Section 1220-01-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) Any term used in these rules that has been defined by statute shall have the meaning given the term in that particular statute.(2) Any term defined in a chapter of these rules shall have the meaning as therein provided for the purposes of that chapter.(3) In addition, for the purpose of these rules generally, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) "Commission," when used to refer to an agency of the State of Tennessee, means the Tennessee Public Utility Commission.(b) "Hearing Officer" includes "Hearing Examiner," as defined in T.C.A. § 65-2-111; "Administrative Judge," as defined in T.C.A. § 4-5-102(1); and "Hearing Officer," as defined in T.C.A. § 4-5-102(4).(c) "Company" means any person subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission.(d) "Customer" means any person receiving services or goods from any company subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission.(e) "Commission Conference" means a "meeting" as that term is defined in T.C.A. § 8-44-102(b)(2).(f) "Person" means an individual or any form of organization recognized by law as an entity.(g) "Proprietary information" means documents and information in whatever form which, pursuant to a protective order in a contested case, have been specifically designated by the producing party as proprietary information and which the producing party in good faith deems to contain or constitute trade secrets, confidential research or development or commercially sensitive information.(h) "These rules" means Chapters 1 through 4 of Rules 1220-01, including any subsequent amendments thereto.(i) "Written" and "writing" includes printing, typewriting, or any other intentional reduction to readable form.(j) "Electronic Document" means any documents created in digital format on a computer, in a format compatible with software in use by the Commission, and transmitted to the Commission via floppy disks, zip disks, cd-rom, e-mail or other electronic means.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1220-01-01-.01
Original rule filed June 30, 2000; effective September 13, 2000. Administrative changes made to this chapter on April 27, 2018 pursuant to Public Chapter 94 of 2017; "Tennessee Regulatory Authority" references were changed to "Tennessee Public Utility Commission," "Authority" references were changed to "Commission," "Authority Director" references were changed to "Commissioner," and "Chief" references were changed to "Director."Authority: T.C.A. § 65-2-102.