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SECTION 39-20-2

   § 39-20-2  Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following wordsshall have the following meanings:

   (1) "Commission" means the public utilities commission.

   (2) "Division" means the division of public utilities andcarriers.

   (3) "Domestic electric utility" means an electric utilityorganized under the laws of, or having its principal place of business in, thisstate.

   (4) "Electric generating facilities" means electricgenerating units rated five hundred (500) megawatts or above, and generatingstations in commercial generation on or before January 1, 1990 that aresubsequently altered or modified to increase the rating of such stations by atleast two hundred (200) megawatts, and related facilities including those forthe transmission of the capacity and related energy from such units or stations.

   (5) "Electric utility" means any individual, partnership,corporation, association, or entity, or subdivision thereof, private,governmental or other, wherever resident or organized, primarily engaged in thegeneration and sale or purchase and sale of electricity, or the transmissionthereof, for ultimate consumption by the public.

   (6) "Foreign electric utility" means any electric utilityother than a domestic electric utility.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-39 > Chapter-39-20 > 39-20-2

SECTION 39-20-2

   § 39-20-2  Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following wordsshall have the following meanings:

   (1) "Commission" means the public utilities commission.

   (2) "Division" means the division of public utilities andcarriers.

   (3) "Domestic electric utility" means an electric utilityorganized under the laws of, or having its principal place of business in, thisstate.

   (4) "Electric generating facilities" means electricgenerating units rated five hundred (500) megawatts or above, and generatingstations in commercial generation on or before January 1, 1990 that aresubsequently altered or modified to increase the rating of such stations by atleast two hundred (200) megawatts, and related facilities including those forthe transmission of the capacity and related energy from such units or stations.

   (5) "Electric utility" means any individual, partnership,corporation, association, or entity, or subdivision thereof, private,governmental or other, wherever resident or organized, primarily engaged in thegeneration and sale or purchase and sale of electricity, or the transmissionthereof, for ultimate consumption by the public.

   (6) "Foreign electric utility" means any electric utilityother than a domestic electric utility.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-39 > Chapter-39-20 > 39-20-2

SECTION 39-20-2

   § 39-20-2  Definitions. – In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following wordsshall have the following meanings:

   (1) "Commission" means the public utilities commission.

   (2) "Division" means the division of public utilities andcarriers.

   (3) "Domestic electric utility" means an electric utilityorganized under the laws of, or having its principal place of business in, thisstate.

   (4) "Electric generating facilities" means electricgenerating units rated five hundred (500) megawatts or above, and generatingstations in commercial generation on or before January 1, 1990 that aresubsequently altered or modified to increase the rating of such stations by atleast two hundred (200) megawatts, and related facilities including those forthe transmission of the capacity and related energy from such units or stations.

   (5) "Electric utility" means any individual, partnership,corporation, association, or entity, or subdivision thereof, private,governmental or other, wherever resident or organized, primarily engaged in thegeneration and sale or purchase and sale of electricity, or the transmissionthereof, for ultimate consumption by the public.

   (6) "Foreign electric utility" means any electric utilityother than a domestic electric utility.