Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE
Division - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chapter 60 - STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC AND GAS SERVICES IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
Section 6-60-3 - Definitions
As used in these rules:
"Advertising" means the commercial use, by an electric or gas utility, or 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 its customers.
"Automatic adjustment clause" means a provision of a rate, charge or practice which provides for increases and decreases (or both) which adjustment clause has been previously approved by the commission.
"Commission" means the public utilities commission of the State of Hawaii.
"Consumer Advocate" means the Director of Regulatory Agencies, Department of Regulatory Agencies, State of Hawaii.
"Customer" means any person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, institution, agency of the federal, state or local government or civic body in whose name electric or gas service is rendered by an electric or gas utility.
"Master metering" means service to multi-family accommodations, hotel, commercial, or industrial customers through one meter on a single premise where the individual tenants are not submetered.
"Meter" means, unless otherwise qualified, any device or instrument that measures or registers or records the consumption of an electrical or gas quantity with respect to time.
"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.
"Premises" means the space occupied by a customer in a single building or a group of buildings on contiguous property of the customer.
"Promotional advertising" means any advertising for the purpose of encouraging any person to select or use the service, increase the use of the additional service of any electric or gas utility, the selection or installation of any appliance or equipment designed to use such service.
"Residential use" means electric and gas service for use at family dwelling premises.
"Service" or "electric or gas service", unless otherwise specifically designated, means electrical or gas energy generated, transmitted, distributed, or furnished by any electric or gas utility distribution system.
"Tariff" means the entire body of effective rates, charges, definitions, rules and regulations including those services contained in special contracts filed with the commission.
"Termination of service" means physical disconnection of a service to a customer from the utility system.
"Utility" means any electric or gas company or any person, firm, or corporation engaged in producing, transmitting, distributing, or furnishing electric or gas service for sale or resale for domestic, commercial, industrial or other purposes.
