Code of Massachusetts Regulations
225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Title 225 CMR 4.00 - Residential Conservation Service Program
Section 4.01 - Definitions

Ancillary Services. One or more services delivered to Residential Customers, which provide education, technical assistance, or information without requiring a visit to the customer's home. These services may also help to qualify a Residential Customer for the delivery of an on-site Audit, a Fuel Neutral Reward, or the RCS Program.

Audit. An assessment of a Residential Building by a Program Vendor that provides a Residential Customer with accurate information about the applicability of Program Measures or Fuel Neutral Rewards.

Coalition Action Plan. The plan developed by RCS Program Administrators pursuant to 225 CMR 4.07.

Commissioner. The Commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources.

DOER. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources.

DPU. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Energy Efficiency Measure. A modification to a Residential Building that decreases British thermal units (BTUs) or kilowatt hours (kWhs) used per square-foot for that Residential Building.

Energy Efficiency Investment Plan (EEIP). Joint plan of the Massachusetts energy efficiency Program Administrators pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 21.

Fuel Neutral Reward. A financial incentive or rebate provided to Residential Customers, regardless of the fuels being used in the building, that facilitates the implementation of Program Measures.

Home Heating Supplier. A person who sells or supplies home heating fuel (including but not limited to No. 2 heating oil, kerosene, butane, propane, biomass, wood pellets, and wood chips) to a Residential Customer for consumption in a Residential Building.

Municipal Aggregator. Any municipality or any group of municipalities acting together within the Commonwealth to aggregate the electrical load of interested electricity customers within its boundaries, as provided in M.G.L. c. 164, § 134(a), that also adopts an energy plan which shall define the manner in which the municipality or municipalities may implement demand side management programs and renewable energy programs as provided in M.G.L. c. 164 § 134(b). For purposes of 225 CMR 4.00, RCS Program Administrator shall be understood to include a Municipal Aggregator.

Outcomes. Performance standards used to assess the success of the RCS program.

Person. A person is any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, utility, agency or any political subdivision of the state.

Program Measure. An Energy Efficiency Measure or a Renewable Resource Measure.

Program Requirement. A requirement adopted by the Commissioner under 225 CMR 4.00 or the State Plan, including, but not limited to, Ancillary Services, Audits, Fuel Neutral Rewards, or any other requirement adopted under M.G.L. c. 164 App. §§ 2-1 through 2-10.

Program Vendor. A person who provides services or products to Residential Customers under 225 CMR 4.00 or the State Plan.

RCS Program Administrator. Any electric or gas distribution company as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1, or corporation as defined in M.G.L. c. 164, § 2 to include all persons, firms, associations and private corporations which own or operate a distributing plant for distribution and sale of gas for heating and illuminating purposes, or of electricity, within the commonwealth but shall not include any alternative energy producer other than persons, firms, associations, and private corporations expressly excluded from the definition of "electric company" in M.G.L. c. 164, § 1. The terms "corporation", "electric company" and "gas company" shall include municipal corporations which own or may acquire municipal lighting plants. RCS Program Administrator shall also include Municipal Aggregators.

Renewable Resource Measure. A modification to a Residential Building that substitutes energy produced from a stock resource (fossil or nuclear fuel) with a renewable resource (including but not limited to solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, and wind).

Residential Building. Any building or dwelling that is used, in whole or in part, for residential occupancy and has a system for heating, cooling, or both, regardless of fuel type or utility rate code designation.

Residential Customer. A person who owns a Residential Building, or occupies a Residential Building and receives a bill or bills from a Program Administrator based on energy used in such Residential Building.

State. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

State Plan. The guideline prepared by the Commissioner to implement M.G.L. c. 164 App. §§ 2-1 through 2-10.