S; CORPORATIONS
AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION
CHAPTER 2. CORPORATION COMMISSION FIXED UTILITIES
ARTICLE 2. ELECTRIC UTILITIES
R14-2-201.
Definitions No Change
R14-2-202.
Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for electric utilities; filing requirements
on certain new plants No Change
R14-2-203.
Establishment of service - Modified
R14-2-204.
Minimum customer information requirements No Change
R14-2-205.
Master metering No Change
R14-2-206.
Service lines and establishments No Change
R14-2-207.
Line Extensions No Change
R14-2-208.
Provision of service No Change
R14-2-209
Meter reading - Modified
R14-2-210.
Billing and collection No Change
R14-2-211
Termination of service No Change
R14-2-212.
Administrative and hearing requirements No Change
R14-2-213
Conservation No Change
ARTICLE 16. RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION
R14-2-1601.
Definitions - Modified
R14-2-1602.
Commencement of Competition No Change
R14-2-1603.
Certificates of Convenience and Necessity - Modified
R14-2-1604.
Competitive Phases - Modified DOCKET NO. RE-00000C-94-0165
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R14-2-1605.
Competitive Services - Modified
R14-2-1606.
Services Required To Be Made Available - Modified
R14-2-1607.
Recovery of Stranded Cost of Affected Utilities No Change
R14-2-1608.
System Benefits Charges No Change
R14-2-1609.
Transmission and Distribution Access - Modified
R14-2-1610.
In-state Reciprocity No Change
R14-2-1611.
Rates - Modified
R14-2-1612.
Service Quality, Consumer Protection, Safety, and Billing Requirements - modified
R14-2-1613.
Reporting Requirements - Modified
R14-2-1614
Administrative Requirements No Change
R14-2-1615
Separation of Monopoly and Competitive Services - Modified
R14-2-1616.
Code of Conduct - Modified
R14-2-1617
Disclosure of Information - Modified DOCKET NO. RE-00000C-94-0165
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ARTICLE 2. ELECTRIC UTILITIES
R14-2-201.
Definitions
- No change
R14-2-202.
Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for electric utilities; filing requirements on certain
new plants
No change
R14-2-203.
Establishment of service
A.
No change.
B.
No change.
C.
No change.
D.
Service establishments, re-establishments or reconnection charge
1.
Each utility may make a charge as approved by the Commission for the establishment,
reestablishment, or reconnection of utility services, including transfers between Electric Service
Providers.
2.
Should service be established during a period other than regular working hours at the customer's
request, the customer may be required to pay an after-hour charge for the service connection.
Where the utility scheduling will not permit service establishment on the same day requested, the
customer can elect to pay the after-hour charge for establishment that day or his service will be
established on the next available normal working day.
3.
For the purpose of this rule, the definition of service establishments are where the customer's
facilities are ready and acceptable to the utility and the utility needs only to install a meter, read a
meter, or turn the service on.
4.
Service establishments with an Electric Service Provider will be scheduled for the next regular
meter read date if the direct access service request is provided processed 15 calendar days prior to
that date and appropriate metering equipment is in place. If a direct access service request is made
in less than 15 days prior to the next regular read date, service will be established at the next
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This section shall not apply to the establishment of new service, but is limited to a change of
providers of existing electric service.
E.

No change.
R14-2-204.
Minimum customer information requirements
No change
R14-2-205.
Master metering
No change
R14-2-206.
Service Lines and Establishments No Change
R14-2-207.
Line Extensions No Change
R14-2-208.
Provision of Service No Change
R14-2-209
Meter Reading
A.

No change.
B.

No change.
C.

Meter rereads
1.

Each utility or Meter Reading Service Provider shall at the request of a customer, or the
customers Electric Service Provider, Utility Distribution Company (as defined in A.A.C. R14-2-
1602) or billing entity reread that customers meter within 10 working days after such a request.
2.

