As used in this Chapter, the following terms, phrases and words and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this Section, unless the context or use clearly indicates another or different meaning is intended.
CLERK: The Clerk of the Village of Green Oaks.
COMPETENT AUTHORITY: Includes any governmental body or forum vested by law with authority to do the act or make the order, rule or regulation involved.
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES: The President and Village Board of the Village of Green Oaks.
EDISON EMERGENCY REPRESENTATIVE: The person or persons designated by the Licensee responsible for the performance of the Licensee's duties under this Chapter during emergencies and at all times other than the Licensee's regular office hours and who shall be available and accessible to the Village for that purpose during emergencies and at all times other than the Licensee's regular office hours. The Edison representative may also be designated as the Edison emergency representative.
EDISON REPRESENTATIVE: The person or persons designated by the Licensee to be responsible for the day-to-day performance of the Licensee's duties under this Chapter and who shall be available and accessible to the Village for that purpose during regular office hours.
ELECTRIC SYSTEM: A system for the production, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity for lighting, heating, power and other purposes within and outside the corporate limits of the Village.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY/DSM: Applications of technologies and techniques for increasing the efficiency of electric energy use or managing demand for electric energy. Such applications may be designed to achieve greater end use benefits from electric energy consumed, reductions in electric energy consumption, shifts of electric energy demand to times when it can be met more economically, or other initiatives designed to manage or reduce demand for electric energy.
FERC: Refers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or other authority succeeding to the regulatory powers of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
GENERATING FACILITIES: Those facilities used or constructed by the Licensee for the purpose of generating or producing electric energy.
HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES: Power lines designed to transmit electricity at 138 kilovolts (138 kv) or more.
ICC: The Illinois Commerce Commission or other authority succeeding to the regulatory powers of the Illinois Commerce Commission.
LIABILITY: Includes, but is not limited to: actual or claimed loss or damage to property or injury to or death of persons; actual or claimed responsibility for such loss, damage, injury or death; and any and all judgments, decrees, costs and expenses of every sort and kind incident to such loss, damage, injury, death or responsibility, including but not limited to court costs, fines and attorney's fees.
LICENSEE: The Commonwealth Edison Company.
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC REPRESENTATIVE: The person or persons designated by the Village to be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of this Chapter on behalf of the Village during regular office hours.
MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY ELECTRIC REPRESENTATIVE: The person or persons designated by the Village to be responsible for the implementation of this Chapter on behalf of the Village during emergencies and at all times other than the Village's regular office hours.
OTHER WAYS: Rights of way within the Village that are under the jurisdiction and control of a governmental entity other than the Village.
OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES: Poles, wires, cables and other overhead apparatus used in the distribution of electricity of not to exceed 14,000 volts.
OVERHEAD FACILITIES: Transmission and distribution utility facilities located on or above the surface of the ground, including the underground foundations or supports for such facilities.
PERSON: One or more individuals, associations, firms, partnerships, trusts, private corporations, Municipal corporations, receivers or trustees.
PUBLIC PROPERTY: All real property and all improvements thereon, owned, leased to, leased by or otherwise controlled by the Village.
PUBLIC WAYS: The surface, the air space above the surface and the area below the surface of any public right of way, including but not limited to any street, highway, avenue, drive, boulevard, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, waterway, bridge, tunnel, park, parkway or other public right of way including public utility easements or rights of way over which the Village has jurisdiction, and any temporary or permanent fixtures or improvements located thereon now or hereafter held by the Village in which the Village holds rights sufficient, without consent of any other person, to permit Licensee the use thereof for the purpose of installing or maintaining Licensee's electric system.
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES: Includes all lines, equipment and structures used in the transmission, distribution or sale or electric energy, wherever located. Transmission and distribution facilities include high voltage transmission lines.
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES: Transmission and distribution facilities located under the surface of the ground, excluding the underground foundations or supports for overhead facilities.
UTILITY FACILITIES: Include, but are not limited to, property, land, structures, equipment, plants, works, systems and improvements of the Licensee, such as pipes, electric substations, conduits, wires, transformers, cables, poles and meters, used in the production, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity within the Village. Utility facilities includes all generating facilities, transmission and distribution facilities, overhead facilities and underground facilities.
VILLAGE: The Village of Green Oaks. (Ord. 92-26, 11-18-92)