Subpart A Renewable and Clean Energy
Subpart B Customer-Requested Renewable Energy
Subpart C Energy Waste Reduction
Subpart D Miscellaneous

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 460 > Act 295 of 2008 > Part 2 - Energy Standards

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Aeronautical facilities: means any device, physical or otherwise, that is an object of nature or that is human-made, that aids and is used in aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Aeronautics: means any act or matter that treats or deals with flight in the airspace. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agent: means the person or persons agreed to or selected by the contractor and the public agency pursuant to section 4(2). See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Air navigation: means the operation or navigation of aircraft in the airspace over the land and waters of this state. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Airport: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft, and includes the buildings and facilities, if any, on that location. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Airport: means a publicly owned airport licensed by the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics under section 86 and includes all airport facilities at the airport. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Airport: means a publicly owned airport licensed by the department under section 86 and includes all airport facilities at the airport. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Airport facilities: means any of the following at an airport:
    (i) Real or personal property, or interest in real or personal property, used for the landing, taking off, taxiing, parking, storing, shelter, supply, or care of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, and all appurtenant areas used for airport buildings or other airport facilities, and all appurtenant rights-of-way. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Airport facilities: means any of the following at an airport:
    •     (i) Real or personal property, or an interest in real or personal property, used for the landing, taking off, taxiing, parking, or storing of aircraft, or for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo, an appurtenant area used for an airport building or other facility, and any appurtenant right-of-way. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Airport layout plan: means a plan, or an amendment to a plan, that shows current or proposed layout of an airport and that is approved by the commission. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Airport manager: means any individual who is properly appointed and designated by the airport owner as the airport manager, and who is responsible for the supervision and operation of the airport to the airport owner. See Michigan Laws 259.2
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicable regional transmission organization: means a nonprofit, member-based organization governed by an independent board of directors that serves as the regional transmission organization approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with oversight responsibility for the region that includes the provider's service territory. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Application for a building permit: means an application for a building permit submitted to an enforcing agency pursuant to this act and plans, specifications, surveys, statements, and other material submitted to the enforcing agency together or in connection with the application. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Approval date: means the effective date of the issuance by the federal aviation administration to the authority assuming operational jurisdiction of an airport of a certificate under part 139 of chapter 14 of the code of federal regulations with respect to the airport, and the concurrence by the FAA of the designation of the authority as a sponsor of the airport, including the FAA's approval of the assignment of existing grant agreements to the authority. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Approval date: means , for airports certificated under 14 C. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Architect or professional engineer: means an architect or professional engineer licensed under Act No. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Assessment district: means the real property within a distinct area upon which special assessments are levied or imposed for the construction, reconstruction, betterment, replacement, or repair of a facility to be paid for by funds derived from those special assessments imposed or levied on the benefited real property. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authority: means a public airport authority created by or pursuant to section 110 and governed by a board. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Authority: means an Indian housing authority created pursuant to section 2. See Michigan Laws 125.1551
  • Barrier free design: means design complying with legal requirements for architectural designs that eliminate the type of barriers and hindrances that deter persons with disabilities from having access to and free mobility in and around a building or structure. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority appointed pursuant to section 111. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Board: means the wind energy resource zone board created under section 143. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Board: means the governing body of a regional authority appointed under section 140. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • board: means a board created pursuant to section 4. See Michigan Laws 125.1572
  • Board of appeals: means the construction board of appeals of a governmental subdivision provided for in section 14. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Boards: means the state plumbing board created in section 13 of former 2002 PA 733, the board of mechanical rules created in section 3 of former 1984 PA 192, the electrical administrative board created in section 2 of former 1956 PA 217, and the barrier free design board created in section 5 of 1966 PA 1, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Building: means a combination of materials, whether portable or fixed, forming a structure affording a facility or shelter for use or occupancy by individuals, animals, or property. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • center: means a building described in section 3. See Michigan Laws 125.1572
  • Chief executive officer: means the chief administrative officer of a regional authority. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Clean energy: means electricity or steam generated using a clean energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Clean energy plan: means an electric provider's plan to meet the clean energy standard approved under section 51. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Clean energy portfolio: means the percentage of an electric provider's total retail electric sales consisting of clean energy or renewable energy. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Clean energy standard: means the clean energy portfolio required under section 51(1). See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Clean energy system: means an electricity generation facility or system or set of electricity generation systems that meets any of the following requirements:
    •     (i) Generates electricity or steam without emitting greenhouse gas, including nuclear generation. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Code: means the state construction code provided for in section 4 or a part of that code of limited application and includes a modification of or amendment to the code. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Commission: means the Michigan aeronautics commission. See Michigan Laws 259.3
  • Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Commission: means the state construction code commission created by section 3a. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Construction: means the construction, erection, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, demolition, repair, moving, or equipping of buildings or structures. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contract: means a written agreement between a contractor and a public agency for the construction, alteration, demolition, or repair of a facility, other than a contract having a dollar value of less than $30,000. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Contractor: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture, that is a party to a construction contract with a public agency. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the state transportation department, bureau of aeronautics. See Michigan Laws 259.3
  • Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Department: means the department of commerce. See Michigan Laws 125.1572
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of the department or an authorized representative of the director. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Distributed generation: means the generation of electricity under the distributed generation program. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Distributed generation program: means the program established by the commission under section 173. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Educational institution: means a local school district, an intermediate school district, or a college, university, community college, or junior college within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1572
  • Efficient electrification measures plan: means a plan to offer and promote efficient electrification measures. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Efficient electrification measures program: means a program to implement an efficient electrification measures plan. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Electric provider: means any of the following:
    •     (i) Any person or entity that is regulated by the commission for the purpose of selling electricity to retail customers in this state. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy conservation: means the reduction of customer energy use through the installation of measures or changes in energy usage behavior. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy efficiency: means a decrease in customer consumption of electricity or natural gas achieved through measures or programs that target customer behavior, equipment, devices, or materials without reducing the quality of energy services. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy storage system: means any technology that is capable of absorbing energy, storing the energy for a period of time, and redelivering the energy. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy waste reduction credit: means a credit certified pursuant to section 87 that represents achieved energy waste reduction. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy waste reduction plan: means a plan under section 71. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy waste reduction standard: means the minimum energy savings required to be achieved under section 77. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Enforcing agency: means the governmental agency that, in accordance with section 8a or 8b, is responsible for administration and enforcement of the code within a governmental subdivision. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Equipment: means plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigerating equipment. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • FAA: means the federal aviation administration of the United States department of transportation, or any successor agency. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • FAA: means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, or any successor agency. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Facility: means a building, utility, road, street, boulevard, parkway, bridge, ditch, drain, levee, dike, sewer, park, playground, or other structure or work that is paid for with public funds or a special assessment. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: means that annual period that is the fiscal year of the local government that owns the airport over which an authority has assumed operational jurisdiction or, if the local government is not required to include the authority in the financial statements of the local government, that annual period established by the board. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governmental subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township that, in accordance with section 8a or 8b, has assumed responsibility for administration and enforcement of this act and the code within its jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Greenhouse gas: means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Grid reliability: means the ability, as defined by the regional transmission organization, of the bulk power system to withstand sudden, unexpected disturbances, such as short circuits or unanticipated loss of system elements because of natural causes. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Incremental costs of compliance: means the net revenue required by an electric provider to comply with the renewable energy standard, calculated as provided under section 47. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Indian reservation: means an Indian community which has land held in trust for the Indian community by the federal or state government, or a local unit of government, or which owns the land in its own name. See Michigan Laws 125.1551
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Landing field: means any location, either on land or water, that is used for the landing or take-off of aircraft. See Michigan Laws 259.6