Any reread may be charged to the customer, or the customers Electric Service Provider, Utility
Distribution Company (as defined in A.A.C. R14-2-1601) or billing entity making the request at a
rate on file and approved by the Commission, provided that the original reading was not in error.
3.

When a reading is found to be in error, the reread shall be at no charge to the customer, or the
customers Electric Service Provider, Utility Distribution Company (as defined in A.A.C. R14-2-
1601) or billing entity.
D.

No change.
E.

No change.
F.

No change.
R14-2-210.
Billing and collection
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R14-2-211
Termination of Service
No change
R14-2-212.
Administrative and hearing requirements
No change
R14-2-213
Conservation
No change
ARTICLE 16. RETAIL ELECTRIC COMPETITION
R14-2-1601.
Definitions
In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.
"Affected Utilities" means the following public service corporations providing electric service:
Tucson Electric Power Company, Arizona Public Service Company, Citizens Utilities
Company, Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Trico Electric Cooperative, Duncan
Valley Electric Cooperative, Graham County Electric Cooperative, Mohave Electric
Cooperative, Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, Navopache Electric
Cooperative, Ajo Improvement Company, and Morenci Water and Electric Company.
2.

Aggregator means an Electric Service Provider that, as part of its business, combines retail
electric customers into a purchasing group.
3.

Aggregation means the combination and consolidation of loads of multiple customers.
4.

Ancillary Services means those services designated as ancillary services in Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Order 888, including the services necessary to support the transmission of
electricity from resource to load while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system in
accordance with good utility practice.
5. 3.
Bundled Service means electric service provided as a package to the consumer including all
generation, transmission, distribution, ancillary and other services necessary to deliver and
measure useful electric energy and power to consumers.
6. 4.
Competition Transition Charge (CTC) is a means of recovering Stranded Costs.
7. 5.
Competitive Services means all aspects of retail electric service except those services DOCKET NO. RE-00000C-94-0165
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specifically defined as Noncompetitive Services pursuant to R14-2-1601(27) or noncompetitive
services as defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
8. 6.
Control Area Operator is the operator of an electric system or systems, bounded by
interconnection metering and telemetry, capable of controlling generation to maintain its
interchange schedule with other such systems and contributing to frequency regulation of the
interconnection.
9.7.
Consumer Education is the provision of impartial information to consumers about competition
or Competitive and Noncompetitive Services and is distinct from advertising and marketing.
10.8.
Current Transformer (CT) is an electrical device used in conjunction with an electric meter to
provide a measurement of energy consumption for metering purposes.
11.9.
Direct Access Service Request (DASR) means a form that contains all necessary billing and
metering information to allow customers to switch electric service providers. This form must be
submitted to the Utility Distribution Company by the customers Electric Service Provider.
12.10.
Delinquent Accounts means customer accounts with outstanding past due payment obligations
that remain unpaid after the due date.
13.11.
Distribution Primary Voltage is voltage as defined under the Affected Utilitys Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) Open Access Transmission Tariff, except for Meter Service
Providers, for which Distribution Primary Voltage is voltage at or above 600 volts (600V) through
and including 25 kilovolts (25 kV).
14.12.
Distribution Service means the delivery of electricity to a retail consumer through wires,
transformers, and other devices that are not classified as transmission services subject to the
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Distribution Service excludes
Metering Services, Meter Reading Services, and billing and collection services, as those terms are
used herein.
15.13.
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documents using standard formats which are recognized both nationally and internationally.
16.14.
Electric Service Provider (ESP) means a company supplying, marketing, or brokering at retail
any Competitive Services pursuant to a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.
17.15.
Electric Service Provider Service Acquisition Agreement or Service Acquisition Agreement
means a contract between an Electric Service Provider and a Utility Distribution Company to
deliver power to retail end users or between an Electric Service Provider and a Scheduling
Coordinator to schedule transmission service.
18.16.
Generation means the production of electric power or contract rights to the receipt of wholesale
electric power.
19.17.
Green Pricing means a program offered by an Electric Service Provider where customers