R746-460-2. Definitions

  (1) "Express Consent" means consent that is provided orally or in writing (including via electronic communication), by the consenting customer after having received notification that the utility proposes to share Utility Customer Information with an affiliate, licensee, or third party:

  (a) explaining that the customer need not consent to the release of information in order to obtain utility service;

  (b) explaining that the customer may subsequently opt out of such sharing of information in the future by contacting the utility; and

  (c) providing clear instructions explaining how a customer may subsequently opt out of such sharing of information in the future.

  (2) "Large-Scale Electric Utility" has the meaning set forth in Section 54-2-1.

  (3) "Large-Scale Gas Utility" means a public utility that provides retail natural gas service to more than 200,000 retail customers in the state.

  (4) "Large-Scale Utility" means a Large-Scale Electric Utility or a Large-Scale Gas Utility.

  (5) "Utility Customer Information" means a Large-Scale Utility customer's name, address, telephone number, email address, or utility account number, or any combination thereof.

  (6) "Customer Usage Data" means an individual utility customer's billing, consumption data, or participation in any specific utility program.

  (7) "Small Business and Residential Customers" means

  (a) for a Large-Scale Electric Utility, all customers taking service under a residential rate class and any nonresidential customers whose loads have not registered 1,000 kW or greater more than once in the preceding 18-month period; and

  (b) for a Large-Scale Gas Utility, all customers within the GS rate classification, or, if there is no such rate classification, all customers whose usage does not exceed 1,250 dekatherms in any one day during the winter season.