53 - Application.

§  53. Application. For purposes of this article, a reference to a gas  corporation, an electric corporation, a utility company,  or  a  utility  corporation  shall  include,  but is not limited to, any entity that, in  any manner, sells or facilitates  the  sale  or  furnishing  of  gas  or  electricity to residential customers. No provision of this article or of  this  chapter  authorizes or permits the provision of gas or electricity  service by any such corporation or other entity in any manner other than  in full compliance with the provisions of this article or  to  authorize  the  commission to waive compliance with any requirement of this article  for any such corporation or other entity.