Definition of Unauthorized Electrical Connections or Illegal Power Hook-Ups

12 GCA § 8402, under Guam Power Authority.

12 GCA § 8402

An illegal power hook-up is any connection to power lines which belong to the government of Guam, that is made without the prior written permission of the Guam Power Authority, or any power hook-up from a direct power line which bypasses or hinders meter registration. The conditions include, but are not limited to: (a) External jumpers; (b) Bypass on meter;

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(c) Tap ahead of electric meter; (d) Inverted (electric) or reversed substitution meter; (e) Manipulation of meter dials; (f) Foreign materials inside electric meter; (g) Open potential line; (h) Unmetered theft of service; (i) Metered theft of service; or (j) Any other unauthorized or illegal hook-up. SOURCE: Added as uncodified law by P.L. 24-031:2 (May 16, 1997). Codified to this section by the Compiler.