The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.
- (1) "Customer" means the person in whose name a utility service is provided.
- (2) "Divert" means to change the intended course or path of electricity, gas, or water without the authorization or consent of the utility.
- (3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation or government agency.
- (4) "Reconnection" means the commencement of utility service to a customer or other person after service has been lawfully disconnected by the utility.
- (5) "Tamper" means to rearrange, injure, alter, interfere with, or otherwise prevent from performing the normal or customary function.
- (6) "Utility" means an electrical company, gas company, or water company as those terms are defined in RCW 80.04.010, and includes an electrical, gas, or water system operated by a public agency.
- (7) "Utility service" means the provision of electricity, gas, water, or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation.
[ 1989 c 109 s 1.]