Vermont § 8002 - Definitions As used in this chapter:

§ 8002. Definitions As used in this chapter:

• (1) “Commission” means the Public Utility Commission under section 3 of this title. (2) “Commissioned” or “commissioning” means the first time a plant is put into operation
  following initial construction or modernization if the costs of modernization are
  at least 50 percent of the costs that would be required to build a new plant including
  all buildings and structures technically required for the new plant’s operation. However,
  these terms shall not include activities necessary to establish operational readiness
  of a plant. (3) “CPI” means the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, designated as “CPI-U,”
  in the northeast region, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
  Statistics. (4) “Customer” means a retail electric consumer. (5) “Department” means the Department of Public Service under section 1 of this title, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (6) “Energy conversion efficiency” means the effective use of energy and heat from a combustion
  process. (7) “Environmental attributes” means the characteristics of a plant that enable the energy
  it produces to qualify as renewable energy and include any and all benefits of the
  plant to the environment such as avoided emissions or other impacts to air, water,
  or soil that may occur through the plant’s displacement of a nonrenewable energy source. (8) “Existing renewable energy” means renewable energy produced by a plant that came into
  service prior to or on December 31, 2009. (9) “Greenhouse gas reduction credits” shall be as defined in section 8006a of this title. (10) “Group net metering system” means a net metering system serving more than one customer,
  or a single customer with multiple electric meters, located within the service area
  of the same retail electricity provider. Various buildings owned by municipalities,
  including water and wastewater districts, fire districts, villages, school districts,
  and towns, may constitute a group net metering system. A union or district school
  facility may be considered in the same group net metering system with buildings of
  its member schools that are located within the service area of the same retail electricity
  provider. A system that files a complete application for a certificate of public good
  on or after January 1, 2026 shall not qualify for group net metering, unless the plant
  will be located on the same parcel, or a parcel adjacent to, the parcel where the
  energy is utilized. (11) “kW” means kilowatt or kilowatts (AC). (12) “kWh” means kW hour or hours. (13) “MW” means megawatt or megawatts (AC). (14) “MWH” means MW hour or hours. (15) “Net metering” means measuring the difference between the electricity supplied to
  a customer and the electricity fed back by the customer’s net metering system during
  the customer’s billing period: (A) Using a single, non-demand meter or other meter that would otherwise be applicable
  to the customer’s usage but for the use of net metering. (B) If the system serves more than one customer, using multiple meters. The calculation
  shall be made by converting all meters to a non- demand, non-time-of-day meter, and
  equalizing them to the tariffed kWh rate. (16) “Net metering system” means a plant for generation of electricity that: (A) is of not more than 500 kW capacity; (B) operates in parallel with facilities of the electric distribution system; (C) is intended primarily to offset the customer’s own electricity requirements and does
  not primarily supply electricity to electric vehicle supply equipment, as defined
  in section 201 of this title, for the resale of electricity to the public by the kWh or for other retail sales
  to the public, including those based in whole or in part on a flat fee per charging
  session or a time-based fee for occupying a parking space while using electric vehicle
  supply equipment; (D)