NY Pub Auth L § 1851 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 9 - New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 1851 - Definitions.

§  1851.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Nuclear fission energy" shall mean all forms of energy released in   the course of nuclear fission.2. "Authority" shall mean the  New  York  state  energy  research  and   development  authority  continued pursuant to section one thousand eight   hundred fifty-two of this title.3. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean such bonds and notes as  are  issued   by the authority pursuant to this title.4. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state.5.  "Person"  shall mean any natural person, firm, association, public   or  private  corporation,  public  utility,  organization,  partnership,   trust,  estate,  or joint stock company, or any political subdivision of   the state, or any officer or agent thereof.6. "Real property" shall  mean  lands,  waters,  rights  in  lands  or   waters,  structures,  franchises,  improvements  and  interests in land,   including lands under water and riparian rights, and any and  all  other   things  and  rights  usually included within said term and includes also   any and all interests in such property less than  full  title,  such  as   easements  permanent or temporary, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses   and all other incorporeal hereditaments in  every  estate,  interest  or   right, legal or equitable.7. "State" shall mean the state of New York.8.   "State   agency"  shall  mean  any  officer,  department,  board,   commission, bureau, division, corporation, agency or instrumentality  of   the state.9. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the   state of New York.10.  "New energy technologies" shall mean all methods used to produce,   distribute,  conserve  and  store  energy  by  methods  not  in   common   commercial  use, with emphasis on renewable energy sources including but   not limited to solar, wind, bioconversion and solid waste.11. "Energy conservation  technologies"  shall  mean  all  methods  of   conserving energy, of improving the efficiency of energy utilization and   of  preserving  and protecting the environment and the public health and   safety in connection with the use of energy.13. "Special energy project"  shall  mean  any  land,  works,  system,   building  or  other improvement, and all real and personal properties of   any nature or any interest in any of them deemed necessary or  desirable   in  connection  therewith  or  incidental thereto, whether or not now in   existence or under construction, which shall be suitable for or  related   to  the  furnishing,  generation, production, exploration, transmission,   distribution, conservation, conversion or storage of  energy  or  energy   resources,  or  the  conversion  of  oil-burning facilities to alternate   fuels, or for the acquisition, extraction,  conversion,  transportation,   storage,  loading,  unloading  or  reprocessing  of fuel of any kind for   industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial,  storage,  research,   recreational,   educational,   dormitory,   health,  mental  hygiene  or   multi-family housing facilities or purposes and which may, but shall not   be required to, employ new energy technologies.14. "Low-level radioactive waste" shall mean radioactive waste that:a. is not  high-level  radioactive  waste,  transuranic  waste,  spent   nuclear  fuel,  or  the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or   concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for   its source material content; andb. the United States nuclear regulatory  commission,  consistent  with   federal  law,  and  in  accordance with paragraph a of this subdivision,   classifies as low-level radioactive waste. 15. "Low-level radioactive waste  management  facilities"  shall  mean   facilities for permanent disposal of low-level radioactive waste and any   associated   facilities  for  treatment  and  handling  of  such  waste,   including but not limited to, facilities for purposes of  stabilization,   volume  reduction,  or the protection of health and safety of workers or   members of the public.16. "Permanent disposal facilities" shall mean  low-level  radioactive   waste   management   facilities  for  permanent  disposal  of  low-level   radioactive waste generated within the state of New York other than such   waste which is a federal responsibility pursuant to  the  provisions  of   federal  law  pertaining  to  state  and  federal  responsibilities  for   disposal of low-level radioactive waste.17. "Generate" or "generation", when used with  respect  to  low-level   radioactive  waste, shall mean the production, or causing the production   of, or activity which otherwise results in the creation or  increase  in   volume  of low-level radioactive waste. A person who generates low-level   radioactive waste includes one who personally, or through the actions of   any agent, employee,  or  contractor,  generates  low-level  radioactive   waste.18.  "Generation attribute certificates" shall mean the environmental,   vintage  and  other  attributes  associated  with  the   generation   of   kilowatt-hours  and/or  megawatt-hours  of electrical energy. Generation   attribute certificates shall exist as a  commodity  separate  and  apart   from kilowatt-hours and/or megawatt-hours.