N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 454.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 454.1 - Definitions

The following definitions shall apply for all the purposes of this Part and of the service tariff and applications for electric service pertaining thereto:

(a) Authority is Power Authority of the State of New York.

(b) Customer is an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, rural electric cooperative corporation, municipality, or governmental body receiving electric service from authority.

(c) Electric service is availability of any type of power and energy for customer in accordance with this Part, accepted applications for electric service, applicable service tariffs and other contract documents.

(d) Application for electric service is a written request for the furnishing of electric service to customers by authority on a form prescribed by authority.

(e) Service tariff is a schedule establishing rates and other conditions for sale of electric service.

(f) Firm power and energy are power and associated energy which are intended to be available at all times except for limitations provided in this Part, in a service tariff, in an accepted application for electric service, or other contract documents.

(g) Peaking power and energy are firm power and energy intended for use primarily in customer's peak load periods and limited as to the energy to be supplied.

(h) Firm storage power and energy are power and associated energy produced with water stored in an authority pumped-storage facility or power and energy supplied in lieu thereof, to be available as provided in a service tariff, or other contract documents.

(i) Nonfirm storage power and energy are power and associated energy produced with water stored in an authority pumped-storage facility of intermittent or temporary availability the supply of which will be limited as provided in a service tariff or in other contract documents.

(j) Pumping power and energy are power and associated energy supplied by customer or by authority for use in pumping water into an authority pumped- storage facility.

(k) Interruptible hydro power and energy are power and associated energy from authority's St. Lawrence or Niagara project which are normally available continuously for substantial periods of time but subject to interruption for extended periods because of decreased water flow.

(l) Replacement power is Niagara project firm power made available by authority to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation pursuant to Public Law 85-159 to replace power formerly produced by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation in its Adams and Schoelkopf plants, sales of which are subject to approval by authority.

(m) Expansion power is firm power supplied from the Niagara project or substituted from other sources to utility customers for resale to industrial consumers which authority shall individually designate for use in the expansion of their operations, the amounts of each allocation to such consumers to be determined by authority.

(n) Priority customers are (1) exempt persons as defined in 26 U.S.C. 103(c)(3), and (2) entities entitled to preference under 16 U.S.C. 836(b)(1). High load factor manufacturers as defined in subdivision (o) of this section are priority customers to the extent provided in sections 1001 and 1005 of the Power Authority Act as amended (title 1, article 5 of the Public Authorities Law).

(o) High load factor manufacturer is an industrial establishment which normally utilizes a minimum electric demand of 5,000 kilowatts and which will normally utilize energy at the rate of approximately 540 kilowatt-hours per month for each kilowatt of demand and of which the cost of electricity normally represents at least 71/2 percent of its total product value.

(p) Billing period shall be the calendar month except as otherwise specified in a service tariff or other contract document.

(q) Contract demand is the maximum amount of power which authority is obligated to supply under an accepted application for electric service or service tariff or other contract document.

(r) System capability is capacity available to authority from its own generating sources and from firm power purchases from others.

(s) Unsupported firm power and energy are power and associated energy normally supplied only to customers operating electric utility distribution systems, the customer to be responsible for providing substitute power and energy in the event of interruptions or reduction in authority supply.

(t) Withdrawable power and energy are power and associated energy not currently required for service to priority customers and subject to withdrawal for such service.

(u) Supporting energy is energy purchased by authority for use when it is unable to meet contractual commitments because of lack of availability of necessary power and energy from its system capability.

(v) Reserve power is that part of the authority's system capability which is reserved from sale for the purpose of assuring authority's ability to meet its contractual commitments for firm power and energy in conjunction with interconnected utility systems as contemplated by 26 U.S.C. 103(c)(3).

(w) Reserve energy is energy associated with reserve power and normally sold on an immediately withdrawable basis to utilities which contract to provide supporting energy to authority.

(x) Residual power and energy are power and associated energy available on a temporary basis from authority generating sources or purchases in excess of authority requirements.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 454.1