Code of Massachusetts Regulations
940 CMR - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Title 940 CMR 19.00 - Retail Marketing And Sale Of Electricity
Section 19.03 - Definitions
Competitive Generation Service - the generation or procurement of electricity for a consumer by a competitive supplier, at a price which is not regulated by the Department.
Competitive Generation Service Price - the price charged to a consumer for competitive generation service.
Competitive Supplier - a retail seller of electricity whose price to a consumer is not regulated by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy and which is not a municipal light department or a distribution company.
Consumer - any person or entity that is an end-user or prospective end-user of electricity purchased or to be purchased not for resale from a retail seller of electricity.
Default Generation Service - the service provided by the distribution company to a consumer who is not receiving either standard offer generation service or competitive generation service.
Delivered Price - the total price a consumer will pay for electricity; the total of the generation price, the distribution price and all other lawful charges.
Department - the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy (formerly the Department of Public Utilities).
Distribution Company - a business entity, which is not a competitive seller of electricity, engaging in the distribution of electricity at retail or owning, operating, or controlling distribution facilities; provided, however, a distribution company shall not include any entity that owns or operates plant or equipment used to produce electricity, steam, and chilled water, or any affiliate engaged solely in the provision of such electricity, steam, and chilled water, where the electricity produced by such entity or its affiliate is primarily for the benefit of hospitals and nonprofit educational institutions, and where such plant or equipment was in operation prior to January l, 1986.
Distribution Price - the price, as allowed by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy, to be charged by the distribution company for distribution service.
Distribution Service - the delivery of electricity to the consumer by the Distribution Company over lines that operate at a voltage level typically equal to or greater than 110 volts and less than 69,000 volts.
Electricity. or Electricity Products and Services - the commodity of electric power, or the directly related products and services formerly offered only by distribution companies.
Electricity Information Label - the graphic mechanism for informational disclosure as required by 220 CMR 11.06.
Generation - the act or process of converting one form of energy or matter into electricity; also the quantity of electricity so produced.
Public Aggregator - a municipality or group of municipalities that groups interested electricity consumers within its municipal boundaries to facilitate or otherwise arrange the purchase and sale of electricity pursuant to M.G.L. c. 164, § 134.
Retail Seller of Electricity - any business, person or entity selling, offering to sell, arranging for the sale of, or engaged to market electricity or related products or services to consumers, including but not limited to all entities which are regulated, or which are required to be licensed, by the Department for these purposes.
Standard Offer Generation Service - the service provided by the distribution company for a term of seven years after March 1, 1998, in accordance with 220 CMR 11.04(9).
