W. Va. Code R. § 150-37-2

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 150-37-2 - Definitions

2.1. "Apparatus" - The Conduit or Other Underground Construction (but not including the cable) that provides a cable pathway between the Service Provider network and the Customer.

2.2. "Commission" -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

2.3. "Conduit" - A structure containing one or more cables or one or more Ducts used to house and protect cables.

2.4. "Customer" -- Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative, organization, governmental agency, etc., who purchases services from a Service Provider.

2.5. "Customer-Provided Conduit" - The Conduit either installed by, or on behalf of, a Customer at the Customer's expense on real property either owned, managed or administered by the Customer for purposes of installing wires and cable for the provision of services. The cable inside the Conduit remains under the ownership of the Service Provider until the point of entrance or service point as per the National Electrical Code (NEC).

2.6. "Duct" - A single enclosed race way placed inside a Conduit for conductors or cable.

2.7. "Intercept" - The physical components (including Conduit, Duct and fittings) required to insert a cable into an empty or occupied Conduit while maintaining the seal integrity at the Intercept installation point of the Conduit and physical protection of any installed cable.

2.8. "Other Underground Construction" - Manholes, vaults, Intercepts, universal access facilities, Ducts and any other part or appurtenance of a customer-provided system that is used to provide a cable pathway between the Service Provider network and the Customer.

2.9. "Service Provider" - A Customer, Telephone Public Utility, Telephone Company or any other entity that occupies, or desires to occupy, Conduit or Other Underground Construction that is used to provide services by a Telephone Public Utility and that has been provided at the Customer's expense.

2.10. "Telephone Company" or "Telephone Public Utility" -- Any provider of telecommunications or data services to the public under the jurisdiction of the Commission.

2.11. "Universal Access Point (UAP)" -- An access point located at the terminus of the installed Customer-Provided Conduit or Other Underground Construction installed by the Customer or Service Provider to serve as an entry point for multiple Service Providers into the Customer-Provided Conduit.

W. Va. Code R. § 150-37-2