476.72 - DEFINITIONS.

        476.72  DEFINITIONS.         As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires:         1.  "Affiliate" means a party that directly, or indirectly      through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is      under common control with a rate-regulated public utility.         2.  "Control" means the possession, direct or indirect, of the      power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies      of an enterprise through ownership, by contract or otherwise.         3.  "Nonutility service" includes the sale, lease, or other      conveyance of commercial and residential gas or electric appliances,      interior lighting systems and fixtures, or heating, ventilating, or      air conditioning systems and component parts or the servicing,      repair, or maintenance of such equipment.         4.  "Public utility" includes only gas or electric rate-      regulated public utilities and rate-regulated telephone utilities      providing local exchange telecommunication service.         5.  "Utility business" means the generation or transmission of      electricity or furnishing of gas or furnishing electricity or      furnishing rate-regulated communications services to the public for      compensation.  
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         89 Acts, ch 103, § 3