Interpretation
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(1) In this Regulation, “bill credit cycle” means, in relation to a prescribed project, the 12-month period that begins on the first day of the first billing period in which the participating distributor bills the eligible generator on a community net metering basis or on an anniversary of that day; (“cycle de crédits de facturation”) “bill credits” means the bill credits determined under section 8; (“crédits de facturation”) “community net metering agreement” means an agreement entered into for the purposes of clause 3 (1) (b), as it may be amended from time to time; (“entente de facturation nette communautaire”) “connected load facility” means a load facility that is electrically connected to a generation facility, or a storage device, that is part of a project; (“installation de charge raccordée”) “distributor meter” means a device used by a participating distributor to measure electricity consumption by a load facility; (“compteur de distributeur”) “eligible connected load facility” means a connected load facility that meets the requirements of subsection 5 (1); (“installation de charge raccordée admissible”) “eligible generation facility” means a generation facility that meets the requirements of subsection 5 (2); (“installation de production admissible”) “eligible generator” means a customer of the participating distributor that meets the requirements of section 4; (“producteur admissible”) “eligible generator meter” means a device used by the eligible generator to measure the total volume of electricity consumed at a connected load facility that is a single-unit building for the purpose of billing the load facility for the electricity; (“compteur de producteur admissible”) “eligible storage device” means a storage device that meets the requirements of subsection 5 (4); (“dispositif de stockage admissible”) “eligible unconnected load facility” means an unconnected load facility that meets the requirements of subsection 5 (3); (“installation de charge non raccordée admissible”) “generation capacity” means the maximum output capacity of the equipment at a generation facility that is used to generate electricity; (“capacité de production”) “load facility” means a facility, building or other structure or object that withdraws electricity from a distributor’s distribution system; (“installation de charge”) “Ministry” means the ministry of the Minister; (“ministère”) “multi-unit complex” means a building or related group of buildings containing two or more units; (“ensemble collectif”) “participating distributor” means, in relation to a project, the distributor listed in Column 3 of Schedule 1 in the corresponding row for the project; (“distributeur participant”) “prescribed project” means a project prescribed for the purposes of this Regulation under section 3; (“projet prescrit”) “project” means a pilot or demonstration project; (“projet”) “project component” means, in relation to a project, a connected load facility, unconnected load facility, generation facility or storage device included in the project, as applicable; (“composante du projet”) “single-unit building” means a building consisting of a single unit; (“bâtiment à une unité”) “storage device” means a device or facility that, (a)  receives electricity for the sole purpose of temporarily storing the electricity and then conveying some or all of the electricity into a load facility, another storage device or a distributor’s distribution system, or (b)  converts electricity into electrical energy or another form of energy for the sole purpose of temporarily storing the energy and then reconverting some or all of the energy to electricity and conveying the electricity into a load facility, another storage device or a distributor’s distribution system; (“dispositif de stockage”) “storage device energy capacity” means the maximum kilowatt hour rating of a storage device; (“capacité énergétique d’un dispositif de stockage”) “storage device power capacity” means the maximum continuous discharge kilowatt rating of a storage device; (“puissance d’un dispositif de stockage”) “sub-metered multi-unit complex” means a multi-unit complex in which any unit holder is billed by a unit sub-meter provider that is an eligible generator, or that provides unit sub-metering for an eligible generator, based on the consumption of electricity in respect of the unit as measured by a unit sub-meter; (“ensemble collectif avec compteur divisionnaire d’unité”) “third party occupant” means a third party to whom an eligible generator has granted a lease for, or a licence to occupy, a single-unit building that is an eligible connected load facility or eligible unconnected load facility; (“tiers occupant”) “unconnected load facility” means a load facility that is not electrically connected to a generation facility, or storage device, that is part of a project; (“installation de charge non raccordée”) “unit” means, (a)  a unit as defined in the Condominium Act, 1998, (b)  a residential unit or a rental unit, as those terms are defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, (c)  a member unit or a non-member unit, as those terms are defined in the Co-operative Corporations Act, or (d)  premises that is demised premises for the purposes of the Commercial Tenancies Act; (“unité”) “unit holder” means the person or entity that owns or occupies a unit in a sub-metered multi-unit complex that is an eligible connected load facility or eligible unconnected load facility; (“détenteur d’unité”) “unit sub-meter” has the same meaning as in Part III of the Energy Consumer Protection Act, 2010. (“compteur divisionnaire d’unité”) (2) A reference in this Regulation to billing for electricity on a community net metering basis means billing for the electricity in accordance with section 8 and the applicable community net metering agreement. (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, a reference to a rate classification is a reference to the rate classification as specified in the applicable rate order issued by the Board under subsection 78 (3) of the Act.