Section 1220-04-07-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) "Gas Costs" shall mean the total delivered cost of gas paid or to be paid to Suppliers, including, but not limited to, all commodity/gas charges, demand charges, peaking charges, surcharges, emergency gas purchases, over-run charges, capacity charges, standby charges, gas inventory charges, minimum bill charges, minimum take charges, take-or-pay charges and take-and-pay charges, storage charges, service fees and transportation charges and any other similar charges which are paid by the Company to its gas suppliers in connection with the purchase, storage or transportation of gas for the Company's system supply. Gas costs shall also include uncollected gas costs that have been both billed and determined to be uncollectible and are in excess of the amount of uncollectible gas costs that were approved in the last rate case for each Company.(2) "Company" or "LDC" shall mean local gas distribution company regulated by the Tennessee Public Utility Commission.(3) "Fixed Gas Costs" shall mean all Gas Costs based on the Company's right to demand gas or transportation on a daily or seasonal peak; but unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, shall not include other charges paid for gas reserve dedication (e.g., reservation fees and gas inventory charges), minimum bill charges, minimum take charges, over-run charges. Emergency gas charges, take-or-pay and take-and-pay charges (all of which shall be considered commodity costs).(4) "Gas Charge Adjustment" shall mean the per unit amount billed by the Company to its customers solely for Gas Costs. The Gas Charge Adjustment shall be separately stated for firm customers and for non-firm customers.(5) "Suppliers" shall mean any person or entity, including affiliates of the Company, who locates, purchases, sells, stores and/or transports natural gas or its equivalent for or on behalf of the Company. Suppliers may include, but not be limited to interstate pipeline transmission companies, producers, brokers, marketers, associations, intrastate pipeline transmission companies, joint ventures, providers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), substitute, supplemental or synthetic natural gas (SNG), and other hydrocarbons used as feed-stock, other distribution companies and end-users.(6) "Computation Period" shall mean the twelve (12) month period utilized to compute Gas Costs. Such period shall be the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of a month which is no more than sixty-two (62) days prior to the filing date of a Purchased Gas Adjustment (PGA).(7) "Demand Billing Determinants" shall mean the annualized volumes for which the Company has contracted with Suppliers as of the first day of the Filing Month.(8) "Commodity Billing Determinants" shall mean the total metered throughput, regardless of source, during the Computation Period, adjusted for known and measurable changes. Should the Company expect to purchase commodity gas from several suppliers, the company shall allocate to each supplier a percentage of the total metered throughput, regardless of source, during the Computation Period, adjusted for known and measurable changes. The percentage used to allocate among suppliers shall be based on historical takes during the Computation Period, if appropriate; otherwise it shall be based upon the best estimate of the Company.(9) "Commission" shall mean Tennessee Public Utility Commission.(10) "Written-off" shall mean determined or deemed to be uncollectible by the Company.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-04-07-.01
Original rule filed October 29, 1993; effective March 1, 1994. Editorial changes made by the Secretary of State pursuant to Public Chapter 305 of 1995; "Commission" and references to the "Commission" were changed to "Authority" and references to the "Authority"; effective March 28, 2003. Amendments filed June 18, 2012; effective September 16, 2012. Administrative changes made to this chapter on April 27, 2018 pursuant to Public Chapter 94 of 2017; "Tennessee Regulatory Authority" references were changed to "Tennessee Public Utility Commission," "Authority" references were changed to "Commission," "Authority Director" references were changed to "Commissioner," and "Chief" references were changed to "Director."Authority: T.C.A. §§ 65-2-102, 65-4-104, and 65-5-101.