{"data":{"id":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-7352","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"15 Pa.C.S. § 7352","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n\"Certified territory.\" An unincorporated area as certified pursuant to section 7354 (relating to boundaries of certified territories; hearings).\n\"Commission.\" The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission of the Commonwealth.\n\"Electric-consuming facilities.\" Everything that utilizes electric energy from a central station source.\n\"Existing distribution line.\" An electric line of a design voltage of 35 kV phase to phase or less which on July 30, 1975:\n(1) was located in an unincorporated area; and\n(2) was or had been used for retail electric service.\n\"Hearing.\" A hearing by the commission pursuant to reasonable notice to all affected retail electric suppliers.\n\"Retail electric service.\" Electric service furnished to a consumer for ultimate consumption, but not including wholesale electric energy furnished by an electric supplier to another electric supplier for resale.\n\"Retail electric supplier.\" Any person, exclusive of a municipal corporation, engaged in the furnishing of retail electric service. The term shall apply only to a retail electric supplier which is an electric cooperative corporation and to a retail electric supplier which is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission for rates, terms and conditions for electric service and has a mutual boundary in an unincorporated area with an electric cooperative corporation.\n\"Unincorporated area.\" A geographical area outside the corporate limits of cities and boroughs.","path":["Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS","PART II CORPORATIONS","SUBPART D COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS","ARTICLE B DOMESTIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION ANCILLARIES","CHAPTER 73 ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C UNINCORPORATED AREA CERTIFIED TERRITORY"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=15\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=73\u0026sctn=52\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-28 (Statute Update stamp, 15 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:13Z","sha256":"9554fbcec1249b711751eb47263f8b8c5e908593d5bca30f55be34239d475491","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-7351","next":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-7353"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}