[PART V. RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS]

 

§269-91  [Definitions.]  For thepurposes of this [part]:

"Biofuels" means liquid or gaseousfuels produced from organic sources such as biomass crops, agriculturalresidues and oil crops, such as palm oil, canola oil, soybean oil, wastecooking oil, grease, and food wastes, animal residues and wastes, and sewageand landfill wastes.

"Cost-effective" means the ability toproduce or purchase electric energy or firm capacity, or both, from renewableenergy resources at or below avoided costs or as the commission otherwisedetermines to be just and reasonable consistent with the methodology set by thepublic utilities commission in accordance with section 269-27.2.

"Electric utility company" means apublic utility as defined under section 269-1, for the production, conveyance,transmission, delivery, or furnishing of power.

"Electric utility company" means apublic utility as defined under section 269-1, for the production, conveyance,transmission, delivery, or furnishing of power.

"Renewable electrical energy" means:

(1)  Electrical energy generated using renewableenergy as the source; and

(2)  Electrical energy savings brought about by:

(A)  The use of renewable displacement oroff-set technologies, including solar water heating, sea-water air-conditioningdistrict cooling systems, solar air-conditioning, and customer-sited,grid-connected renewable energy systems; provided that, beginning January 1,2015, electrical energy savings shall not include customer-sited,grid-connected renewable-energy systems; or

(B)  The use of energy efficiency technologies,including heat pump water heating, ice storage, ratepayer-funded energyefficiency programs, and use of rejected heat from co-generation and combinedheat and power systems, excluding fossil-fueled qualifying facilities that sellelectricity to electric utility companies and central station power projects.

"Renewable energy" means energygenerated or produced using the following sources:

(1)  Wind;

(2)  The sun;

(3)  Falling water;

(4)  Biogas, including landfill and sewage-baseddigester gas;

(5)  Geothermal;

(6)  Ocean water, currents, and waves, including oceanthermal energy conversion;

(7)  Biomass, including biomass crops, agriculturaland animal residues and wastes, and municipal solid waste and other solidwaste;

(8)  Biofuels; and

(9)  Hydrogen produced from renewable energysources.

"Renewable portfolio standard" meansthe percentage of electrical energy sales that is represented by renewableelectrical energy. [L 2001, c 272, §2; am L 2004, c 95, §4; am L 2006, c 162, §4;am L 2009, c 50, §3 and c 155, §2]