N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 16 §§ 720-1.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 720-1.1 - Definitions

(a) The term public utility when used in this Part means an electric corporation, a gas corporation, a steam corporation, a telephone corporation, or a water-works corporation as defined in section 2 of the Public Service Law; a municipality providing utility service; and common carriers.

(b) The term municipality means a municipal corporation subject to the commission's jurisdiction that furnishes electricity, gas, or steam to the public.

(c) Any period of notice required in this Part shall begin on and include the date the schedule is received by the commission, but shall not include the effective date. In computing the notice required, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall be counted.

(d) The term filing refers to either an electronic filing made through the Electronic Tariff System (ETS) or a paper or hard copy filing of documents.

(e) As applied to electric, gas, and steam corporations and municipalities:

(1) Metropolitan district means the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Richmond, Putnam, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Orange, and Rockland.

(f) As applied to telephone corporations the terms:

(1) Exchange schedule means a schedule containing the specific rates, charges, rules, and regulations for local service in each exchange operated by a single telephone corporation.

(2) General schedule means a schedule containing the general rates and charges and the governing rules and regulations for communication services and facilities in the several exchanges operated by a single telephone corporation.

(3) Joint schedule means a schedule containing rates and charges for any kind of telephone service rendered by more than one telephone corporation participating in such rates and charges.

(4) Local schedule means an individual schedule of a telephone corporation containing rates, charges, rules, and regulations for any kind of service which is rendered entirely by the issuing corporation.

(5) Toll schedule means a schedule containing the rates, charges, rules, and regulations for telephone service between stations in one local calling area and those in another local calling area.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 16 §§ 720-1.1