2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 17, Chapters 756 - 838
ORS Chapter 758
758.400 Definitions for ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475.
As used in ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Allocated territory means an area with boundaries established by a contract between persons furnishing a similar utility service and approved by the Public Utility Commission or established by an order of the commission approving an application for the allocation of territory.
(2) Person includes individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, cooperatives and municipalities, or their agent, lessee, trustee or referee.
(3) Utility service means service provided by any equipment, plant or facility for the distribution of electricity to users or the distribution of natural or manufactured gas to consumers through a connected and interrelated distribution system. Utility service does not include service provided through or by the use of any equipment, plant or facilities for the production or transmission of electricity or gas which pass through or over but are not used to provide service in or do not terminate in an area allocated to another person providing a similar utility service. [Formerly 757.605; 1979 c.62 2; 1985 c.550 8; 1987 c.447 101; 1999 c.59 232]
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