Delaware Code > Title 26 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter IV – Regulatory Provisions
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| § 401 | Resident agent |
| § 402 | Previous and current meter readings |
| § 403 | Expansion of facilities and services of water companies in State |
| § 404 | Relocation of residential gas meters and other equipment |
Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 26 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter IV - Regulatory Provisions
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Public utility: includes every individual, partnership, association, corporation, joint stock company, agency or department of the State or any association of individuals engaged in the prosecution in common of a productive enterprise (commonly called a "cooperative"), their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that now operates or hereafter may operate for public use within this State, (however, electric cooperatives shall not be permitted directly or through an affiliate to engage in the production, sale or distribution of propane gas or heating oil), any natural gas, electric (excluding electric suppliers as defined in § 1001 of this title), electric transmission by other than a public utility over which the Commission has no supervisory or regulatory jurisdiction pursuant to § 202(a) or (g) of this title, water, wastewater (which shall include sanitary sewer charge), telecommunications (excluding telephone services provided by cellular technology or by domestic public land mobile radio service) service, system, plant or equipment. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Water utility: shall mean any person or entity operating within this State any water service, system, plant or equipment for public use. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302