New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 9 - ELECTRIC SERVICES
Part 588 - GRID MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM
Section 17.9.588.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Applicant" means one or more representatives of an eligible entity making an application for a grid modernization grant.

B. "Applicant category" means, for the purposes of evaluating applications an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo, a rural community served by a rural electric cooperative, a rural community served by an investor-owned public utility, an urban or semi-urban municipality or county, or an institution of higher education.

C. "Department" means the energy, minerals and natural resources department.

D. "Division" means the energy conservation and management division of the department.

E. "Fund" means the grid modernization grant fund established by the legislature in Section 71-11-2, NMSA 1978.

F. "Eligible entity" means an organization that may apply for a grid modernization grant and includes only the following: municipalities and county governments, state agencies, state universities, public schools, post-secondary educational institutions and Indian nations, tribes and pueblos.

G. "In-kind" means non-monetary contributions to a project made by an applicant and demonstrated in the applicant's budget justification.

H. "Non-responsive" means an application that does not meet all the application requirements for the specific project type.

I. "Program" means the grid modernization grant program of the department established by Section 71-11-1, NMSA 1978.

J. "Project" means an activity defined by the applicant that supports the goals of grid modernization and falls within the three specified types.