Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 407-620-2 - DEFINITIONSA.ANSI/AWWA. ANSI is the American National Standards Institute; AWWA is the American Water Works Association.B.Commission. "Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities Commission.C.Customer. "Customer" means any person or business that has applied for or been accepted to receive or is either receiving utility service or has agreed to be billed for utility service. This term also includes a person or business that was a customer of the same utility within the past 30 days and who requests service at the same or a different location.D.Electromagnetic or Ultrasonic Water Meter. "Electromagnetic or ultrasonic water meter" means a cold water electronic electromagnetic or ultrasonic type meter.E.Establishment. "Establishment" means a location at which water service is sought or is being rendered.F.Jobbing. "Jobbing" means the provision of unregulated utility service by a water utility, including, but not limited to, construction services. Jobbing services are at the discretion of the water utility and are at the customer's request and expense.G.Limited Service Contract. "Limited service contract" means a written agreement, approved by the Commission, under which a water utility agrees to provide and the customer agrees to accept a substandard level of service described in the contract.H.Main. "Main" means a water line which is owned, operated, and maintained by a water utility, and used for the transmission or distribution of water, other than a private line as defined in Section 2(L) of this Chapter or a service line as defined in Section 2(M) of this Chapter.I.Mechanical Water Meter. "Mechanical water meter" means a cold-water displacement meter conforming to standard ANSI/AWWA C715-18.J.Person. "Person" means a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. K.Private Line. "Private line" means (1) A water line constructed prior to May 7, 1986 across private property to serve one or more customers and that is not considered by the water utility to be a main; (2) except as provided under Section 2(C) of Chapter 65 of the Commission's Rules, a water line constructed after May 7, 1986 across private property to serve a single customer, a single multi-unit dwelling complex or a single commercial or industrial development upon which no other person has an easement or other right of access for water line purposes.L.Service Line. "Service line" means a water line running from the water main to the customer's establishment.M.Temporary Establishment. "Temporary establishment" means an establishment that a water utility reasonably believes to be temporary in nature after giving due consideration to the location, setting, structures, and use of the establishment. The absence of a cellar or permanent foundation must not be the sole criterion used by the water utility in determining that an establishment is a temporary establishment.N.Water Utility. "Water utility" means every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing any water works for compensation within this State, including any aqueduct organized under former Title 35, chapter 261 and any of its predecessors.65-407 C.M.R. ch. 620, § 2