Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-023 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Account and usage information"
means customer
				  information contained in the records a utility keeps for each customer to
				  provide and bill for utility service including, but not limited to, the
				  customer's name, account number, address where service is provided, customer
				  contact information, services the utility is providing or has provided to the
				  customer, energy usage, customer financial information, bills the utility has
				  issued, payment history, and medical or low-income status.
"Affiliated interest"
means a person or
				  corporation as defined in
				  RCW
				  80.16.010.
"Aggregate data"
means any collection of
				  customer data by a utility from which identifiable customer information has
				  been removed or modified so that the information cannot be attributed to any
				  individual customer.
"Applicant"
means any person, corporation,
				  partnership, government agency, or other entity that applies, or is named in an
				  application as a person having joint responsibility, for service with an
				  electric utility or who reapplies for service at a new or existing location
				  after service has been disconnected if the utility requires the person to
				  reapply for service.
"Business day"
means Monday through Friday, 8:00
				  a.m. until 5:00 p.m., except for official state holidays.
"Commission"
means the Washington utilities and
				  transportation commission.
"Control"
means the possession, direct or
				  indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
				  policies of a company, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by
				  contract, or otherwise.
"Customer"
means any person, corporation,
				  partnership, government agency, or other entity that has applied, or is named
				  as a person having joint responsibility, for service and that has been
				  accepted, and is currently receiving or is entitled to receive such service.
				  "Customer" for purposes of this chapter may also include a person or other
				  entity whose service has been involuntarily disconnected and that person or
				  entity then seeks to have the utility reconnect service.
"Customer information"
means private customer
				  information and proprietary customer information as defined in
				  RCW
				  19.29A.010 and personal information as
				  defined in chapter 19.255 RCW.
"Electric utility (utility)"
means any business
				  entity (e.g., corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or
				  partnership) or person, including a lessee, trustee, or court appointed
				  receiver that is subject to the commission's jurisdiction and that owns,
				  controls, operates, or manages any electric plant for hire in
				  Washington.
"Primary purpose"
means a business need to
				  provide regulated utility services as required by state or federal law, or as
				  specifically authorized in the utility's effective tariff or by the
				  commission.
"Subsidiary"
means any company in which the
				  electric utility owns directly or indirectly five percent or more of the voting
				  securities, unless the utility demonstrates it does not have control of that
				  company.
"Written consent"
means permission or
				  authorization in writing, whether electronic or paper.
Other terms.
Terms used in this chapter and
				  defined in the public service laws of Washington (i.e., principally Title 80
				  RCW) have the same meaning here as in the statutes. Terms not defined in these
				  rules or the applicable statutes have the meaning generally accepted in the
				  electric industry, or their ordinary meaning if there is no meaning generally
				  accepted in the electric industry.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160,
					 81.04.160 and
					 34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
					 A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-023, filed
					 2/28/05, effective 3/31/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-023, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.