OAR 330-020-0025
Definitions — Specific

For purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

“Customer Class” means a broad category of customers who use a particular energy form for essentially similar purposes, including, but not limited to the following categories:

(a)

Transportation: Those activities or uses of property where the primary function is to transfer or convey persons or property from one place to another;

(b)

Residential: Energy use in a domestic dwelling for spaceheating, air conditioning, cooking, water heating and other domestic uses;

(c)

Commercial: Energy use by customers engaged primarily in the sale of goods and services including institutions and local, state and federal government agencies;

(d)

Electrical Generation: Those activities or uses of property used for the generation of electric power;

(e)

Industrial: Energy use by customers engaged primarily in a process which changes raw or unfinished materials into another form or product;

(f)

Other: All other uses of energy.

(2)

“Department” means the Department of Energy.

(3)

“Director” means the Director of the Department.

(4)

“Electric Utility” means a utility engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy and having an Oregon service area.

(5)

“Energy Supplier” means a utility as defined in ORS 469.020 (Definitions), subsections (2), (8), and (12).

(6)

“Gas Utility” means a utility engaged in distributing natural gas and having an Oregon service area.

(7)

“Person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, private or public corporation, association, firm, public service company, political subdivision, municipal corporation, government agency, people’s utility district, or any other entity, public or private, however organized.

(8)

“Proprietary Information” means information in which is of financial or competitive value to its owner. Specific rules and procedures regarding the designation and handling of proprietary information are listed as OAR 330-010-0005 (Purpose) to 330-010-0030 (Determination by Director) and are available from the Department upon request.

(9)

“Resale Customer” means a customer who purchases energy from an energy supplier, the majority of which he sells to another person.

(10)

“SIC” means the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1972 (Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.), on file with the Oregon Secretary of State.

(11)

“Utility” shall be as defined in ORS 469.020 (Definitions)(12).
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]

Source: Rule 330-020-0025 — Definitions — Specific, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=330-020-0025.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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