For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CCF. The volume of gas at standard pressure and temperature in units of 100 cubic feet.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL CONSUMER. The owner or tenant of property used primarily for commercial or industrial uses, but does not include apartment houses or other multiple-family dwellings.
CONSUMER. Every person or business entity, individually or through agents, employees, officers, representatives, or permittees, makes a taxable purchase of electricity or natural gas services.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIER. Any person or business entity owning or operating facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity for sales, except any person owning or operating solar, water, or hydroelectric facilities with a designated generation capacity of less than 25 megawatts.
GAS SUPPLIER. Any person or business entity licensed by the State Corporation Commission to engage in the business of selling natural gas.
GAS UTILITY. A public utility authorized to furnish natural gas service in the state.
KILOWATT HOURS (kWh). 1,000 watts of electricity delivered by an electric supplier to an actual consumer, except that in the case of eligible customer-generators (sometimes called cogenerators) as defined in VA Code § 56-594, as amended, it means kWh supplied from the electric grid to such customer-generators, minus the kWh generated and fed back to the electric grid by such customer-generators.
PIPELINE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. A corporation or business entity, other than a pipeline transmission company which transmits, by means of a pipeline, natural gas, manufactured gas, or crude petroleum and the products or byproducts thereof to a purchaser for purposes of furnishing heat or light.
PIPELINE TRANSMISSION COMPANY. A corporation or business entity authorized to transmit natural gas, manufactured gas, or crude petroleum and the products or byproducts thereof in the public service by means of pipeline or pipelines from one point to another when such gas or petroleum is not for sale to an ultimate consumer for purposes of furnishing heat or light.
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER. The owner or tenant of property used primarily for residential purposes including, but not limited to, separately metered apartment houses and other multiple-family dwellings.
SERVICE PROVIDER. A person or business entity that delivers electricity to the consumer.
USED PRIMARILY. Relates to the larger portion of the use for which electric or natural gas utility service is furnished and for the purposes of this subchapter.
(1998 Code, § 58-52) (Ord. O-2001-01, passed 10-25-2000; Ord. O-2001-05, passed 2-13-2001; Ord. O-2023-15, passed 9-19-2023)