Section 815-RICR-40-00-1.2 - DefinitionsA. "Actual Read" means any meter reading taken by a water utility employee, or the employee of a contractor working on behalf of a water utility, through use of an AMR (or ARB or other electronic remote reading technology) or by a water utility employee visually inspecting the actual meter.B. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers.C. "AMR" means an automated meter reading device.D. "Commission" means the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.E. "Curb Stop" means the company's shutoff valve located at the service connection.F. "Customer" means any person, firm, company, association, or governmental unit of the state supplied with water service by any water utility. The customer is liable for payment to the water utility for the cost of the water supplied to the customer's property by the water utility for use by the customer or the customer's tenant(s), as applicable.G. "Division" means the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers.H. "Estimated Read" means all types of reads other than an actual read, including those submitted by electronic means (phone, e-mail, or other internet-type communication) or in writing by customers.I. "Inactive" means a service line where water service to the customer has been discontinued but the service line has not been abandoned.J. "Main" means a water pipe, owned, operated and maintained by a water utility, which is used for the purpose of transmission or distribution of water but is not a water service pipe.K. "Meter" means a device, instrument, or any attached device, used by a water utility to measure a quantity of water for billing purposes.L. "Non-Registering Meter" means a meter that does not register the consumption of water. Some companies refer to this as a "DR meter".M. "Public Utility" is as defined in R.I. Gen Laws § 39-1-2.N. "Service Connection" means the point of connection of the customer's piping with the curb stop owned by the water utility.O. "Service Pipe" shall mean the connection from the water utility's mains to the curb stop, and the customer's connection from the curb stop to the meter, and includes all of the pipe, fittings and valves necessary to make the connections.P. "Water Service" shall mean the furnishing of water to a customer in this state by a water utility.Q. "Water Utility" is any person, firm, corporation or other entity now or hereafter engaged as a public utility in the business of furnishing water service to customers within the State of Rhode Island.815 R.I. Code R. 815-RICR-40-00-1.2
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