Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 4.00 - Residential Conservation Service Program › Section 4.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Ancillary Services
. One or more
				services delivered to Residential Customers, which provide education, technical
				assistance, or information without requiring a visit to the customer's home.
				These services may also help to qualify a Residential Customer for the delivery
				of an on-site Audit, a Fuel Neutral Reward, or the RCS Program.
Audit
. An assessment of a Residential
				Building by a Program Vendor that provides a Residential Customer with accurate
				information about the applicability of Program Measures or Fuel Neutral
				Rewards.
Coalition Action Plan
. The plan
				developed by RCS Program Administrators pursuant to
				225 CMR
				4.07.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of the
				Department of Energy Resources.
DOER
. The Massachusetts Department of
				Energy Resources.
DPU
. The Massachusetts Department of
				Public Utilities
Energy Efficiency Measure
. A
				modification to a Residential Building that decreases British thermal units
				(BTUs) or kilowatt hours (kWhs) used per square-foot for that Residential
				Building.
Energy Efficiency Investment Plan
				(EEIP)
. Joint plan of the Massachusetts energy efficiency Program
				Administrators pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 21.
Fuel Neutral Reward
. A financial
				incentive or rebate provided to Residential Customers, regardless of the fuels
				being used in the building, that facilitates the implementation of Program
				Measures.
Home Heating Supplier
. A person who
				sells or supplies home heating fuel (including but not limited to No. 2 heating
				oil, kerosene, butane, propane, biomass, wood pellets, and wood chips) to a
				Residential Customer for consumption in a Residential Building.
Municipal Aggregator
. Any municipality
				or any group of municipalities acting together within the Commonwealth to
				aggregate the electrical load of interested electricity customers within its
				boundaries, as provided in M.G.L. c. 164, § 134(a), that also adopts an
				energy plan which shall define the manner in which the municipality or
				municipalities may implement demand side management programs and renewable
				energy programs as provided in M.G.L. c. 164 § 134(b). For purposes of
				225 CMR 4.00,
RCS
				Program Administrator
shall be understood to include a Municipal
				Aggregator.
Outcomes
. Performance standards used
				to assess the success of the RCS program.
Person
. A person is any individual,
				partnership, corporation, trust, association, utility, agency or any political
				subdivision of the state.
Program Measure
. An Energy Efficiency
				Measure or a Renewable Resource Measure.
Program Requirement
. A requirement
				adopted by the Commissioner under
				225 CMR 4.00 or the State
				Plan, including, but not limited to, Ancillary Services, Audits, Fuel Neutral
				Rewards, or any other requirement adopted under M.G.L. c. 164 App. §§
				2-1 through 2-10.
Program Vendor
. A person who provides
				services or products to Residential Customers under
				225 CMR 4.00 or the State
				Plan.
RCS Program Administrator
. Any
				electric or gas distribution company as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1, or
				corporation as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 2 to include all persons,
				firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate a
				distributing plant for distribution and sale of gas for heating and
				illuminating purposes, or of electricity, within the commonwealth but shall not
				include any alternative energy producer other than persons, firms,
				associations, and private corporations expressly excluded from the definition
				of "electric company" in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1. The terms "corporation",
				"electric company" and "gas company" shall include municipal corporations which
				own or may acquire municipal lighting plants. RCS Program Administrator shall
				also include Municipal Aggregators.
Renewable Resource Measure
. A
				modification to a Residential Building that substitutes energy produced from a
				stock resource (fossil or nuclear fuel) with a renewable resource (including
				but not limited to solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, and wind).
Residential Building
. Any building or
				dwelling that is used, in whole or in part, for residential occupancy and has a
				system for heating, cooling, or both, regardless of fuel type or utility rate
				code designation.
Residential Customer
. A person who
				owns a Residential Building, or occupies a Residential Building and receives a
				bill or bills from a Program Administrator based on energy used in such
				Residential Building.
State
. The Commonwealth of
				Massachusetts.
State Plan
. The guideline prepared by
				the Commissioner to implement M.G.L. c. 164 App. §§ 2-1 through
				2-10.