New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - ENERGY COMPETITION › Subchapter 6 - GOVERNMENT ENERGY AGGREGATION PROGRAMS › Section 14:4-6.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. In addition, definitions set forth at
N.J.A.C.
				  14:4-1.2
and
14:3-1.1
shall apply to this subchapter, unless the context
				  clearly indicates otherwise.
"Appliance repair service" means the maintenance, repair or
				  replacement of appliances, lighting, motors or other energy-consuming devices
				  at the end user's premises.
"Energy aggregation program" means an arrangement for the
				  procurement of energy and/or energy-related services, in which a lead agency
				  contracts with a TPS, so as to provide for the energy needs of participants in
				  the program. An energy aggregation program established by a government
				  aggregator is a type of cooperative purchasing system, as defined in the rules
				  of the Department of Community Affairs governing local public and public school
				  cooperative purchasing, set forth at N.J.A.C. 5:34-7.
"Government energy aggregation program" (GEA) means a program
				  under which a government aggregator that is a municipality or county enters
				  into a written contract for the provision of electric generation service or gas
				  supply service on behalf of residential or non-residential customers within its
				  geographic boundaries.
"Government-private" means, with regard to an energy
				  aggregation program, a program that provides energy not only for the facilities
				  of the municipality or county that establishes the energy aggregation program
				  (the lead agency), but also for residential and/or non-residential customers
				  within the geographic boundary of one or more of the participating
				  municipalities or counties. A government-private energy aggregation program
				  shall be established only by a municipality or county. There are two types of
				  government-private energy aggregation programs, designated Option 1 program and
				  Option 2, in accordance with
				  14:4-6.4(g).
"Lead agency" means the government aggregator that
				  establishes and manages an energy aggregation program.
"Multi-government" means, with regard to an energy
				  aggregation program, a program that provides energy for the facilities of the
				  government aggregator that establishes the program, as well as for facilities
				  of other government entities.
"Non-residential customer" means a commercial, industrial or
				  institutional energy customer that is not a government entity that is subject
				  to the Local Public Contracts Law,
				  40A:11-1 et seq.; the Public
				  School Contracts Law,
				  18A:18A-1 et seq.; or the County
				  College Contracts Law,
				  18A:64A-25.1 et seq.
"Option administrator" means the person, as defined at
				  14:3-1.1, responsible for
				  receiving and recording customer submittals indicating that the customer wishes
				  to opt-in or opt-out of the energy aggregation program.
"Opt-in" means for a gas or electric customer to
				  affirmatively indicate a choice to participate in a program from which the
				  customer would be automatically excluded unless the customer affirmatively
				  indicated the intention to participate.
"Opt-out" means for a gas or electric customer to
				  affirmatively indicate a choice not to participate in a program in which the
				  customer would be automatically included unless the customer affirmatively
				  indicated the intention not to participate.
"Stand-alone" means, with regard to an energy aggregation
				  program, a program that provides energy only for the facilities of the
				  government aggregator that establishes the energy aggregation program.
"Twelve-month historical usage" means the amount of gas or
				  electricity used by a customer or group of customers during the most recent
				  12-month period for which data are available, including electric interval data
				  if available and requested.