(1) “Distributor” means a party engaged in moving energy commodities, industrial materials, or their derivatives, including the transport and delivery to a retailer or customer;(2) “Energy” means a resource that is marketed, or that has the potential to be marketed, as a commodity because of the resource’s value as a source of power or fuel;(3) “Energy infrastructure” means the systems or assets, including storage tanks, pipelines, gas transmission lines, or related equipment, that are necessary to produce, generate, transmit, or distribute natural gas, liquefied petroleum, liquid petroleum, and other similar forms of energy to a wholesaler, retailer, distributor, or customer;(4) “Industrial infrastructure” means the systems or assets, including storage tanks, pipelines, or related equipment, that are necessary to produce, transmit, or distribute industrial materials to a wholesaler, retailer, distributor, or customer;(5) “Industrial materials”:
(A) Means a basic substance found in its natural, modified, or semi-processed state, or an ingredient, solvent, or other component used as an input to a production process for subsequent modification or transformation into a finished good; and(B) Includes ammonia, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide;(6) “Local action” means an ordinance, resolution, regulation, code, requirement, policy, or other action or omission taken, enacted, adopted, or otherwise imposed by a political subdivision of this state;(7) “Political subdivision” means a municipality; public corporation; body politic; authority; district; metropolitan government; county; agency, department, or board of those entities; or another form of local government;(8) “Retailer” means a party who markets or sells energy or industrial materials to a customer; and(9) “Wholesaler” means a party engaging in the bulk purchase and sale of energy products or industrial materials in the wholesale market for the purposes of reselling energy or industrial materials to a retailer.
