§ 49-20-01 — Definitions

North Dakota § 49-20-01

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 49: Public Utilities
• Ch. 49-20: Electric Companies

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise clearly requires:
1. "Electrical supply lines" shall mean those electrical conductors and their necessary
supporting and containing structures which are used for transmitting a supply of
electrical energy.
2. "Operation" shall be construed and applied only in relation to the manner of operating
the lines referred to so as to avoid or minimize the hazard of injury to persons or
property and to avoid or mitigate interference with the service of signal lines.
3. "Signal lines" shall mean those lines for public or private signal or communication
service and devoted exclusively to the transmission of signals or intelligence which
operate at not more than four hundred volts to ground or seven hundred fifty volts
between any two points of the circuit and the transmitted power of which does not
exceed one hundred fifty watts.