West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-16 - Rules Governing The Transportation Of Natural Gas › Section 150-16-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Aggregation.
See Pooling.
2.2. Aggregation Pool.
See Pool.
2.3. Aggregator.
See Pool Operator.
2.4. Balancing.
A process by which receipts and deliveries of natural gas
				  volumes are equalized.
2.5.
				Benchmark fully distributed cost based rate.
The term "benchmark fully distributed cost based rate" means
				  a rate for a transportation service which represents the full embedded costs
				  associated with providing the service.
2.6. Benchmark incremental rate.
The term "benchmark incremental rate" means a rate for a
				  transportation service which represents the short-run variable costs associated
				  with providing the service.
2.7. Bypass.
The term "bypass" means the connection by an end-user to
				  facilities other than facilities owned by a utility for the purpose of
				  receiving natural gas through such alternate facilities.
2.8. End-user.
The term "end-user" shall mean any person, firm or
				  corporation which is the ultimate consumer of natural gas.
2.9. Full commodity service.
The term "full commodity service" means the supplying of
				  utility owned natural gas.
2.10. Gathering facilities.
The term "gathering facilities" shall include all pipelines
				  and related facilities used to collect the gas production of one (1) or more
				  wells for the purpose of moving such production from the well(s) into the
				  facilities of an interstate pipeline, a utility, or an intrastate pipeline. For
				  the purposes of these rules, gathering facilities shall not be considered
				  either public utilities or intrastate pipelines.
2.11. Interstate pipeline.
The term "Interstate Pipeline" means any person, firm or
				  corporation engaged in natural gas transportation subject to the jurisdiction
				  of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act,
				  15 U.S.C. §
											717.
2.12. Intrastate pipeline.
The term "Intrastate Pipeline" means any person, firm or
				  corporation engaged in natural gas transportation in intrastate commerce to or
				  for another person, firm or corporation for compensation.
2.13. Marketer.
An entity that obtains gas supply and offers that supply to
				  one or more end users.
2.14. Nomination.
The customer's request of a utility or intrastate pipeline to
				  receive quantities of natural gas for the customer's account at specified
				  receipt point(s) and for delivery of quantities of natural gas to specified
				  delivery point(s).
2.15.
				Nomination Requirement.
The quantity of gas required to be delivered to the utility
				  or intrastate pipeline at receipt point(s) for the account of a customer in
				  order to meet (1) the customer's requirement for flowing gas (gas physically
				  delivered to end-user), (2) losses, and (3) correction of a customer's
				  out-of-balance condition existing at the end of the preceding nomination
				  period.
2.16. Pool.
An aggregation of multiple accounts of one or more natural
				  gas end users which have assigned natural gas nomination, balancing and other
				  transportation requirements to a pool operator. If a pool is made up solely of
				  multiple delivery points of one customer, it is referred to as an individual
				  member pool, whereas a pool made up of two (2) or more customers is referred to
				  as a multiple member pool.
2.17. Pool member.
An individual end user that belongs to a pool.
2.18. Pool Operator.
The individual or entity which has entered into a pooling
				  agreement with a utility or intrastate pipeline. A single end user with
				  multiple delivery points may be a pool operator.
2.19. Pooler.
See pool operator.
2.20. Pooling.
A service, whereby the pool operator aggregates natural gas
				  supplies delivered to satisfy the pool requirements of end users which have
				  assigned their nomination and balancing responsibilities.
2.21. Public utility service area.
The term "Public Utility Service Area" includes those present
				  and future end-users located within the communities and environs specified in
				  the utility's tariff sheets.
2.22. Receipt Point.
The location point at which natural gas is physically
				  received into a utility's or intrastate pipeline's facilities.
2.23. Supplier.
See marketer.
2.24. Unbundle.
The term "Unbundle" shall mean the separation of distinct
				  transportation service, or services associated therewith, which allows an
				  identification of the charge for each component of the service provided.
2.25. Utility.
The term "Utility" or "Public Utility" means any person,
				  firm or corporation subject to the Commission's jurisdiction under W. Va. Code
				  §
										24-2-1.