48.01.020 Definitions

(a) "Contract Service" shall mean public service provided by either a private for-profit, investor-owned organization or a cooperative, user-owned organization with which a Division of the Department contracts to provide.

(b) "Direct Service" shall mean public service provided by the respective Division of the Department.

(c) "Excess Revenue" shall mean annually budgeted revenue remaining after all budgeted or fiscal year Projects or phases of Projects have been completed and paid.

(d) "New or Rehabilitated Infrastructure Priority List shall mean a list established by the Commission, subject to review and modification by the Council, of all planned new, replaced, rehabbed, or repaired public utility infrastructure Projects.

(e) "Project" shall refer to a public utility or service project undertaken directly or by contract and funded with PSC rates revenue or any other appropriated, grant, or loan funding.

(f) "Public Service" shall refer to the provision and transportation of electricity, heating oil or gas, water, sewer, telecommunications services, sanitary services, solid waste disposal, or other community service or utility authorized or regulated by the PSC.

(g) "Public Utility" means every corporation, company, Division, person, association, or their lessees or trustees created, or receivers appointed by any court, producing, transmitting, delivering, or furnishing heat, light, water, power, sanitary services, telecommunications, and other community services authorized or regulated by the PSC through Direct Service or by Contract Service.