Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 468 - DISTRIBUTED GENERATION INSTALLER CERTIFICATION › Section 468.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Terms defined in Section 16-128A of the Act shall have the same
				meaning for purposes of this Part as they have under the Act, unless further defined
				in this Part.
"Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5 ].
"Applicant" means a person or entity that files an application with
				the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) requesting certification pursuant to
				Section 16-128A of the Act to install distribution generation facilities.
"Certificate holder" means an entity that has received certification
				pursuant to this Part and that is in good standing with the Commission.
"Directly supervised" means that there is a person on-site who meets
				the qualifications to perform distributed generation (DG) installations who is
				available for consultation and review of work performed by apprentices or electrical
				contractors who may be performing installations.
"Distributed generation facility" means the equipment used by an
				interconnection customer to generate or store electricity that operates in parallel
				with the electric distribution system. A distributed generation facility typically
				includes an electric generator, a prime mover, and the interconnection equipment
				required to safely interconnect with the electric distribution system or local
				electric power system.
"Entity" means an organization, institution or individual that has
				its own existence for legal or tax purposes and is involved in the business of
				installing distributed generation.
"Illinois Community College Board" is the State coordinating board
				for community colleges that administers the Public Community College Act [110 ILCS
				805 ] in a manner that maximizes the ability of the community colleges to serve
				their communities.
"Install" means to complete the electrical wiring and connections
				necessary to interconnect the distributed generation facility with the electric
				utility's distribution system at the point of interconnection between the facility
				and the utility. The meaning of "install" in this Part specifically does not
				include:
Electrical wiring and connections to interconnect the distributed
				generation facility performed by utility workers on the electric utility's
				distribution system;
Electrical wiring and connections internal to the distributed
				generation facility performed by the manufacturer; or
Tasks not associated with the electrical interconnection of the
				distributed generation facility and the utility, including those relating to
				planning and project management performed by individuals such as an inspector,
				management planner, consultant, project designer, contractor or supervisor for the
				project.
"NEC" shall mean the National Electric Code adopted by the National
				Fire Protection Association, Inc, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy MA 02169 (NFPA 70E),
				effective August 25, 2010.
"Qualified person" means a person who performs installations on
				behalf of the certificate holder and who has either satisfactorily completed at
				least five installations of a specific distributed generation technology or has
				completed at least one of the following programs requiring lab or field work and
				received a certification of satisfactory completion: an apprenticeship as a
				journeyman electrician from a DOL registered electrical apprenticeship and training
				program; a North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)
				distributed generation technology certification program; an Underwriters
				Laboratories (UL) distributed generation technology certification program; an
				Electronics Technicians Association (ETA) distributed generation technology
				certification program; or an Associate in Applied Science degree from an Illinois
				Community College Board approved community college program in the appropriate
				distributed generation technology. To be considered a "qualified person", the
				experience and/or training relied upon must be with the same type of distributed
				generation technology for which the qualification status is sought.
"Retail customer" means the same as that term is defined in Section
				16-102 of the Act. For purposes of this Part, a "retail customer" includes that
				retail customer's employees, officers and agents.
"Self-installer" means an individual who leases or purchases a
				cogeneration facility for his or her own personal use and installs such cogeneration
				or self-generation facility on his or her own premises without the assistance of any
				other person. [220 ILCS
				5/16-128A(a) ]
"USDOL registered electrician apprenticeship program" and "United
				States Department of Labor registered electrician apprenticeship program" means an
				electrician apprenticeship training program that is registered with the United
				States Department of Labor (USDOL).
"USDOL certification of satisfactory completion" means that person
				has received a nationally recognized and portable Certificate of Completion from an
				electrician apprenticeship program that is registered with USDOL.