Rule 515-7-2-.02 - DefinitionsAs used in this Utility Rule 515-7-2, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
(a) Adjustment Factor: A numerical factor used pursuant to a Purchased Gas Adjustment Rate to recover Purchased Gas Costs.(b) Firm Customer: A customer who purchases gas from a Utility on a firm basis which ordinarily is not subject to interruption or curtailment.(c) Gas Supply Plan: The particular array of available gas supply, storage, and transportation options selected by a Utility to supply the requirements of its firm customers.(d) Utility: A gas Utility providing gas sale and other services subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.(e) Integrated Resource Plan (MP): A Utility resource planning process and the plan which results from that process, in which an integrated combination of demand-side and supply-side resources including load management is selected to satisfy future energy service demands at the best cost (considering direct and indirect costs) to society, balancing the interests of Utility Customers, Utility shareholders and the public interest. 1. A demand-side resource is any resource that affects the demand for or usage of gas as a result of programs (demand-side programs) to implement demand-side measures. A demand-side measure is any hardware, equipment or practice which is installed or instituted for energy efficiency or energy management purposes.2. A supply-side resource is any resource that can provide for a supply of gas on a firm or non-firm basis to the Utility.(f) Purchased Gas Adjustment Rate: A Purchased Gas Adjustment rider or similar rate, provision, or clause in the tariff of a Utility pursuant to which Purchased Gas Costs are billed to the firm customers of the Utility.(g) Purchased Gas Costs: All costs incurred by a Utility for the purpose of acquiring gas delivered to its system in order to supply its firm customers, including, without limitation, the costs incurred in purchasing gas from sellers; the costs incurred in transactions involving rights to buy and sell gas; the costs incurred in gathering gas for transportation to the Utility; the costs incurred in transporting gas to the facilities of the Utility; the costs incurred in acquiring and using gas storage service from others, including costs of injecting and withdrawing gas from storage; and all charges, fees, and rates incurred in connection with such purchases, rights, gathering, storage, and transportation.(h) Recovery Year: The 12 calendar months commencing October 1, 1994, and ending September 30, 1995, and each succeeding 12 calendar month period thereafter.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-7-2-.02
Ga. L. 1878-79, p.125, 1907, pp. 72-81; 1922, pp. 142-147; 1956, pp. 104, 105; 1964, pp. 338; 1965, p. 283; 1975, Sec. 2, pp. 404-412; 1994, p. 630, Sec. 2.
Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. May 19, 1995; eff. June 8, 1995.