Wisconsin Administrative Code
Public Service Commission
Chapter PSC 136 - Electric And Gas Conservation
Section PSC 136.02 - Definitions

(1) "Accessible" means capable of being reached without removal or major alteration of any part or parts of the permanent structure.

Note: Accessible areas include uninsulated areas which can be drilled and plugged.

(2) "Conversion" means installation of a permanent electric or gas spaceheating system to replace in whole or in part a spaceheating system which used a different fuel.

Note: Conversion includes installation of a dual-fuel or add-on heat pump system but does not include installation of gas or electric heat in new additions to an existing residential structure.

(3) "Energy audit" means an energy use analysis for spaceheating which complies with the Residential Conservation Service program for the heating system which has been or will be installed.

(4) "Existing residential structure" means a one or two-family dwelling constructed prior to December 1, 1978.

(5) "Spaceheating system" means equipment which uses gas or electric energy either directly or through mechanical processes to provide heat for space conditioning.

(6) "Unheated area" means a space which is thermally isolated outside a building envelope.