Sec. 16a-2. Definitions.
Sec. 16a-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter and sections 16a-45a, 16a-46, 16a-46a and 16a-46b:
(a) "Office" means the Office of Policy and Management;
(b) "Board" means the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board;
(c) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;
(d) "Energy" means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or
source whatsoever;
(e) "Energy emergency" means a situation where the health, safety or welfare of
the citizens of the state is threatened by an actual or impending acute shortage in usable
energy resources;
(f) "Energy resource" means natural gas, petroleum products, coal and coal products, wood fuels, geothermal sources, radioactive materials and any other resource yielding energy;
(g) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or
administrative subdivision of the state, or other legal entity of any kind;
(h) "Service area" means any geographic area serviced by the same energy-producing public service company, as defined in section 16-1;
(i) "Renewable resource" means solar, wind, water, wood or other biomass source
of energy and geothermal energy;
(j) "Energy-related products" means (1) energy systems and equipment that utilize
renewable resources to provide space heating or cooling, water heating, electricity or
other useful energy, (2) insulation materials, and (3) equipment designed to conserve
energy or increase the efficiency of its use, including that used for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation purposes;
(k) "Energy-related services" means (1) the design, construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, adjustment or repair of energy-related products, (2) inspection,
adjustment, maintenance or repair of any conventional energy system, (3) the performance of energy audits or the provision of energy management consulting services, and
(4) weatherization activities carried out under any federal, state or municipal program;
(l) "Conventional energy system" means any system for supplying space heating
or cooling, ventilation or domestic or commercial hot water which is not included in
subdivision (1) of subsection (j) of this section;
(m) "Energy supply" means any energy resource capable of being used to perform
useful work and any form of energy such as electricity produced or derived from energy
resources which may be so used; and
(n) "Energy facility" means a structure that generates, transmits or stores electricity,
natural gas, refined petroleum products, renewable fuels, coal and coal products, wood
fuels, geothermal sources, radioactive material and other resources yielding energy.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 2, 20; P.A. 75-537, S. 1, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 41, 610; P.A. 79-576, S. 1, 7; P.A. 82-231, S. 2, 8; P.A.
95-79, S. 54, 189; P.A. 07-242, S. 76.)
History: P.A. 75-537 replaced Connecticut energy agency and its administrator with department and commissioner of
planning and energy policy; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of planning and energy policy with office
of policy and management and its secretary; P.A. 79-576 added Subdivs. (i) to (l) defining "renewable resource", "energy-related products", "energy-related services", and "conventional energy system"; P.A. 82-231 deleted electricity from
definition of "energy resource", added geothermal energy to definition of "renewable resource", defined "energy supply"
and applied all definitions under this section to Secs. 16a-45a, 16a-46, 16a-46a and 16a-46b; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person"
to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 07-242 added Subdiv. (n) defining "energy facility",
effective June 4, 2007.