As used in this chapter, the following terms mean the following:

(a) “Core gas customer” has the same meaning as that specified in the tariff of the gas corporation whose territory the customer in question lies within. A core small commercial customer account that is associated with and part of the same business operation as a noncore large commercial customer account is not a “core gas customer” for purposes of this chapter.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 980

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(b) “Core transport agent” means an entity that offers core gas procurement service to customers within the service territory of a gas corporation, but does not include a gas corporation, and does not include a public agency that offers gas service to core and noncore gas customers within its jurisdiction, or within the service territory of a local publicly owned gas utility. “Core transport agent” includes the unregulated affiliates and subsidiaries of a gas corporation.

(c) “Gas corporation” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 222.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 604, Sec. 4. (SB 656) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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