As used in this chapter and in Title Six (Electrical Standards) of Part Fourteen -the Building and Housing Code:
(a) “Applicant” means the person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, customer or customer's agent, who or which applies for a permit to install any electrical wiring, equipment and apparatus regulated by this chapter.
(b) “Auxiliary service” means that service which supplements another source of supply where arrangements are made so that either one or both sources can be utilized in whole or in part.
(c) “Borough” means the Borough of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania.
(d) “Code Enforcement Officer” means the person so designated by Council, or his or her representative so designated either by Council or by the Manager.
(e) “Connected load” means the combined rated capacity of all of a customer's lights, motors and other energy-consuming devices.
(f) “Customer” means the corporation, association, partnership, individual or other legal entity being served by or using electric service supplied by the Borough.
(g) “Customer's installation” means all wires, cut-outs, switches, appliances and apparatus of every kind and nature used in connection with, or forming a part of, an installation for utilizing electric energy for any purpose, ordinarily located on the customer's side at the point of delivery and including the service leads, whether such installation is owned outright by the customer or is used by the customer under lease or otherwise.
(h) “Council” means the Council of the Borough of Ellwood City.
(i) “Delinquent” means any amount due for services not paid on or before the due date marked on the utility bill.
(j) “Electric Department” means the Electric Department of the Borough (Ellwood Power & Light).
(k) “Electrical wiring, equipment and apparatus” means all supplies of every kind and nature, including electrical wiring, electrical apparatus, electrical fixtures and all other electrical supplies used as part of any installation for the conduction, use or consumption of electrical energy in any form or for any purpose, provided, however, said terms shall not apply to domestic appliances of built-in standardized sizes and types which are installed or connected as a unit by inserting a plug into a wall or other similar electrical outlet.
(l) “Electrician” means any person, partnership, corporation or other entity who or which, within the Borough, engages in or carries on the business of installing, erecting, altering, extending, maintaining or repairing electrical wiring, apparatus, fixtures, devices, appliances or equipment for utilization of electricity for light, heat or power.
(m) “Installer” means any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity engaged in the business of installing or repairing dishwashers, water softeners, garbage disposals, ice machines, refrigeration machinery, water heaters and other similar types of appliances.
(n) “Manager” means the person so designated by Council or his or her representative so designated by the Manager.
(o) “Point of delivery” means the point where the wires or apparatus of the Borough are connected to the service leads of the customer.
(p) “Service” means the readiness and ability on the part of the Borough to maintain, at the point of delivery, the approximate frequency, phase and voltage sufficient to supply the maximum demand that, at any single time, the Borough is obligated to supply, whether or not the customer makes any use thereof.
(Ord. 2211. Passed 4-29-97.)
(q) “Service limiter adaptor” means a device placed on a meter socket which will restrict the amount of electricity to fifteen amps.
(Ord. 2228. Passed 3-16-98.)
(r) “Superintendent” means the person so designated by Council, or his or her representative so designated either by Council or by the Manager.
(s) “Unit” means any individual residential dwelling, residential dwelling unit, commercial occupancy or industrial occupancy.
(Ord. 2211. Passed 4-29-97.)