Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 51 > Chapter 50 - Louisiana Renewable Energy Development Act

• Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage: means the process of capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from biomass energy generation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Biomass: means forest products' manufacturing bioenergy feedstocks, which may include but not be limited to the following:

              (a) Forest products' manufacturing residuals, including but not limited to spent pulping liquors, pulping byproducts, woody manufacturing residuals, paper recycling residuals, wastewater and process water treatment plant residuals, and anaerobic digester biogas. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062

• Board: means the Calcasieu Ship Channel Funding Management Board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission or other appropriate governing body for an electric utility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Corps: means the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• DMMP: means the Dredged Material Management Plan dated November 22, 2010, as adopted by the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Electric utility: means a public or investor-owned utility, an electric cooperative, municipal utility, or any private power supplier or marketer that is engaged in the business of supplying electric energy to the ultimate consumer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• 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.
• Fund: means the Calcasieu River Fund which is a separate and distinct fund kept and maintained by the Port of Lake Charles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Industry: means a fixed facility located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel with a terminal having at least one vessel call utilizing a state-commissioned pilot. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Net energy metering: means measuring the difference between electricity supplied by an electric utility and the electricity generated by a net energy metering customer and sold back to the electric utility over the applicable billing period. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Net energy metering customer: means an owner of a net energy metering facility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062
• Net energy metering facility: means a facility for the production of electrical energy that:

              (a) Uses solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, or biomass resources to generate electricity including but not limited to fuel cells and micro turbines that generate electricity if the fuel source is entirely derived from renewable resources. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:3062

• Non-federal sponsor: means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District acting on behalf of the state of Louisiana, as authorized by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Port: means the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• PPA: means the project partnership agreement between the non-federal sponsor and the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Ship channel: means the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which may also be referred to as the Calcasieu River and Pass Project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Vessel: means any watercraft utilizing a state-commissioned pilot to navigate the Calcasieu Ship Channel, whether foreign or domestic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 34:221