(1) Used in the furtherance of repairing,  maintaining,  or  operating
any  structures  or  any  other  physical  facilities  necessary for the
delivery  of  public  utility  services,  including  the  furnishing  of
electric,  gas  or  steam service, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, and
television cable or community antenna service;
  (2) While engaged in any activity necessarily related to the  ultimate
delivery  of such public utility services to consumers, including travel
or movement  to,  from,  upon,  or  between  activity  sites  (including
occasional  travel  or movement outside the service area necessitated by
any utility emergency as determined by the utility provider); and
  (3) Except for any occasional emergency use, operated primarily within
the service area of a utility's subscribers or consumers, without regard
to whether the vehicle is owned, leased, or rented by the utility.