Section 69-5-121 - DefinitionsAs used in 69-5-122, 69-5-123, and this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Added structure" means any outbuildings, improvements, irrigation pumps, facilities, or other structures located on a small customer's property.(2) "Commercial structure" means a building used for commercial purposes.(3) "Contractor" means a person who submits a proposal to construct or enters into a contract to construct an extension and who is licensed, insured, a member of the national electrical contractors association, and experienced in comparable construction.(4) "Electric utility" means: (a) a public utility regulated by the public service commission pursuant to Title 69, chapter 3, that provides electrical service for heat, light, or power to a small customer; or(b) a utility qualifying as a rural electric cooperative pursuant to Title 35, chapter 18, that provides electrical service for heat, light, or power to a small customer.(5) "Extension" means any works or improvements necessary to connect a residential, commercial, or added structure of a small customer to an electric utility's distribution or transmission system.(6) "Residential structure" means a single-family house, trailer, manufactured home, or mobile home, excluding any outbuildings, improvements, irrigation pumps, facilities, or other structures located on the property.(7) "Small customer" means a retail customer that has an individual load with an average monthly demand of less than 5,000 kilowatts.Amended by Laws 2021, Ch. 542,Sec. 1, eff. 5/14/2021, and applicable retroactively, within the meaning of 1-2-109, to any application pending or commenced before the public service commission prior to 5/14/2021.Amended by Laws 2017, Ch. 440,Sec. 2, eff. 5/22/2017.En. Sec. 1, Ch. 248, L. 2011.