18 CFR § 381.102 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s381.102"
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title: "18 CFR § 381.102 - Definitions."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "381.102"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "W"
subchapter_name: "REVISED GENERAL RULES"
part_number: "381"
part_name: "FEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 717-717w; 16 U.S.C. 791-828c, 2601-2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App. U.S.C. 1-85."
regulatory_source: "Order 360, 49 FR 5081, Feb. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "381"
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# 381.102 Definitions.
For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply.
(a) *Person* means any person, group, association, organization, partnership, corporation, or business, except those authorized to engage in the transaction of official business for the United States Government.
(b) *Work year cost* means the ratio of the Commission's budgeted expenses during any given fiscal year to the authorized staff level for that fiscal year.
(c) *Work-month* means the amount of work represented by one employee's devotion of 100 percent of his or her time for one month.
(d) *Filing* means any application, tariff or rate filing, intervention, complaint, petition, request, or motion submitted to the Commission in connection with any of the services or benefits for which a fee is established in this part.