Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 17 > Part 9 - Community Renewable Energy Act

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Auxiliary services: means those services necessary to safely and reliably:
            (1)(a)(i) interconnect and transmit electric power from any clean energy resource constructed or acquired for a community clean energy program; and
            (1)(a)(ii) integrate and supplement electric power from any clean energy resource. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Clean energy resource: means :
       (3)(a) electric energy generated by a source that is naturally replenished and includes one or more of the following:

            (3)(a)(i) wind;

            (3)(a)(ii) solar photovoltaic or thermal solar technology;

            (3)(a)(iii) a geothermal resource; or

            (3)(a)(iv) a hydroelectric plant including a pumped storage hydropower facility;
       (3)(b) use of an energy efficient and sustainable technology the commission has approved for implementation that:

            (3)(b)(i) increases efficient energy usage;

            (3)(b)(ii) is capable of being used for demand response;

            (3)(b)(iii) facilitates the use and development of clean generation resources through electrical grid management or energy storage; or

            (3)(b)(iv) uses carbon capture utilization and sequestration; or
       (3)(c) energy derived from nuclear fuel. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission created in Section 54-1-1. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Community clean energy program: means the program approved by the commission under Section 54-17-904 that allows a qualified utility to provide electric service from one or more clean energy resources to a participating customer within a participating community. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• County: means the unincorporated area of a county. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Division: means the Division of Public Utilities created in Section 54-4a-1. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Initial opt-out period: means the period of time immediately after the community clean energy program's commencement, as established by the commission by rule made pursuant to Section 54-17-909, during which a participating customer may elect to leave the program without penalty. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Municipality: means a city or a town as defined in Section 10-1-104. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Office: means the Office of Consumer Services created in Section 54-10a-101. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Ongoing costs: means the costs allocated to the state for transmission and distribution facilities, retail services, and generation assets that are not replaced assets. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Participating community: means a municipality or a county:
       (12)(a) whose residents are served by a qualified utility; and
       (12)(b) the municipality or county meets the requirements in Section 54-17-903. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Participating customer: means :
       (13)(a) a customer of a qualified utility located within the boundary of a municipality or county where a community clean energy program has been approved by the commission; and
       (13)(b) the customer has not exercised the right to not participate in the community clean energy program as provided in Section 54-17-905. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Qualified utility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 54-17-801. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Replaced asset: means an existing thermal energy resource:
       (15)(a) that was built or acquired, in whole or in part, by a qualified utility to serve the qualified utility's customers, including customers within a participating community;
       (15)(b) that was built or acquired prior to commission approval and the effective date of the community clean energy program; and
       (15)(c) to the extent the asset is no longer used to serve participating customers. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Solicitation: means a request for proposals or other invitation for persons to submit a bid or proposal through an open bid process for construction or acquisition of a significant energy resource. See Utah Code 54-17-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5