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In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires,

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

“advance deposit” means an amount that has been lodged with the distribution company by a customer as security against default in the payment of the natural gas bill for the first three months of supply;

“approved natural gas rate” means a rate approved by Public Utilities Regulatory' Commission;

“bill” means a natural gas consumption bill;

“billing cycle” means a regular recurrent time and date within which a distribution company submits bills related to natural gas to a customer,

“certified technician” means a person certified or licensed by the Commission to install or repair a natural gas pipeline, equipment or appliance;

“Commission” means the Energy Commission established under section 1 of the Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541);

“commercial customer” means a person who is involved in commercial activities and contracts to purchase natural gas from a distribution company for commercial purposes;

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

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

“customer meter” means the meter that measures the transfer of natural gas from a distribution company to a customer;

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

“Installation Completion Certificate” means a notice of authentication that indicates the successful completion of a piping installation for natural gas from the distribution company’s meter to the end user’s appliance;

“industrial customer” means a person that uses natural gas for manufacturing or processing;

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

“reasonable amount” means

(a) the average units used by the customer over the previous twelve months where service has been provided for a period of twelve months or more,

(b) the average units used by the customer for the period that the service was provided where service has been provided for less than twelve months, and . .

(c) sixty percent of the units used or estimated units used where the service is new; and

“Residential customer” means a person who uses natural gas in the home for domestic purposes.