2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5-L - Municipal Sustainable Energy Loan Program › 119-FF - Definitions.

§ 119-ff. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
1.   "Authority"   means  the  New  York  state  energy  research  and
  development authority, as defined by subdivision two of section eighteen
  hundred fifty-one of the public authorities law, or its successor.
2. "Credit support"  means  and  includes  direct  loans,  letters  of
  credit,  loan guarantees, and insurance products; and the purchase of or
  commitment to purchase, or the sale  of  or  commitment  to  sell,  debt
  instruments, including subordinated securities.
3.  "Energy audit" means a formal evaluation of the energy consumption
  of a permanent building or  structural  improvement  to  real  property,
  conducted  by a contractor certified by the authority, or certified by a
  certifying entity  approved  by  the  authority  for  purposes  of  this
  article,  for  the  purpose of identifying appropriate energy efficiency
  improvements that could be made to or incorporated into the construction
  of the property. A municipal corporation may, by local law, provide  for
  the  certification  of  such contractors based upon criteria at least as
  stringent as the state-wide criteria for certification  adopted  by  the
  authority for purposes of this article.
4.  "Energy  efficiency  improvement"  means  any  improvement to real
  property, whether as a component of the new construction of  a  building
  or  as  the renovation or retrofitting of an existing building to reduce
  energy consumption, such  as  window  and  door  replacement,  lighting,
  caulking,  weatherstripping,  air  sealing,  insulation, and heating and
  cooling system upgrades, and  similar  improvements,  determined  to  be
  cost-effective  pursuant  to  criteria  established  by  the  authority.
  However, "energy efficiency  improvement"  shall  not  include  lighting
  measures  or household appliances that are not permanently fixed to real
  property.
5. "Municipal corporation" means a county, town, city or village.
6. "Real property" means any property, an interest in which is  or  is
  eligible  to  be  recorded  or  registered  on  municipal land ownership
  records by the possessor of such interest.
7. "Renewable energy system" means an energy generating system for the
  generation of electric or thermal energy, to be used primarily  at  such
  property, except when the owner of real property is a commercial entity,
  by  means  of  solar  thermal,  solar  photovoltaic,  wind,  geothermal,
  anaerobic digester gas-to-electricity systems, fuel  cell  technologies,
  or  other  renewable  energy  technology  approved  by the authority not
  including the combustion or pyrolysis of solid waste.
8. "Renewable energy system feasibility study" means a written  study,
  conducted  by a contractor certified by the authority, or certified by a
  certifying entity  approved  by  the  authority  for  purposes  of  this
  article,  for the purpose of determining the feasibility of installing a
  renewable energy system. A municipal  corporation  may,  by  local  law,
  provide for the certification of such contractors based upon criteria at
  least  as stringent as the state-wide criteria for certification adopted
  by the authority for purposes of this article.