For purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows:
(a) “Btu” means British thermal unit.
(b) “Mcf” means 1,000 standard cubic feet of gas. A standard cubic foot of gas is the quantity of gas, which would occupy a volume of one cubic foot when such gas is at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit and at a pressure of 14.73 psia.
(c) “Cfh” means cubic feet per hour.
(d) “Village of Obetz, Ohio” means the Village of Obetz, Ohio.
(e) “Customer” means any company receiving natural gas from the Village of Obetz, Ohio’s natural gas distribution system.
(f) “Decatherm” or “Dth” means 1,000,000 Btu or ten therms.
(g) “Gas” means natural gas, including associated liquefiable hydrocarbons, which is produced from gas wells. “Gas” also includes oil well gas that is produced in association with crude oil and synthetic or substitute natural gas.
(h) “Main” or “gas main” means the Village of Obetz, Ohio’s gas lines that can be tapped with customers’ service lines or service connections.
(i) “Person” means the State of Ohio, any political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership or other legal entity.
(j) “Psia” means pounds per square inch absolute.
(k) “Service line” or “service connection” means the complete line or connection between the Village of Obetz, Ohio’s main up to and including the meter connection. “Service line” or “service connection” consists of two parts:
(1) The service line connection, which consists of the connection at the main, necessary pipe and appurtenances to extend to the property line or the curb cock location, curb cock and curb box. The Village of Obetz, Ohio or its representative, at the customer’s expense, shall make the service line connection. The service line connection shall remain the property of the Village of Obetz, Ohio; and
(2) The customer service line that consists of the pipe from the outlet of the curb cock to the meter connection. The customer service line shall be installed and maintained by the customer. The Village of Obetz - Gas Department shall provide one meter per service line at the Village of Obetz, Ohio’s expense.
(l) “Therm” means 100,000 Btu.
(m) “Transmission and distribution system” means gas facilities owned, and under contract, by the Village of Obetz, Ohio which are interconnected with the interstate pipelines which transport gas to the Village of Obetz, Ohio and are used to deliver gas to the customer.
(n) “Unaccounted for gas” mean the volume of gas retained by the Village of Obetz, Ohio to offset the amount of gas that enters the Village of Obetz, Ohio’s transmission and distribution system for such customers but cannot be accounted for through such customers’ meter reading.
(o) “Unit of gas” means the designation of Btu, Ccf, decatherm or therm by which gas is sold or transported for billing purposes.
(p) “Volume of gas” means the number of units of gas expressed in Btus, Ccf, decatherms or therms. (Ord. 33-02. Passed 5-6-02.)