Section 810-RICR-30-00-1.2 - DefinitionsA. As used in these rules, except as otherwise required by the context:1. "Applicant" means, in proceedings involving filings for permission or authorization which the Commission may give under statutory or other authority delegated to it, the party on whose behalf the filings are made.2. "Clerk" means the Commission clerk, appointed by the Commission pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-9.3. "Commission" means the Public Utilities Commission.4. "Division" means the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers described in R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 39-1-2(4) and 39-1-3.5. "Employee" means an officer, director, employee or agent.6. "Gas marketer" means an entity which markets gas and gas-related services, and is authorized to provide services in Rhode Island in accordance with § 1.3 of this Part.7. "Marketing affiliate" means a gas marketer residing within a corporate structure that includes a Rhode Island public utility. A marketing affiliate includes any arm of the utility or parent of the utility, either owned or subject to common control, or part of a separate legal entity, which functions as a gas marketer.8. "Master service framework" means a Commission-approved contractual arrangement that allows certain services and resources to be shared with, allocated between or charged to the utility and/or a gas marketer.9. "Shared employee" means any individual employed by a utility who performs tasks or services for both the utility and a gas marketer, regardless of the method of accounting for the individual's time (e.g., an allocation basis or billed based on actual hours).10. "Transportation" means the contractual delivery of gas to a retail consumer.11. "Utility operating personnel" includes any individual employed or retained by a utility whose job duties involve any of the following gas functions: a. Purchasing, marketing, secondary marketing (releases or assignments) or selling; Scheduling and interrupting or curtailing natural gas; Pipeline transportation capacity or storage capacity; Pricing of tariff, non-tariff, or competitive utility products and services.810 R.I. Code R. 810-RICR-30-00-1.2