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To help you understand the key issues facing our industry, please use the following glossary of terms:
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- Rack
- A metal bracket with porcelain spools to support low-voltage conductors and service wires.
- RAP
- Reconnect service at the pole.
- Rate Schedules
- Reflect the amount SCE charges for various services, when becoming a customer of the Company.
- RCAP
- Reconnect cut at pole.
- Receiver
- Appointed by the court, in a bankruptcy case, to manage that affairs of an enterprise in reorganization or liquidation.
- Recloser
- Device that is initiated when a power circuit breaker is opened and will close the breaker for a test after a pre-set length of time.
- Regulator
- A device for controlling the voltage of an electrical circuit.
- Relay
- A device that senses and responds to abnormal circuit conditions, supplying the power circuit breaker signal to open.
- Relayed
- The power circuit breaker has opened.
- Reliability
- Steady, predictable electric service. Continued reliability is a key component of industry restructuring.
- Remote Meter Dial
- Additional meter dial supplied by Edison customer when access problem exists.
- Resistance
- The opposition offered by a body or substance to a flow of electrons.
- Revenue
- A rate component that reflects customer charge, when applicable, and the basic rate. The yield from our investment.
- Riser
- The steel or plastic conduit strapped to a pole that encloses the underground cable to the overhead lines.
- Risers
- Wires or cables that are run vertically from one floor of a building to another to supply electric current.
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