- advertising
means the commercial use, by an electric utility, of any media, including newspaper, printed matter, radio, and television, in order to transmit a message to a substantial number of members of the public or to such utility’s electric consumers.
- antitrust laws
includes the Sherman Antitrust Act (15 U.S.C. 1 and following), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 and following), the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 14[41] and following), the Wilson Tariff Act (15 U.S.C. 8 and 9), and the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 13a, 13b, and 21A).
- automatic adjustment clause
means a provision of a rate schedule which provides for increases or decreases (or both), without prior hearing, in rates reflecting increases or decreases (or both) in costs incurred by an electric utility.
- class
means, with respect to electric consumers, any group of such consumers who have similar characteristics of electric energy use.
- Commission
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- demand side management
includes load management techniques.
- electric consumer
means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, to which electric energy is sold other than for purposes of resale.
- electric utility
means any person, State agency, or Federal agency, which sells electric energy.
- evidentiary hearing
means—
- Federal agency
means an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5).
- integrated resource planning
means, in the case of an electric utility, a planning and selection process for new energy resources that evaluates the full range of alternatives, including new generating capacity, power purchases, energy conservation and efficiency, cogeneration and district heating and cooling applications, and renewable energy resources, in order to provide adequate and reliable service to its electric customers at the lowest system cost.
- interconnection service
means service to an electric consumer under which an on-site generating facility on the consumer’s premises shall be connected to the local distribution facilities.
- load management technique
means any technique (other than a time-of-day or seasonal rate) to reduce the maximum kilowatt demand on the electric utility, including ripple or radio control mechanisms, and other types of interruptible electric service, energy storage devices, and load-limiting devices.
- net metering service
means service to an electric consumer under which electric energy generated by that electric consumer from an eligible on-site generating facility and delivered to the local distribution facilities may be used to offset electric energy provided by the electric utility to the electric consumer during the applicable billing period.
- nonregulated electric utility
means any electric utility other than a State regulated electric utility.
- political advertising
means any advertising for the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative, administrative, or electoral matters, or with respect to any controversial issue of public importance.
- promotional advertising
means any advertising for the purpose of encouraging any person to select or use the service or additional service of an electric utility or the selection or installation of any appliance or equipment designed to use such utility’s service.
- rate
means (A) any price, rate, charge, or classification made, demanded, observed, or received with respect to sale of electric energy by an electric utility to an electric consumer, (B) any rule, regulation, or practice respecting any such rate, charge, or classification, and (C) any contract pertaining to the sale of electric energy to an electric consumer.
- rate schedule
means the designation of the rates which an electric utility charges for electric energy.
- ratemaking authority
means authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
- State
means a State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- State agency
means a State, political subdivision thereof, and any agency or instrumentality of either.
- State regulated electric utility
means any electric utility with respect to which a State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.
- State regulatory authority
means any State agency which has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy by any electric utility (other than such State agency), and in the case of an electric utility with respect to which the Tennessee Valley Authority has ratemaking authority, such term means the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- system cost
means all direct and quantifiable net costs for an energy resource over its available life, including the cost of production, distribution, transportation, utilization, waste management, and environmental compliance.