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The following words and terms, when used in this division, shall have the following respective meanings, except where the contest clearly indicates a different meaning: Consumer means every person who, individually or through agents, employees, officers, representatives or permitees, makes a taxable purchase of electricity or natural gas services in this jurisdiction. Gas utility means a public utility authorized to furnish natural gas service in Virginia. CCF means the volume of gas at standard pressure and temperature in units of 100 cubic feet. Kilowatt hours (kWh) delivered means 1000 watts of electricity delivered in a one hour period by an electric provider to an actual consumer, except that in the case of eligible customer-generators (sometimes called cogenerators) as defined in Section 56- 594 of the Code of Virginia (1950), it means kwh supplied from the electric grid to such customer-generators, minus the kwh generated and fed back to the electric grid by such customer-generators. Person means any individual, corporation, company or other entity. Pipeline distribution company means a person, other than a pipeline transmission company which transmits, by means of a pipeline, natural gas, manufactured gas or crude petroleum and the products or byproducts thereof to a purchaser for purposes of furnishing heat or light. Residential consumer means the owner or tenant of property used primarily for residential purposes, including but not limited to, apartment houses and other multiple- family dwellings. Service provider means a person who delivers electricity to a consumer or a gas utility or pipeline distribution company which delivers natural gas to a consumer. Used primarily means the larger portion of the use for which electric or natural gas utility servme is furnished. Sec. 35-321. Electric consumer utility tax levied; amount; (a) In accordance with Section 58.1-3814 of the Code of Virginia (1950), effective January 1, 2001, there is hereby imposed and levied a monthly tax on each purchase of electricity delivered to consumers by a service provider, classified as determined by such provider, as follows: