N.J. Admin. Code § 5:45-1.2
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Board" means the Board of Public Utilities.
"Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.
"Local authority" means an authority, as defined in section 3 at P.L. 1983, c. 313 (N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-3), or a water district established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:62-96 et seq., that provides electric, sewer, or water service.
"Municipal utility" means a municipal public utility, as defined at N.J.S.A. 40A:1-1, that provides electric, sewer, or water service.
"Program" means the Winter Termination Program.
"Residential customer" means a residential customer of record of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative, or any residential tenant of a residence, where the owner or any agent or other representative of the owner of the residence is a non-residential customer of record of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative.
"Vendor" means the local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative that provides electric, sewer, or water service, as relevant to a particular residential customer.
N.J. Admin. Code § 5:45-1.2