Definitions

The following definitions apply to rules 4009, 4010, and 4976, unless a specific statute or rule provides otherwise. In the event of a conflict between these definitions and a statutory definition, the statutory definition shall apply.#

(a)"Civil penalty" means any monetary penalty levied against a public utility because of intentional violations of statutes in Articles 1 to 7 and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S., Commission rules, or Commission orders.#

(b)"Civil penalty assessment" means the act by the Commission of imposing a civil penalty against a public utility after the public utility has admitted liability or has been adjudicated by the Commission to be liable for intentional violations of statutes in Articles 1 to 7 and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S., Commission rules, or Commission orders.#

(c)"Civil penalty assessment notice" means the written document by which a public utility is given notice of an alleged intentional violation of statutes in Articles 1 to 7 and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S., Commission rules, or Commission orders and of a proposed civil penalty.#

(d)"Intentional violation." A person acts "intentionally" or "with intent" when his conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute, rule, or order defining the violation.#