Or. Admin. Code § 860-086-0010 - Definitions
For the purposes of OAR 860-086-0000 through 860-086-0040,
(1) "Administrator" means the nongovernmental
entity the Commission has designated under ORS
757.612(3)(d).
(2) "Affiliate" means a corporation or person
who has an affiliated interest, as defined in ORS
757.015, with a public
utility.
(3) "Aggregator" means an
entity that combines retail electricity customers into a buying group for the
purchase of electricity and related services.
(4) "Electric company" means an entity that
is subject to ORS 757.612 and is engaged in the
business of distributing electricity to retail electricity consumers in this
state. Electric company does not include a consumer-owned utility.
(5) "Electricity service supplier" or "ESS"
means a person or entity that offers to sell electricity services available
pursuant to direct access to more than one retail electricity consumer.
"Electricity service supplier" does not include an electric utility selling
electricity to retail electricity consumers in its own service territory. An
ESS can also be an aggregator.
(6)
"Proprietary customer information" means any information acquired, compiled, or
created by an electric or natural gas utility regarding a customer in the
normal course of providing electric or natural gas services that makes possible
the identification of any individual customer by matching the information with
the customer's name, address, account number, type or classification of
service, current or historical electricity or natural gas usage, expected
patterns of use, types of facilities used in providing service, individual
contract terms and conditions, price, current charges, billing records,
installed appliances or equipment if any, or any other information that the
customer has expressly requested not be disclosed. Information that is redacted
or organized in such a way as to make it impossible to identify the customer to
whom the information relates does not constitute proprietary customer
information.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757
Stats. Implemented: ORS 756.040 & 757.600 - 757.667
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