Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 10-35-16 - Definition of termsTerms as used in this section and §§ 10-35-17 to 10-35-21, inclusive, mean:
(1) "Collector system," all property used or constructed to interconnect individual wind turbines or solar panels within a renewable facility into a common project, including inverters, step-up transformers, electrical collection equipment, collector substation transformers, and communication systems;(2) "Company," any person, corporation, limited liability company, association, company, partnership, political subdivision, rural electric cooperative, or any group or combination acting as a unit;(3) "Nameplate capacity," the number of kilowatts a renewable facility can produce, as assigned to the power units in the renewable facility by the manufacturer and determined by the secretary;(4) "Renewable facility," any wind farm or solar facility;(5) "Solar facility," all real or personal property used or constructed for the purpose of producing electricity for commercial purposes utilizing solar radiation as an energy source and with a nameplate capacity of at least five thousand kilowatts. The term includes the collector system;(6) "Transmission line," an electric transmission line and associated facilities including the collector system, with a design of one hundred fifteen kilovolts or more;(7) "Wind farm," all real or personal property used or constructed for the purpose of producing electricity for commercial purposes utilizing the wind as an energy source and with a nameplate capacity of at least five thousand kilowatts. The term includes the collector system.SL 2008, ch 49, § 1; SL 2016, ch 61, § 1.Amended by S.L. 2016, ch. 61,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2016.