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ELECTRIC RULES CUSTOMER CLASSIFICATION RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS A residential customer is defined to include each separate house, flat, or other living quarters occupied by a person or persons constituting a distinct household using energy for general illumination, for operating household appliances, and space heating. Residential lighting use may be extended to include the use of energy for lighting private garages, private barns, or buildings which are adjacent to, connected with, and used exclusively for the residence being served. APARTMENT HOUSES General practice is to meter each apartment/ living unit separately as defined as residential customers above. service is included with the rent or combine all service on one meter, will be billed as follows: Each apartment or unit occupied or unoccupied shall be considered as a separate unit in determining the basis for billing. The blocks of energy in the applicable rate will be multiplied by the number of units. Building lighting,washers, and dryers used generally by all the building occupants, may be on one meter and classified as one apartment. NON-DEMAND CUSTOMERS A commercial customer is defined to include each separate business enterprise, occupation, or institutiontaking service through a single meter, occupying for its exclusive use any unit or units of space (such as an entire building, entire floor, suite of rooms, or a single room), and using energy or the illumination of such space and for such incidental use as theschedule of rates applicable to the particular installation may permit. Where a commercial unit and one or more residential units are combined so as to obtain electric service through one meter, the commercial rate shall apply. Where a single business enterprise, or institution, occupies more than one unit of space in the conduct of the same business, each separate unit will be metered separately and considered a distinct customer, unless the customer makes the necessary provisions for approved circuits and loops by which to connect the different units to permit the metering of all the energy in the various units through one meter. DEMAND CUSTOMER A demand customer is defined to include each separate business, enterprise or institution occupying, for its exclusive use, any unit or units of space ( such as an entire building, entire floor, suite of rooms, or a single room), and using energy for driving motors larger than those permitted by the residential and commercial rates. A demand customer has a 15 minute electric demand greater than 50 kW. Where a single business, enterprise or institution occupies more than one unit of space in the conduct of the same business and requires energy for power purposes ( as defined herein in each unit of space), each unit will be metered separately and considered as a distinct customer unless the customer makes the necessary provisions for approved circuits and loops by which to connect the different units to permit the metering of all the energy used for power purposesin the various units through one meter. 6 75