Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-007 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Affiliate"
means a person or corporation that
				meets the definition of an "affiliated interest" in
				RCW
				80.16.010.
"All-source RFP"
means an RFP that solicits and
				accepts bids from any resource capable of meeting all or part of the resource
				need outlined in the utility's solicitation documents.
"Bid"
means bidder's document containing a
				description of a project and other information responsive to the requirements
				set forth in an RFP. If a bid contains multiple projects, each individual
				project will be considered as a separate bid.
"Bidder"
means an individual, association,
				corporation, or other legal entity that can enter into a power or conservation
				contract with the utility to fill a resource need or portion thereof.
"Commission"
means the Washington utilities and
				transportation commission.
"Conservation and efficiency resources"
has the
				same meaning as defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Customer benefit indicator"
has the same meaning
				as defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Demand response"
has the same meaning as defined
				in WAC 480-100-605.
"Equitable distribution"
has the same meaning as
				defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Highly impacted community"
has the same meaning
				as defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Independent evaluator"
means a third party, not
				affiliated with the utility, that provides, at a minimum, evaluations as
				required in these rules.
"Independent power producers"
means an entity
				other than a utility or its subsidiary or affiliate that develops or owns
				generating facilities or portions thereof that are not qualifying facilities as
				defined in WAC
				480-106-007.
"Integrated resource plan"
or
"IRP"
means the filing made by a utility in accordance with WAC 480-100-625.
"Lowest reasonable cost"
has the same meaning as
				defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Qualifying facilities"
has the same meaning as
				defined in WAC
				480-106-007.
"Renewable resource"
has the same meaning as
				defined in WAC 480-100-605.
"Repowering"
means a rebuild or refurbishment,
				including fuel source changes, of a utility-owned generator or generation
				facility that is required due to the generator or facility reaching the end of
				its useful life or useful reasonable economic life. The rebuild or
				refurbishment does not constitute repowering if it is part of routine major
				maintenance, existing hydroelectric licensing obligations, or the maintenance
				of or replacement of equipment that does not materially affect the expected
				physical or economical life of the generator or generation facility.
"Request for proposals"
or
"RFP"
means the documents describing a utility's solicitation of bids for delivering
				a resource need.
"Resource"
has the same meaning as defined in WAC
				480-100-605.
"Resource need"
has the same meaning as defined in
				WAC 480-100-605.
"Resource supplier"
means a third-party supplier,
				utility or affiliate that provides electric power, equipment or services that
				serve a resource need.
"Subsidiary"
means any company in which the
				utility owns directly or indirectly five percent or more of the voting
				securities, and that may enter a power or conservation contract with that
				electric utility. A company is not a subsidiary if the utility can demonstrate
				that it does not control that company.
"Targeted RFP"
means an RFP that solicits and
				accepts bids for certain types or locations of resources (including, for
				example, demand response, conservation and efficiency resources) capable of
				meeting all or part of the utility's specific resource need.
"Utility"
means an electrical company as defined
				by
				RCW
				80.04.010.
"Vulnerable populations"
has the same meaning as
				defined in WAC 480-100-605.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-007, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.