Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Bid rate: means the rate proposed under a qualified bid for the output of a distributed generation resource in response to a competitive procurement solicitation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Clearing price: means the highest bid rate accepted by the commission for a procurement under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Credit rate: means the per?kilowatt?hour rate used to calculate the monetary value of a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Distributed generation resource: means an electric generating facility with a nameplate capacity of less than 5 megawatts that uses a renewable fuel or technology under section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3 and is located in the service territory of a transmission and distribution utility in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Energy storage system: means a commercially available technology that uses mechanical, chemical or thermal processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Kilowatt: means 1,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Megawatt: means 1,000,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Nameplate capacity: means the installed or rated capacity of a power generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Offer: means a proposal to install and operate a distributed generation resource of a specified capacity in exchange for a contract with a standard buyer designated pursuant to section 3483. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Output: means energy, capacity, renewable energy certificates and all other environmental attributes and market products that are available or may become available from a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481
- Project sponsor: means an entity or its successor or assignee that owns or operates:
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