Code of Maine Rules › 95 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 648 - EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST › Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST, BUDGETING, PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 648-2-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have
				  the following meanings:
A.
				Administrative Costs. "Administrative Costs" means costs of the Trust and the
				Department that are incurred pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. § 10008 including
				but not limited to costs of program planning and oversight, costs of securing
				necessary expertise, costs associated with contract formation and
				administration, costs of monitoring and costs of enforcing contractual
				obligations.
B. Applicant.
				"Applicant" means an individual, business, organization, agency or any other
				entity that submits an application for funding from the Trust Fund administered
				by the Trust in response to an RFP or PON.
C. Bid. "Bid" means a response to an RFP or
				PON issued by the Trust.
D. Bidder.
				"Bidder" means a person or entity that submits a bid.
E. Carbon Dioxide Allowance. "Carbon Dioxide
				Allowance" means a limited authorization by the Department for the emission of
				up to one ton of carbon dioxide.
F.
				Carbon Dioxide Budget Unit. "Carbon Dioxide Budget Unit" means a fossil fuel
				fired generating unit that serves a generator with a nameplate capacity equal
				to or greater than 25 megawatts.
G.
				Collateral Efficiency Opportunity. "Collateral Efficiency Opportunity" means
				one or more efficiency measures, in addition to a primary measure to be
				installed at a customer location or building site, that has a positive
				benefit-to-cost ratio pursuant to section 5 of this Chapter and that can
				reasonably be installed at the same time and at lower cost than would otherwise
				occur, provided there is a physical, mechanical or other substantial nexus
				between the primary measure and the collateral efficiency
				opportunity.
H. Commission.
				"Commission" means the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
I. Cost Effectiveness Criteria. "Cost
				Effectiveness Criteria" are tests employed by the Trust in determining whether
				a project or program expenditure is cost effective, pursuant to section 3(D) of
				this Chapter.
J. Customer Class.
				"Customer Class" means one of the categories of end-use customers of a
				transmission and distribution utility.
K. Department. "Department" means the
				Department of Environmental Protection, State of Maine.
L. Efficiency Maine. "Efficiency Maine" means
				electricity conservation programs as administered pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A.
				§3211-A.
M. Electricity
				Conservation Program. "Electricity Conservation Program" means a set of
				services, measures and/or incentives funded by the Trust that reliably reduces
				the consumption of electricity in the State.
N. Forward Capacity Market. "Forward Capacity
				Market" means the program that presently is in effect that compensates
				providers of electrical capacity with payments for the availability or
				reduction of capacity requirements as determined by the regional transmission
				organization.
O. Fossil Fuel.
				"Fossil Fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal or any form of solid, liquid
				or gaseous material derived from such material.
P. Fossil Fuel Conservation Program. "Fossil
				Fuel Conservation Program" means a set of services, measures and/or incentives
				funded by the Trust that reliably reduces greenhouse gas production by the
				combustion or distribution of fossil fuels through energy efficiency and
				conservation.
Q. Grantee. "Grantee"
				means the recipient of Trust funding by means of a grant from the
				Trust.
R. Maine Energy Conservation
				Board. "Maine Energy Conservation Board" means the board established pursuant
				to 35-A M.R.S.A. § 10007 to assist in the development, coordination and
				integration of planning for the State's energy conservation efforts and to
				provide advice and counsel to the Commission and the Trust on carbon dioxide
				reduction matters.
S. Measure.
				"Measure" means a device or application that is installed resulting in an
				improvement in the efficiency of energy consumption and/or a reduction in
				greenhouse gas emissions.
T. Office
				of Energy Independence and Security. "Office of Energy Independence and
				Security" means the office established pursuant to 2 M.R.S.A.
				§9.
U. Program Administrator.
				"Program Administrator" means the employee or other designee of the Trust
				designated to administer contracts between the Trust and service providers and
				other vendors and consultants.
V.
				Program Opportunity Notice. "Program Opportunity Notice" or "PON" means a
				document in which the Trust identifies a market sector, geographic area or
				technology type and solicits proposals from applicants for cost-effective
				electricity or fossil fuel conservation programs targeted at that sector, area
				or technology.
W. Project.
				"Project" means a proposal for achieving kilowatt-hour or emission reductions
				that is customized to achieve efficiencies at a single location or facility and
				that seeks Trust funds in excess of $75,000 unless this limitation is waived by
				the trustees for good cause.
X.
				Proposal. "Proposal" has the same meaning herein as the term "bid".
Y. Regional Organization. "Regional
				Organization" means the entity that manages the Regional Greenhouse Gas
				Initiative on a regional basis and with which the Department contracts for
				related service.
Z. Regional
				Transmission Organization. "Regional Transmission Organization" means the
				independent system operator that administers and oversees the wholesale
				electric markets in which the State participates.
AA. Request for Proposal. "Request for
				Proposal" or "RFP" means a document in which the Trust lists: the scope of work
				for a requested service, such as a program or a project; other requirements of
				the Trust; and the technical and bid evaluation criteria for selection of a
				grantee.
BB. Service Provider.
				"Service Provider" means a public or private provider of energy conservation
				services funded by the Trust or an entity selected by the Trust to contract
				with such providers or otherwise arrange for the delivery of electricity or
				fossil fuel conservation programs
CC. Trade Association Aggregator. "Trade
				Association Aggregator" means an entity that gathers individual members of a
				trade association together for the purpose of receiving electrical efficiency
				services or bidding on electrical efficiency contracts.
DD. Transmission and Distribution Utility.
				"Transmission and Distribution Utility" means a transmission and distribution
				utility as defined in 35-A M.R.S.A. §3201, §§ 6, 12 or 16.
EE. Triennial Energy Efficiency
				Plan. "Triennial Energy Efficiency Plan" or "Triennial Plan" means a plan
				adopted pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. §10007(6).
FF. Trust. "Trust" means the Energy and
				Carbon Savings Trust established pursuant to 35-A M.R.S.A. § 10008.
GG. Trust Fund. "Trust Fund" means
				the fund established to implement the Trust.
HH. Trustee. "Trustee" means a trustee of the
				Trust.