New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle BB - State Energy Office › Chapter V - Conservation Programs › Part 7920 - Not-for-profit Energy Incentive Program › Section 7920.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Commissioner
				  means the Commissioner of the State Energy Office.
(b) Eligible applicant means a:
				  not-for-profit organization; public or private, not-for-profit school, college
				  or hospital; unit of local government; or public care facility, which satisfies
				  the eligibility criteria of section
				  7920.3  of
				  this Part.
(c) Energy conservation
				  measure means the construction, alteration, repair or improvement to a facility
				  or equipment affixed to, contained in, or on the grounds of a facility, which
				  reduces energy consumption.
(d)
				  Energy office means the New York State Energy Office.
(e) Energy cost savings means the reduction
				  in annual energy costs, expressed in dollars, which is likely to be realized
				  through the implementation of an energy conservation measure. Total energy cost
				  savings is the sum of all energy cost savings which are likely to be realized
				  from a project.
(f) Facility means
				  an entire building or a separate, leased space within a building.
(g) Focused energy analysis means an analysis
				  of a specific energy conservation measure incorporating technical and economic
				  analyses of the equipment and energy use patterns pertinent to the
				  measure.
(h) Generally accepted
				  engineering standard means a specification, rule, guide, or procedure in the
				  field of engineering, or related thereto, recognized and accepted as
				  authoritative.
(i) In-kind services
				  means compensated or uncompensated labor, materials or equipment provided by
				  the applicant, its employees or representatives in connection with the
				  implementation of a project under this program.
(j) Local government means a county, city,
				  town, village, or Indian reservation wholly within New York State. Such term
				  includes free and public libraries, and fire districts established pursuant to
				  article 11 of the Town Law.
(k)
				  Master-metered means the measurement of energy usage in a building occupied by
				  more than one tenant, using a common utility meter.
(l) Not-for-profit organization means an
				  organization which is exempt from Federal income tax pursuant to
				  26 U.S.C.
				  section 501(c)(3).
(m) Notice of rebate commitment means the
				  document which provides written notification to a rebate applicant approved to
				  receive a program rebate and prescribes the terms and conditions under which
				  the program rebate is made.
(n)
				  Operation and maintenance means general routine repair and upkeep needed to
				  maintain a facility at a nominal level of energy efficiency. Such term
				  includes, but is not limited to, replacing or repairing caulking and
				  weatherstripping, replacing broken windows, and replacing existing lamps with
				  more efficient lamps.
(o) Program
				  means the Not-for-Profit Energy Incentive Program.
(p) Program rebate means the amount of
				  program funds committed to a project by the Energy Office, as identified in an
				  official notice of rebate commitment.
(q) Project means one or more energy
				  conservation measures for which application is made for a program
				  rebate.
(r) Public care facility
				  means long-term health care, rehabilitation and public health center
				  facilities, other than hospitals, which are owned or operated by public or
				  not-for-profit entities. Such term also refers to long-term residential child
				  care facilities, other than foster homes, and long-term residential care
				  facilities for adults.
(s) Rebate
				  recipient means an eligible applicant that has been approved to receive a
				  program rebate.
(t) Simple payback
				  means a figure representing the number of years necessary to recoup the cost
				  (including any in-kind services claimed by the applicant as part or all of its
				  matching share) of an energy conservation measure project through annual energy
				  cost savings. It is calculated by dividing the total estimated cost of
				  implementing the measure by the estimated annual energy cost savings.