New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle BB - State Energy Office
Chapter V - Conservation Programs
Part 7920 - Not-for-profit Energy Incentive Program
Section 7920.2 - Definitions

(a) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the State Energy Office.

(b) Eligible applicant means a: not-for-profit organization; public or private, not-for-profit school, college or hospital; unit of local government; or public care facility, which satisfies the eligibility criteria of section 7920.3 of this Part.

(c) Energy conservation measure means the construction, alteration, repair or improvement to a facility or equipment affixed to, contained in, or on the grounds of a facility, which reduces energy consumption.

(d) Energy office means the New York State Energy Office.

(e) Energy cost savings means the reduction in annual energy costs, expressed in dollars, which is likely to be realized through the implementation of an energy conservation measure. Total energy cost savings is the sum of all energy cost savings which are likely to be realized from a project.

(f) Facility means an entire building or a separate, leased space within a building.

(g) Focused energy analysis means an analysis of a specific energy conservation measure incorporating technical and economic analyses of the equipment and energy use patterns pertinent to the measure.

(h) Generally accepted engineering standard means a specification, rule, guide, or procedure in the field of engineering, or related thereto, recognized and accepted as authoritative.

(i) In-kind services means compensated or uncompensated labor, materials or equipment provided by the applicant, its employees or representatives in connection with the implementation of a project under this program.

(j) Local government means a county, city, town, village, or Indian reservation wholly within New York State. Such term includes free and public libraries, and fire districts established pursuant to article 11 of the Town Law.

(k) Master-metered means the measurement of energy usage in a building occupied by more than one tenant, using a common utility meter.

(l) Not-for-profit organization means an organization which is exempt from Federal income tax pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3).

(m) Notice of rebate commitment means the document which provides written notification to a rebate applicant approved to receive a program rebate and prescribes the terms and conditions under which the program rebate is made.

(n) Operation and maintenance means general routine repair and upkeep needed to maintain a facility at a nominal level of energy efficiency. Such term includes, but is not limited to, replacing or repairing caulking and weatherstripping, replacing broken windows, and replacing existing lamps with more efficient lamps.

(o) Program means the Not-for-Profit Energy Incentive Program.

(p) Program rebate means the amount of program funds committed to a project by the Energy Office, as identified in an official notice of rebate commitment.

(q) Project means one or more energy conservation measures for which application is made for a program rebate.

(r) Public care facility means long-term health care, rehabilitation and public health center facilities, other than hospitals, which are owned or operated by public or not-for-profit entities. Such term also refers to long-term residential child care facilities, other than foster homes, and long-term residential care facilities for adults.

(s) Rebate recipient means an eligible applicant that has been approved to receive a program rebate.

(t) Simple payback means a figure representing the number of years necessary to recoup the cost (including any in-kind services claimed by the applicant as part or all of its matching share) of an energy conservation measure project through annual energy cost savings. It is calculated by dividing the total estimated cost of implementing the measure by the estimated annual energy cost savings.