WAC 236-70-040   Definitions.  The following words and terms have the following meanings for the purposes of this chapter:

     "Base period" means a preceding twelve-month period, or longer, selected as the standard for measurement of energy consumption and energy savings due to implementation of energy conservation measures or services.

     "Energy conservation maintenance and operating procedure" means modification or modifications in maintenance and operations of a facility, and any installations within the facility, which are designed to reduce energy consumption in the facility and which require no significant expenditure of funds.

     "Energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in a facility which is primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow use of an alternative energy source.

     "Energy consumption" means the amount of electrical energy and demand, natural gas, oil, propane or other fuel consumed in a facility in any billing period. It also applies to utility services, such as water and sewer, which require energy to be consumed to supply the services to the facility.

     "Energy conservation service" means a service which provides preestablished levels of heating, cooling, lighting, and equipment use at reduced energy consumption levels. The services may include, but are not limited to, providing financing, design, installation, repair, maintenance, management, technical advice, and/or training.

     "Energy cost savings" means energy savings converted into dollar savings.

     "Energy savings" means the amount of energy expressed in standard units (e.g., therms, gallons, kilowatt hours) of energy saved by an energy conservation measure or service.

     "Energy service company" means a company that provides energy conservation services.

     "Facility" means a building, a group of buildings served by a central energy distribution system, components of a central energy distribution system, related structures and/or energy consuming appurtenances.

     "Net benefit" means the energy cost savings less the cost of the energy conservation measure or service provided.

     "Private investment or private financing" of energy projects means obtaining project funds by other than capital appropriation or governmental grants, and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

     • "Guaranteed savings" means a program in which a company guarantees a user a predetermined reduction in energy costs. The company guarantees that energy costs plus all costs of the energy conservation measures or services provided will be less than the user's normal energy costs.

     • "Leasing" means using a piece of property without transferring ownership. Leasing is an alternative to direct ownership of energy saving equipment. This is also known as an operating lease.

     • "Municipal or capital leasing" means a tax exempt lease where the cost of equipment is amortized over the lease term. At the end of the lease period ownership passes to the lessee. This is also known as a lease purchase.

     • "Shared savings" means a program in which the sole source of payment for energy conservation measures or services provided by a company is a predetermined percentage of the energy cost savings of the user resulting from the energy conservation measure or service.

     • "Utility financing" means grants, loans, and resource acquisition payments provided by utilities for energy conservation.

     • "Vendor financing" means financing provided by an equipment supplier, equipment manufacturer, company or contractor.

     "Request for qualifications" means the document which communicates information to prospective contractors and should include, but not be limited to:

     • A description of the problem;

     • Expected results from the project;

     • Extent and nature of anticipated contract services; and

     • Criteria for evaluating statements of qualifications.

     "State agency" means all departments, boards, commissions, colleges, community and technical colleges, and universities who own and operate or who have some responsibility for the ownership and operation of state facilities, related structures, and/or appurtenances.

     "State-owned facilities" means those facilities which are owned outright by the state, those facilities which are being purchased by the state, and those facilities which the state has provided full or partial construction funding or provides full or partial operations funding.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.19.680(4). 00-08-040, § 236-70-040, filed 3/29/00, effective 4/29/00; 84-24-030 (Order 84-03), § 236-70-040, filed 11/30/84.]