AMENDMENT(S) REJECTED BY THE SENATE

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act, "curtailment" means inducing retail customers to reduce load during times of peak demand so as to ease the burden on the electrical grid.

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act, "demand response" means measures aimed at shifting time of use of electricity from peak-use periods to times of lower demand by inducing retail customers to curtail electricity usage during periods of congestion and higher prices in the electrical grid.

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act, "energy efficiency programs" means an equipment, physical, or program change implemented after July 1, 2009, designed to produce measured and verified reductions in the amount of electricity required to perform the same function and produce the same or a similar outcome.  Energy efficiency programs include, but are not limited to, (i) programs that result in improvements in lighting design, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, appliances, building envelopes, and industrial and commercial processes and that reduce the total amount of electricity that is required for the same process or activity; and (ii) measures implemented by utilities that reduce losses of electricity and otherwise improve internal operating efficiency in generation, transmission, and distribution systems.  Energy efficiency programs may include demand response, curtailment, or other programs that are designed to reduce electricity consumption so long as they reduce the total amount of electricity that is required for the same process or activity as well as combined heat and power and waste heat recovery.  For the purposes of this chapter approved energy efficiency program costs shall be treated as regulatory assets.

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act, "measured and verified" means  calculated pursuant to methods accepted for use by utilities to measure, verify, and validate energy and peak demand savings, and may include the protocol established by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Federal Energy Management Programs, Measurement and Verification Guidance for Federal Energy Projects, measurement and verification standards developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), or engineering-based estimates of energy and demand savings associated with specific energy efficiency measures, as determined by the Commission.

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act, "peak-shaving" means measures aimed solely at shifting time of use of electricity from peak-use periods to times of lower demand by inducting retail customers to curtail electricity usage during periods of congestion and higher prices in the electrical grid.

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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, energy efficiency programs, curtailment,

SEN. MCEACHIN (WITHDRAWN)

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§ 5. That as used in this act:

"Curtailment" means inducing retail customers to reduce load during times of peak demand so as to ease the burden on the electrical grid.

"Demand response" means measures aimed at shifting time of use of electricity from peak-use periods to times of lower demand by inducing retail customers to curtail electricity usage during periods of congestion and higher prices in the electrical grid.

"Energy efficiency program" means a program that reduces the total amount of electricity that is required for the same process or activity implemented after the expiration of capped rates.  Energy efficiency programs include equipment, physical, or program change designed to produce measured and verified reductions in the amount of electricity required to perform the same function and produce the same or a similar outcome.  Energy efficiency programs may include, but are not limited to, (i) programs that result in improvements in lighting design, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, appliances, building envelopes, and industrial and commercial processes; and (ii) measures, such as but not limited to the installation of advanced meters, implemented or installed by utilities that reduce fuel use or losses of electricity and otherwise improve internal operating efficiency in generation, transmission, and distribution systems.  Energy efficiency programs include demand response, combined heat and power and waste heat recovery, curtailment, or other programs that are designed to reduce electricity consumption so long as they reduce the total amount of electricity that is required for the same process or activity.  Utilities shall be authorized to install and operate such advanced metering technology and equipment on a customer's premises; however, nothing in this chapter establishes a requirement that an energy efficiency program be implemented on a customer's premises and be connected to customer's wiring on the customer's side of the inter-connection without the customer's expressed consent.