§ 53. Application. For purposes of this article, a reference to a gas
corporation, an electric corporation, a utility company, or a utility
corporation shall include, but is not limited to, any entity that, in
any manner, sells or facilitates the sale or furnishing of gas or
electricity to residential customers. No provision of this article or of
this chapter authorizes or permits the provision of gas or electricity
service by any such corporation or other entity in any manner other than
in full compliance with the provisions of this article or to authorize
the commission to waive compliance with any requirement of this article
for any such corporation or other entity.