Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1220 - Tennessee Public Utility Commission
Subtitle 1220-01 - Division of Practice and Procedure
Chapter 1220-01-01 - Rules and Regulations of Practice and Procedure
Section 1220-01-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 1220-01-01-.01
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Any term used in these rules that has been defined by statute shall have the meaning given the term in that particular statute.
(2) Any term defined in a chapter of these rules shall have the meaning as therein provided for the purposes of that chapter.
(3) In addition, for the purpose of these rules generally, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
"Commission," when used to refer to an agency of the State of Tennessee, means
the Tennessee Public Utility Commission.
(b) "Hearing Officer" includes "Hearing
Examiner," as defined in T.C.A. § 65-2-111; "Administrative Judge," as
defined in T.C.A. §
4-5-102(1);
and "Hearing Officer," as defined in T.C.A. §
4-5-102(4).
(c) "Company" means any person subject to the
regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission.
(d) "Customer" means any person receiving
services or goods from any company subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of
the Commission.
(e) "Commission
Conference" means a "meeting" as that term is defined in T.C.A. §
8-44-102(b)(2).
(f) "Person" means an individual or any form
of organization recognized by law as an entity.
(g) "Proprietary information" means documents
and information in whatever form which, pursuant to a protective order in a
contested case, have been specifically designated by the producing party as
proprietary information and which the producing party in good faith deems to
contain or constitute trade secrets, confidential research or development or
commercially sensitive information.
(h) "These rules" means Chapters 1 through 4
of Rules 1220-01, including any subsequent amendments thereto.
(i) "Written" and "writing" includes
printing, typewriting, or any other intentional reduction to readable
form.
(j) "Electronic Document"
means any documents created in digital format on a computer, in a format
compatible with software in use by the Commission, and transmitted to the
Commission via floppy disks, zip disks, cd-rom, e-mail or other electronic
means.
Authority: T.C.A. § 65-2-102.
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