Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 1 > Chapter 1.1 - Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Council: means the advisory council to the office of utility consumer counselor created under section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-1-1.1-1
• Counselor: means the consumer counselor established under section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-1-1.1-1
• Deputy consumer counselor: means the deputy consumer counselor for Washington affairs that may be established under section 9. See Indiana Code 8-1-1.1-1
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Utility: means any public utility, municipally owned utility or subscriber owned utility under the jurisdiction of the commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1.1-1