In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires:

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

“capital equipment” means major electrical equipment that attaches to the electricity network including among others power and distribution transformers, wire and cable, transmission and distribution switch gear;

“Commission” means the Energy Commission established under the Section 1 of the Act;

“connection  service”  means the installation and activation of connection assets in order to distribute electricity;

“customer” means a person that contracts to purchase electricity from a supplier, or an owner or occupier of a premises who is supplied with electricity;

“customer average interruption duration index (CAIDI)” means a measure of the average duration of interruptions for customers interrupted during a year;

“distribution system” means a system consisting of a network of electric feeders, transformers,  service lines meters, and other distribution switchgear;

“electric feeder” means an overhead conductor or underground cable used for bulk electricity supply;

“industrial estate” means an area or land demarcated and set aside for factories and warehouses

“major fault” means a fault that requires capital equipment to fix or remedy such as a substation blasts, cable blasts, damaged transformer, damaged switchgear etc;

“minor fault” means a fault that requires minimal capital equipment such as blown substation LV fuse, jumper cut, blown aerial fuse etc.;

“operational year” is the same as a calendar year;

“supplier” means an entity that has been licensed by the Energy Commission under the Act as an electricity distributor and retailer;

“system average interruption duration index (SAIDI)” means a measure of the average duration of interruptions recorded for the distribution system during a year;

“system average interruption frequency index (SAIDI)” means a measure of the average number of interruptions recorded for the distribution system during a year;

“residential” means electricity used by a customer for domestic purposes;

“nonresidential” means electricity used by a customer for a purpose other than domestic activity and

“rural area” means an operational district with a customer population under five thousand and a demand below fifteen megawatts;