Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 54 > Chapter 17 > Part 9 - Community Renewable Energy Act

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission created in Section 54-1-1. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Community renewable energy program: means the program approved by the commission under Section 54-17-904 that allows a qualified utility to provide electric service from one or more renewable energy resources to a participating customer within a participating community. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• County: means the unincorporated area of a county. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Division: means the Division of Public Utilities created in Section 54-4a-1. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Initial opt-out period: means the period of time immediately after the community renewable energy program's commencement, as established by the commission by rule made pursuant to Section 54-17-909, during which a participating customer may elect to leave the program without penalty. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Municipality: means a city or a town as defined in Section 10-1-104. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• 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.
• Office: means the Office of Consumer Services created in Section 54-10a-101. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Ongoing costs: means the costs allocated to the state for transmission and distribution facilities, retail services, and generation assets that are not replaced assets. See Utah Code 54-17-902
• Participating community: means a municipality or a county:

  (a)	whose residents are served by a qualified utility; and

  (b)

  the municipality or county meets the requirements in Section 54-17-903. See Utah Code 54-17-902 Participating customer: means : (a)  a customer of a qualified utility located within the boundary of a municipality or county where a community renewable energy program has been approved by the commission; and (b)  the customer has not exercised the right to not participate in the community renewable energy program as provided in Section 54-17-905. See Utah Code 54-17-902 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Qualified utility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 54-17-801. See Utah Code 54-17-902 Renewable energy resource: means : (a)  electric energy generated by a source that is naturally replenished and includes one or more of the following: (i)  wind; (ii)  solar photovoltaic or thermal solar technology; (iii)  a geothermal resource; or (iv)  a hydroelectric plant; or (b)  use of an energy efficient and sustainable technology the commission has approved for implementation that: (i)  increases efficient energy usage; (ii)  is capable of being used for demand response; or (iii)  facilitates the use and development of renewable generation resources through electrical grid management or energy storage. See Utah Code 54-17-902 Replaced asset: means an existing thermal energy resource: (a)  that was built or acquired, in whole or in part, by a qualified utility to serve the qualified utility's customers, including customers within a participating community; (b)  that was built or acquired prior to commission approval and the effective date of the community renewable energy program; and (c)  to the extent the asset is no longer used to serve participating customers. See Utah Code 54-17-902 Solicitation: means a request for proposals or other invitation for persons to submit a bid or proposal through an open bid process for construction or acquisition of a significant energy resource. See Utah Code 54-17-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5