law: Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 
  2. Definitions 
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
  (a) "Central Commission" means the Central Electricity
  
  Regulatory Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 3;
  (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the
  
  Commission;
  (c) "Commission" means the Central Commission or the
  
  State Commission, as the case may be;
  (d) "High Court" means- 
  (i) the High Court within the jurisdiction of
  
  which the aggrieved party ordinarily resides or carries on business or
  
  personally works for gain; and
  (ii) where the Central Government is the
  
  aggrieved party, the High Court within the jurisdiction of which the
  
  respondent, or in a case where there are more than one respondent, any of the
  
  respondents ordinarily resides or carries on business or personally works for
  
  gain;
  (e) "inter-State transmission" includes- 
  (i) the conveyance of energy by means of a
  
  main transmission line from the territory of one State to the territory of
  
  another State;
  (ii) the conveyance of energy across the
  
  territory of an intervening State as well as conveyance within the State which
  
  is incidental to such inter-State transmission of energy;
  (iii) the transmission of energy within the
  
  territory on a system built, owned, operated, maintained or controlled by a
  
  central transmission utility or by any person under the supervision and control
  
  of a central transmission utility;
  (f) "licensee" means a person licensed under Part II
  
  of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 to supply energy or a person who has
  
  obtained sanction under section 28 of that Act to engage in the business of
  
  supplying energy (but does not include the Board or a Generating company.);
  (g) "Member" means the Member of the Commission and
  
  includes the Chairperson but does not include a Member, ex officio;
  (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under
  
  this Act;
  (i) "regulations" means regulations made under this
  
  Act;
  (j) "State Commission" means the State Electricity
  
  Regulatory Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 17;
  (k) "transmission utility" means any generating
  
  company, board, licensee or other person engaged in the transmission of energy;
  
  
  (l) "utility" means any person or entity engaged in the
  
  generation, transmission, sale, distribution or supply, as the case may be, of
  
  energy;
  (m) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but
  
  defined in the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 or the Indian Electricity Act,
  
  1910 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.