Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 4132
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 4132
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Service or the Commissioner's designee. See
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Liquid fossil fuel: means heating oils, light and heavy diesel oil, motor gasoline, propane, butane, residual fuel oils, kerosene, and aviation fuels. See
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Prime supplier: means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity that makes the first sale of any liquid fossil fuel into the State distribution system for consumption within the State. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
§ 4132. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Consumer” means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity that purchases liquid fossil fuels for ultimate consumption within Vermont.
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Service or the Commissioner’s designee.
(3) “Distributor” means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity that purchases or markets liquid fossil fuels from a prime supplier or any other source and resells those fuels to consumers within Vermont.
(4) “Liquid fossil fuel” means heating oils, light and heavy diesel oil, motor gasoline, propane, butane, residual fuel oils, kerosene, and aviation fuels.
(5) “Petroleum set-aside” means the amount of liquid fossil fuel that is made available from the total supply of a prime supplier for utilization by the Department of Public Service pursuant to this chapter to resolve hardships and emergencies due to energy shortages.
(6) “Prime supplier” means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity that makes the first sale of any liquid fossil fuel into the State distribution system for consumption within the State. (Added 1981, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 15, 1982; amended 1983, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 19, 1984.)