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Rate Schedules and Policies

RSP B-2
Definition of Terms

Dwelling

A private suite of rooms used for living purposes in which the occupants have free access to all rooms.

Extension

Any extension to Maritime Electric's facilities.

Farm

A farm is a holding on which agricultural operations are carried out. Agricultural operations include the production of field crops including grain, vegetables, seed and forage crops; animal and dairy products including milk, cream, eggs, meat and poultry products, poultry hatcheries, nurseries and greenhouses for the production of crops or bedding plants, fur farms, apiaries, fish hatcheries and fish farms.

A farm may be operated by the operator's labour alone or with the assistance of members of the household or hired employees, or it may be operated by a partnership, corporation or other organization.

General Service

Rate categories for customers who use electricity for all purposes other than those specifically covered under the Residential, Industrial, Street Lighting or Unmetered Service classes.

Industrial Service

Rate categories for customers who use electricity chiefly for manufacturing, assembly or processing of goods, or the extraction of raw materials.

Maypole

The place specified by Maritime Electric at which power and energy supplied to a premises are measured.

Metering Equipment

Meters and associated equipment, approved by Measurement Canada (or such other authority as may be from time to time charged with such responsibility), required for measuring demand and/or energy supplied to the customer.

Metering Point

The place specified by Maritime Electric at which power and energy supplied to a premises are measured.

Maritime Electric Facilities

The generation, transmission and distribution systems up to the delivery point, together with the metering equipment provided, owned and maintained by Maritime Electric.

Overhead Secondary Service

Overhead secondary cables or conductors, together with their supports, extending from Maritime Electric's overhead distribution system to the delivery point.

 

RSP B-3
Definition of Terms


Premises

One of the following:

  • A complete building such as an office building, factory or house;
  • Part of a building such as a suite of offices in an office building or an apartment in an apartment building; the part of the building occupied must be adjoining and not include any space uncontrolled by the customer; or
  • A group of buildings served by one electric service considered as one customer for billing purposes.

Principal Residence

The dwelling used most of the time by a customer in a year.

Rate Category

Grouping of Customers to which a specific rate schedule applies; e.g., Residential - Rural, Residential - Urban..

Rental Facilities

Those facilities provided, owned and maintained by Maritime Electric for which the customer pays a rental charge.

Residential Service

Rate categories for domestic use, use in churches and farms.

Special Care Establishment

Premises used exclusively for the care of the elderly or disabled

Standard Industrial Classification (S.I.C.)

The standard coding system implemented by the Government of Canada for arranging the total of the national economic production by similar industries known as producing units. A system for arranging producing units into industries is known as an industrial classification. Maritime Electric uses the Standard Industrial Classification coding to assign the appropriate rate category to a customer.

Temporary Facilities

The generation, transmission and distribution systems up to the delivery point, together with the metering equipment provided, owned and maintained by Maritime Electric.

Underground Secondary Service

Customer owned underground secondary cables or conductors extending from the delivery point to the customer's service entrance.