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Water ComparedGlossaryincluding demand-management servicesand aggregation services, to consumers.Exempt telecommunications company(ETC). A wholly-owned subsidiary of anelectric or gas holding company that offerstelecommunications services. Formationof an ETC usually involves a merger, jointventure, or strategic alliance with atelecommunications company. The 1996Telecommunications Act removed federalbarriers to entry for such entities. (NRRI)Extended area service. The result ofbroadening the telephone service area inwhich no long distance charges areassessed. Usually applied to a geographicarea within a "community of interest."Economic development rate. Specialdiscount rates offered to attract newbusinesses to the area or to entice existingbusinesses to expand.Eminent domain. Right of thegovernment and other entities to takeprivate property for public use.Energy Policy Act of 1992. Federallegislation that removed restrictions onownership of wholesale electric generatingfacilities and limitations on access totransmission of wholesale electric power.Enhanced telephone services. Moreteclmologically advanced telephoneservice, including voice messaging,protocol conversion, data base services,etc.EPA. Enviromnental Protection Agency.Established in 1970 by the NationalEnviromnental Policy Act of 1969.Equal access. Generally, the principle thatall legitimate interests must have the sameopportunity to access a given network (forexample, local exchange companynetworks).Facilities-based carrier. Telephoneutility that owns its own transmissionfacilities.FCC. Federal CommunicationsCommission. Established in 1934 by theFederal Communications Act.FERC. Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission. Established in 1977.FERC Order 436. Issued October 1985to encourage freer movement of naturalgas through pipelines. Pipeline companiesmust offer the same contract carriage termsto all customers in order to take advantageof special FERC blanket certificates ofautomatic approval.FERC Order 636. Issued in 1992 to openthe natural gas pipeline industry tocompetition by requiring open access totransportation.FERC Order 888. Rule implementing ·the 1992 Energy Policy Act provisions foropen access to electricity transmissionlines. Addresses equal access to thetransmission grid for all wholesale buyersand sellers, transmission pricing, and therecovery of stranded costs. (EnergyInformation Administration)FERC Order 889. Rule implementingthe 1992 Energy Policy Act provisions foropen access to electricity transmissionlines. Requires jurisdictional utilities thatown or operate transmission facilities toestablish electronic systems to shareNAWC 157September 1998