Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 58 > Chapter 33 > Article 3 - Certification of Major Utility Facilities

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• certificate: means a certificate of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• commence to construct: means any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of the site or route of a major utility facility, but does not include surveying or changes needed for temporary use of sites or routes for nonutility purposes, or uses in securing geological data, including necessary borings to ascertain foundation conditions. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• commission: means Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• land: means any real estate or any estate or interest therein, including water and riparian rights, regardless of the use to which it is devoted. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• major utility facility: means :
  
  (a) electric generating plant and associated facilities designed for, or capable of, operation at a capacity of more than seventy-five megawatts. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• municipality: means any county or municipality within this State. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• person: includes any individual, group, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative, association, government subdivision, government agency, local government, municipality, any other organization, or any combination of any of the foregoing, and shall include the South Carolina Public Service Authority. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• utility: means any person engaged in the generating, distributing, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity for public use. See South Carolina Code 58-33-20