Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-28 - Practicable use of electricity and biofuels to fuel state vehicles, vessels, and construction equipment › Section 194-28-020 - Definitions and abbreviations

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
				unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Agency" or "agencies" - Means any state
			 agency or all state agencies, including institutions of higher
			 education.
(2) "Biofuels" - As
			 defined by
			 RCW
			    43.325.010(4) includes but
			 is not limited to biodiesel, ethanol, ethanol blend fuels, and renewable liquid
			 natural gas or liquid compressed natural gas made from biogas.
(3) "Department" - Means the department of
			 commerce.
(4) "Ecology" - Means the
			 department of ecology.
(5)
			 "Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)" - Means equipment that delivers
			 electrical energy from an electricity source to charge plug-in electric vehicle
			 batteries.
(6) "Enterprise
			 Services" - Means the department of enterprise services.
(7) "Greenhouse gas," "greenhouse gases,"
			 "GHG" and "GHGs" - Include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
			 hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. Beginning
			 January 1, 2012, "greenhouse gas" also includes any other gas or gases
			 designated by ecology by rule in Table A-1 under WAC
			 173-441-040.
(8) "Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)" - Means a
			 vehicle that combines an internal combustion engine or other propulsion source
			 with batteries, regenerative braking, and an electric motor. HEVs rely on
			 petroleum-based or alternative fuel for power and are not plugged in to charge
			 batteries.
(9) "Lifecycle cost" -
			 Means the total cost of ownership over the life of an asset. This includes
			 purchase or lease cost, operations and maintenance, depreciation, and resale or
			 surplus value.
(10) "Light-duty
			 vehicle" - Means a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of up to 8,500
			 pounds.
(11) "Medium-duty vehicle"
			 - Means a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of between 8,500 and 10,000
			 pounds.
(12) "Plug-in electric
			 vehicle (PEV)" - Means a vehicle that derives all or part of its power from
			 electricity supplied by an external source.
(13) "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)"
			 - Means a vehicle that uses batteries to power an electric motor, plugs into an
			 external source to charge batteries, and also uses petroleum-based or
			 alternative fuel to power an internal combustion engine to charge batteries.
			 PHEVs are also known as extended range electric vehicles.
(14) "Practicable or practicability" - Means
			 the extent to which electricity and biofuel can be used as a fuel source for
			 state vehicles, vessels, and construction equipment as determined by such
			 factors as cost differentials between fuels, availability, refueling
			 infrastructure, functional differences, technical feasibility, implementation
			 costs, and other factors.
(15)
			 "Reasonably available" - Means a determination dependent upon multiple dynamic
			 factors affecting reliable volumes and delivery systems, including ability to
			 purchase through the state procurement system, location of refueling
			 infrastructure, and other issues.
			 RCW
			    43.19.648(1) provides the
			 department the ability to allow state agencies to substitute compressed natural
			 gas (CNG), liquid natural gas (LNG), and propane from fossil fuel sources if
			 the department determines that electricity and biofuel are not reasonably
			 available.
(16) "Renewable natural
			 gas" - Means biogas derived from landfills, wastewater treatment facilities,
			 anaerobic digesters, and other sources of organic decomposition that has been
			 purified to meet standards for natural gas derived from fossil fuel
			 sources.
(17) "Vehicles, vessels,
			 and construction equipment" - Means publicly owned vessels, vehicles, and
			 construction equipment operated by a state agency. It does not mean aircraft
			 and stationary electrical generating equipment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.325.080. 13-10-016, §
										194-28-020, filed 4/22/13,
				  effective 5/23/13.