Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 39-26.2 - Distributed Generation Standard Contracts

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Annual target: means the target for total renewable energy nameplate capacity of new distributed-generation standard contracts set out in Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Board: shall mean the distributed generation standard contract board established pursuant to the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Chairperson: means the chairperson of the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Commission: means the Rhode Island public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Commissioner: means a member of the public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Company: means and includes a person, firm, partnership, corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, association, joint-stock association or company, and his, her, its, or their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Customer: means a company taking service from an electric distribution company at a single point of delivery or meter location. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Distributed-generation contract capacity: means ten percent (10%) of an electric distribution company's minimum long-term contract capacity under the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy in Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Distributed-generation facility: means an electrical-generation facility that is a newly developed renewable energy resource as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Distributed-generation project: means a distinct installation of a distributed-generation facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Division: means the division of public utilities and carriers. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Electric distribution company: means a company defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12), supplying standard-offer service, last-resort service, or any successor service to end-use customers, but not including the Block Island Power Company or the Pascoag Utility District. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
  • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
  • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
  • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
• Office: means the Rhode Island office of energy resources. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Program year: means a calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Renewable energy classes: means categories for different renewable energy technologies using eligible renewable energy resources as defined by § 39-26-5. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
• Renewable energy credit: means a New England Generation Information System renewable energy certificate as defined in § 39-26-2(14);

  (13)  "Small distributed-generation project" means a distributed-generation, renewable energy project that has a nameplate capacity within the following: Solar: fifty kilowatts (50 KW) to five hundred kilowatts (500 KW); Wind: fifty kilowatts (50 KW) to one and one-half megawatts (1. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3

• Standard contract: means a contract with a term of fifteen (15) years at a fixed rate for the purchase of all capacity, energy, and attributes generated by a distributed-generation facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3