Michigan Laws > Chapter 460 > Act 295 of 2008 > Part 8 – Wind, Solar, and Storage Certification
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- Affected local unit: means a unit of local government in which all or part of a proposed energy facility will be located. See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Aircraft detection lighting system: means a sensor-based system designed to detect aircraft as they approach a wind energy facility and that automatically activates obstruction lights until they are no longer needed. See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Applicable regional transmission organization: means a nonprofit, member-based organization governed by an independent board of directors that serves as the regional transmission organization approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with oversight responsibility for the region that includes the provider's service territory. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
- Applicant: means an applicant for a certificate. See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Certificate: means a certificate issued for an energy facility under section 226(5). See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
- Commission: means the potato industry commission. See Michigan Laws 290.421
- Community-based organization: means a workforce development and training organization, labor union, local governmental entity, Michigan federally recognized tribe, environmental advocacy organization, or an organization that represents the interests of underserved communities. See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Compatible renewable energy ordinance: means an ordinance that provides for the development of energy facilities within the local unit of government, the requirements of which are no more restrictive than the provisions included in section 226(8). See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- Construction: means any substantial action taken constituting the placement, erection, expansion, or repowering of an energy facility. See Michigan Laws 460.1221
- 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.
- Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 290.421
- Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 290.421
- Director: means the director of the department of agriculture and his or her authorized agents and representatives. See Michigan Laws 290.451
- Electric provider: means any of the following:
(i) Any person or entity that is regulated by the commission for the purpose of selling electricity to retail customers in this state. See Michigan Laws 460.1005Energy facility: means an energy storage facility, solar energy facility, or wind energy facility. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Energy storage facility: means a system that absorbs, stores, and discharges electricity. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC Financial institution: means a commercial bank whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or a national bank for cooperatives subject to the farm credit act of 1971, Public Law 92-181, 85 Stat. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC Grower: means any business unit, including a family operation, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, or other business organization engaged in the business of growing potatoes for market. See Michigan Laws 290.421 Grower: means a person engaged in the business of growing and producing potatoes. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Grower cooperative: means an organization of growers or a division of an organization of growers, or a federation of cooperatives of growers engaged in the marketing, bargaining, shipping, or processing functions of potatoes on behalf of its members or nonmembers who are the producers of potatoes. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Hundredweight: means a 100-pound unit or a combination of packages making a 100-pound unit, or the equivalent in metric units, of any shipment of potatoes. See Michigan Laws 290.421 in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q IPP: means a person that is not an electric provider but owns or operates facilities to generate electric power for sale to electric providers, this state, or local units of government. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Light intensity dimming solution technology: means obstruction lighting that provides a means of tailoring the intensity level of lights according to surrounding visibility. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 local unit: means a county, township, city, or village. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Maximum blade tip height: means the nominal hub height plus the nominal blade length of a wind turbine, as listed in the wind turbine specifications provided by the wind turbine manufacturer. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j Nameplate capacity: means the designed full-load sustained generating output of an energy facility. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC Nonparticipating property: means a property that is adjacent to an energy facility and that is not a participating property. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Occupied community building: means a school, place of worship, day-care facility, public library, community center, or other similar building that the applicant knows or reasonably should know is used on a regular basis as a gathering place for community members. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Participating property: means real property that either is owned by an applicant or that is the subject of an agreement that provides for the payment by an applicant to a landowner of monetary compensation related to an energy facility regardless of whether any part of that energy facility is constructed on the property. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means a corporation, company, association, cooperative organization, partnership, individual, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Person: means an individual, governmental entity authorized by this state, political subdivision of this state, business, proprietorship, firm, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, subchapter S corporation, limited liability company, committee, receiver, estate, trust, or any other legal entity or combination or group of persons acting jointly as a unit. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 plan: means a plan approved under section 22 or former section 21 or 23 or found to comply with this act under former section 25, with any amendments adopted under this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1011 Potatoes: means any variety of Irish potatoes in fresh form included in the species solanum tuberosum. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Project labor agreement: means a prehire collective bargaining agreement with 1 or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and does all of the following:
(i) Binds all contractors and subcontractors on the construction project through the inclusion of appropriate specifications in all relevant solicitation provisions and contract documents. See Michigan Laws 460.1221Provider: means an electric provider or a natural gas provider. See Michigan Laws 460.1009 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011 Resource adequacy: describes having sufficient resources to provide customers with a continuous supply of electricity at the proper voltage and frequency, virtually always and across a range of reasonably foreseeable conditions. See Michigan Laws 460.1011 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Site: means , except as used in part 8, a contiguous site, regardless of the number of meters at that site. See Michigan Laws 460.1013 Solar energy facility: means a system that captures and converts solar energy into electricity, for the purpose of sale or for use in locations other than solely the solar energy facility property. See Michigan Laws 460.1221 state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Transmission line: means all structures, equipment, and real property necessary to transfer electricity at system bulk supply voltage of 100 kilovolts or more. See Michigan Laws 460.1013 United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Wholesale potato dealer: means a person who buys potatoes in wholesale lots directly from a grower or grower cooperative or who sells or handles those potatoes in wholesale lots for the purpose of processing or resale to other wholesale potato dealers, retailers, restaurants, hotels, institutions, or hospitals. See Michigan Laws 290.451 Wind energy facility: means a system that captures and converts wind into electricity, for the purpose of sale or for use in locations other than solely the wind energy facility property. See Michigan Laws 460.1221