As used in ORS 30.180 to 30.186: (1) Customer means the person in whose name a utility service is provided. (2) Divert means to change the intended course or path of the utility service without the authorization or consent of the utility. (3) Person means any individual, partnership, firm, association, 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 a private corporation, a municipal corporation or an agency thereof, any other public corporation or any district that provides electricity, gas, water, telephone or cable television to customers on a retail or wholesale basis. (7) Utility service means the provision of electricity, gas, water, telephone, cable television, electronic communications, steam or any other service or commodity furnished by the utility for compensation.
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