65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 326, § 2

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024

Section 407-326-2 - DEFINITIONS

A.Consumer-Owned Transmission and Distribution Utility. "Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" has the same meaning as specified in Title 35-A, section 3201(6).

B.GIS. "GIS" means the NEPOOL Generation Information System or successor system.

C.GIS Certificates. "GIS certificates" mean certificates created pursuant to the NEPOOL Generation Information System that represent attributes of electric power and that may be traded separately from the energy commodity.

D.Green Power Offer. "Green power offer" means renewable energy credits associated with electricity generated from renewable capacity resources as defined in Title 35-A, section 3210-C, subsection 2, paragraph B-2.

E.Green Power Offer Provider. "Green power offer provider" means a person or entity that provides the green power offer or premium green power offer to customers pursuant to this Chapter.

F.Investor-Owned Transmission and Distribution Utility. "Investor-owned transmission and distribution utility means either a large investor-owned transmission and distribution as specified in Title 35-A, section 3201(12) or a small investor-owned transmission and distribution as specified in Title 35-A, section 3201(16).

G.NMISA. "NMISA" means the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator or successor organization.

H.Non-Region Renewable Energy Credits. "Non-Region Renewable Energy Credits" mean a tradable instrument that represents an amount of generated electricity in any region, other than New England, that has a tracking system comparable to the GIS.

I.Premium Green Power Offer. "Premium green power offer" means a Commission-determined subset of a green power offer. The subset could be based on resource type, year of commercial operation, size or location of the generation resource.

J.Renewable Energy Credit. "Renewable energy credit" means a tradable instrument that represents an amount of generated electricity. For purposes of this Chapter, a renewable energy credit means either a GIS certificate, or a tradable instrument that represents the attributes of electric power generated in the region of the State administered by the NMISA that is authorized by the Commission through order.

K.Residential Customer. "Residential customer" means a customer taking service as a residential customer under the terms and conditions of the applicable transmission and distribution utility.

L.Small Commercial Customer. "Small commercial customer" means a non-residential customer taking service from an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility under terms and conditions that do not include a demand charge or a non-residential customer that is taking service from a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility with a demand of 20 kilowatts or less.

65- 407 C.M.R. ch. 326, § 2