Section 15-1506. SCOPE OF CERTIFICATE

 

1506.1Each Certificate issued by the Commission shall indicate in which service category the holder of the Certificate is authorized to provide utility services, and any attached limitations or conditions.

 

1506.2There shall be six (6) service categories as follows:

 

(a)Electric Service - the activities of owning, operating, controlling, or managing any electric plant, within the District of Columbia, including any water plant, or water property, or water falls, or dam, or interpower stations, except where electricity is made, generated, produced, or transmitted by a private person or private corporation on or through private property solely for its own use or the use of tenants of its building and not for sale to or for use of others;

 

(b)Gas Service - the activities of manufacturing, making, distributing, or selling gas for light, heat, or power, or for any public use whatsoever in the District of Columbia, and owning, operating, controlling, or managing any gas plant in the District of Columbia, except where the gas is made or produced and distributed by the maker on or through private property solely for its own use or the use of its tenants and not for sale to or for the use of others;

 

(c)Telephone Service - the activities of owning, operating, controlling, or managing any plant, wires, poles, or property for the reception, transmission or communication of messages by telephone or telegraph, telephone or telephone apparatus or instruments, or any telephone or telegraph line or part of a telephone or telegraph line, used in the conduct of the business of affording, within the District of Columbia, telephonic or telegraphic communication for hire, or which lets or permits, within the District of Columbia, telephone or telegraph communication for hire;

 

(d)Common Carrier Service - the activities of owning, operating, controlling or managing any agency or agencies of public use for the conveyance of persons or property within the District of Columbia for hire, except for activities of taxicabs and other passenger vehicles for hire, steam railroads, express companies subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Washington Terminal Company, and the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company;

 

(e)Waterpower Service - the activities of owning, operating, managing, or controlling any plant or property, dam or water supply, canal, or power station for the development of waterpower for the generation of electrical current or other power or for the distribution or sale of such electrical current or other power within the District of Columbia; and

 

(f)Pipeline Service - the activities of owning, operating, managing or controlling the supply of any liquid, steam, or air through pipes or tubing to consumers for use or for lighting, heating, or cooling purposes or for power, within the District of Columbia.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 38 DCR 16, 21 (January 4, 1991).