In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires,

“Act” means the Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541);

“connection fee” means the estimated cost of connecting an applicant from a main pipeline to that applicant’s premises;

“customer” includes a person that purchases or receives natural gas for consumption arid not for delivery or resale to any other person and a person that owns or occupies premises where natural gas is supplied;

“customer meter” means the meter provided by a distribution company to measure the transfer of natural gas from the distribution company to a customer;

“customer service center” means a facility provided by the distribution company for the collection of bills/sale of prepaid meter cards and receipt of complaints from customers;"

“distribution company” means a person licensed under the Act as a public utility to distribute and carry out a retail sale of natural gas to a customer in an area or zone designated by the Commission;

“distribution system” means a system consisting of distribution mains, service lines, compressors, meters, and other ancillary equipment interconnected for, the supply of natural gas;

“emergency” means an imminent occurrence of a situation that is out of the ordinary and that threatens to endanger a person, public safety or cause damage to property;

“Maximum supply pressure” means the maximum pressure at which natural gas is supplied to a customer;.

“meter” means natural gas meter;

“minimum supply pressure” means the minimum pressure at which natural gas is supplied to a customer;

“minor fault” means a fault affecting a service line to one customer,

“major fault” means a fault affecting the distribution system;

“natural gas” means any hydrocarbon or a mixture of hydrocarbon and other gases which at a temperature of sixty degrees Farenheit and at atmospheric pressure are predominantly in a gaseous state;

“Public Utilities Regulatory Commission” means the Public Utilities Regulatory' Commission established under section 1 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission 1997 (Act 53 8); and

“service line” means a pipeline distribution network for natural gas that ends at the outlet of the customer’s meter.