Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-140.1 - The Rhode Island Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council

• 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.
• Energy crisis: means a condition of danger to the health, safety, welfare, or economic well being of the citizens of this state due to existing or impending abnormal market disruptions as they relate to energy resources. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-60-3
• Energy resource: means the various fuels derived from crude petroleum, coal, natural gas, wood, electricity, and all other resources yielding energy. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-60-3
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.