Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1220 - Tennessee Public Utility Commission
Subtitle 1220-04 - Division of Public Utilities
Chapter 1220-04-03 - Water Regulations
Section 1220-04-03-.03 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 1220-04-03-.03

Current through September 24, 2024

(1) Commission - The word "Commission" shall mean the regulatory body prescribing these rules.

(2) Utility - The word "utility or public utility" shall mean any person, partnership, corporation, company, association, or two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest who owns, operates, or manages any facility used for or in connection with the diverting, developing, pumping, impounding, treating, distributing or furnishing of water to or for the public for compensation within the state.

(3) Customer - The word "customer" shall mean any person, firm, corporation, association, or governmental unit furnished water service by a water utility.

(4) Meter - The word "meter" shall mean any device for measuring the quantity of water used as a basis for determining charges for water service to a customer.

(5) Premises - The word "premises" as used herein shall be restricted to the following:

(a) A building under one roof owned or leased by one customer and occupied as one (1) residence or one (1) place of business; or

(b) A combination of buildings owned or leased by one (1) customer, on one (1) common enclosure occupied by one (1) family as a residence or one (1) corporation or firm as a place of business;

(c) Each unit of a multiple house or building separated by a solid vertical partition wall occupied by one (1) family as a residence or one (1) firm as a place of business; or

(d) A building owned or leased by one (1) customer and having a number of apartments, offices, or lofts which are rented to tenants using in common one (1) hall and one (1) or more means of entrances; or

(e) A building two (2) or more stories high under one (1) roof owned or leased by one (1) customer and having an individual entrance for the ground floor occupants and one for the occupants of the upper floors; or

(f) A combination of buildings, such as a garden-type apartment, owned by one (1) customer, on one (1) common enclosure, none of the individual buildings of which is adapted to separate ownership; or

(g) A public building, or

(h) A single plot, used as a park or recreational area.

(6) Property - The word "property" shall mean all facilities owned and operated by a water utility.

(7) Main - The word "Main" shall mean a water pipe, owned, operated and maintained by a utility, which is used for the purpose of transmission or distribution of water but is not a water service pipe.

(8) Service Pipe - The words "service pipe" shall mean the pipe that runs between the main and the customer's place of metering.

Authority: T.C.A. § 65-2-102.

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