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legislative body: means the elected body of a local government having legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Legislative body: means the elected body of a local government that has legislative powers. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Load management: means measures or programs that target equipment or behavior to result in decreased peak electricity demand such as by shifting demand from a peak to an off-peak period. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Local chief executive officer: means the mayor or manager of a city or village, the township supervisor of a township, or the county executive of a county or, if a county does not have a county executive, the chairperson of the county board of commissioners. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Local government: means a county, city, township, or village that owns or operates an airport. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Local government: means a county, city, township, or village that creates the regional authority. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Local governmental unit: means a county, township, city, or village within this state. See Michigan Laws 125.1572
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Natural gas provider: means an investor-owned business engaged in the sale and distribution at retail of natural gas within this state whose rates are regulated by the commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1009
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 259.7
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • plan: means a plan approved under section 22 or former section 21 or 23 or found to comply with this act under former section 25, with any amendments adopted under this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township of this state, and any other political subdivision, public corporation, authority, or district in this state that is or may be authorized by law to acquire, establish, construct, maintain, improve, and operate airports, landing fields, and other aeronautical facilities. See Michigan Laws 259.7
  • Premanufactured unit: means an assembly of materials or products intended to comprise all or part of a building or structure, and that is assembled at other than the final location of the unit of the building or structure by a repetitive process under circumstances intended to ensure uniformity of quality and material content. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Progress payment: means a payment by a public agency to a contractor for work in place under the terms of a construction contract. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Provider: means an electric provider or a natural gas provider. See Michigan Laws 460.1009
  • Public agency: means this state, or a county, city, township, village, assessment district, or other political subdivision, corporation, commission, agency, or authority created by law. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • PURPA: means the public utility regulatory policies act of 1978, Public Law 95-617. See Michigan Laws 460.1009
  • Qualified airport: means an airport, other than a military airport, that has 10,000,000 or more enplanements in any 12-month period. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Regional authority: means a regional airport authority created under section 139 and governed by a board. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy credit: means a credit granted under a certification and tracking program established under section 41, which represents generated renewable energy. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy credit portfolio: means the sum of the renewable energy credits achieved by a provider for a particular year. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy credit standard: means a minimum renewable energy credit portfolio required under section 28 or former section 27. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy resource: means a resource that naturally replenishes over a human, not a geological, time frame and that is ultimately derived from solar power, water power, or wind power. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy standard: means the minimum renewable energy capacity portfolio, if applicable, and the renewable energy credit portfolio required to be achieved under section 28 or former section 27. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy system: means a facility, electricity generation system, or set of electricity generation systems that use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate electricity or steam. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Reservation governor: means the chairperson or president of the elected governing council of an Indian reservation. See Michigan Laws 125.1551
  • Resource adequacy: describes having sufficient resources to provide customers with a continuous supply of electricity at the proper voltage and frequency, virtually always and across a range of reasonably foreseeable conditions. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • retained funds: means the amount withheld from a progress payment to a contractor pursuant to section 3. See Michigan Laws 125.1561
  • Revenue recovery mechanism: means the mechanism for recovery of incremental costs of compliance provided for under section 22. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Rosin: includes gum rosin and wood rosin. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 259.7
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
    •     (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • Site: means , except as used in part 8, a contiguous site, regardless of the number of meters at that site. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • Sponsor: means the public agency authorized by subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49 of the United States Code, 49 U. See Michigan Laws 259.109
  • Sponsor: means a public agency authorized by 49 USC 47101 to 47134 to submit requests for, accept, and be responsible for performing all of the assurances associated with accepting grant agreements with respect to airports from the FAA or this state, and to perform some duties and responsibilities previously assumed by the local government that owns or operates the airport before the transfer of operational jurisdiction of the airport to an authority created under this chapter by virtue of the local government's acceptance before the approval date of grants for the benefit of the airport from the FAA or another agency of the United States or this state. See Michigan Laws 259.138
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Structure: means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or a piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. See Michigan Laws 125.1502a
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Utility system resource cost test: means a standard that is met for an investment in energy waste reduction if, on a life cycle basis, using a real societal discount rate based on actual long-term United States treasury bond yields, the total avoided supply-side costs to the provider, including representative values for electricity or natural gas supply, transmission, distribution, and other associated costs, are greater than the total costs to the provider of administering and delivering the energy waste reduction program, including net costs for any provider incentives paid by customers and capitalized costs recovered under section 89. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.