mail or the notice method selected by the
				gas utility customer and maintained in the customer's records at the gas
				utility.