“Accessible” means capable of being reached quickly for operation, removal or inspection without requiring those desiring access to climb ladders, to climb over or remove obstacles or to unlock doors.

“Class of service” means type of service rendered by the utility to a customer under a particular rate schedule.

“Commission” means the Alaska Public Utilities Commission.

“Cost” means the total cost to the utility to construct and install a facility or provide a service including administrative and material overhead and payroll costs.

“Customer” means any person, firm, association, or corporation, or any agency of Federal, State, or local government, being supplied with electric service by an electric utility.

“Delivery point” means the point at which the customer accepts delivery of electricity and is normally located where the customer’s service equipment and the utility’s system are connected.

“Electric plant” includes all real estate, fixtures and property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery or furnishing of electricity for light, heat or power.

“Meter” means, unless otherwise qualified, a device that measures and registers the integral of an electrical quantity with respect to time.

“Meter shop” means a shop where meters are inspected, repaired and tested, and may be at a fixed location or may be mobile.

“Peak demand” means the maximum rate of energy use, measured in kilowatts.

“Premises” means the real property of a customer in a single location being served by the utility.

“Primary service” means the conductors and equipment necessary to supply the customer with electricity at the available primary voltage of 2,400 volts.

“Raceway” means a channel for holding wires, cables or bus-bars, which is designed expressly and used solely for that purpose.

“Salvage value” means the value of retired facilities and equipment as estimated by the utility.

“Secondary service” means service at available voltage of less than 2,400 volts.

“Service conductors” means the supply conductors which extend from the street main or from transformers to the service equipment on the premises being supplied with service.

“Service equipment” means the necessary equipment to control and meter the electric energy furnished by the utility at its point of delivery to the customer.

“Tariff” means the rate schedule, rules and regulations and other documents adopted by the utility as tariffs.

“Temporary service” means service provided on an interim basis during a construction phase or any other service provided by use of facilities which cannot be reused or continued as permanent facilities and must be removed when the temporary need has ceased. The duration of the service will not be considered as a controlling factor in the determination of whether a service is temporary in nature.

“Utility” means the City of Saint Paul doing business as St. Paul Municipal Electric Utility. [Ord. 23-04 § 2 (Att.), 2023. Code 1979 EU § 12.0. Formerly 13.05.120.]