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urn: urn:us-la:rs:46:192
citation: "R.S. 46:192"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 46 › Chapter 3 › Part I › Subpart C"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1980, number: 712, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

As used in this Subpart, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed to each, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Residential consumer" means an individual or family eligible for utility relief under the provisions of Title III of P.L. 96-223, the "Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980." 1

(2) "Utility" means any publicly owned, investor-owned, cooperative or municipally controlled company, corporation, partnership, business, system, or person which supplies gas or electricity or both to residential consumers in Louisiana.