2. Unless the context indicates otherwise,“distribution system” means the whole of the conduits, equipment, apparatus, structures, gas meters, meters and other devices and accessories intended for the supply, transmission or delivery of natural gas in a given territory, except a gas pipe or line installed in, under or on the exterior face of a house, plant, building or other structure of any consumer;
“distributor” means a person or partnership holding exclusive distribution rights or exercising such rights as lessee, trustee, liquidator or assignee;
“natural gas” means methane in gaseous or liquid form;
“storage” means any accumulation of natural gas in an underground or overground reservoir.