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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) As used in ORS 469.865 to 469.875, 469.900 (1) and (2) and subsection (2) of this section:
(a) “Commercial building” means a public building as defined in ORS 455.560.
(b) “Commission” means the Public Utility Commission.
(c) “Conservation services” means providing energy audits or technical assistance for energy conservation measures as part of a program approved under ORS 469.860 to 469.900.
(d) “Electric utility” means a public utility, as defined in ORS 757.005, which produces, transmits, delivers or furnishes electric power and is regulated by the commission under ORS chapter 757.
(e) “Energy conservation measure” means a measure primarily designed to improve the efficiency of energy use in a commercial building. “Energy conservation measures” include, but are not limited to, improved operation and maintenance measures, energy use analysis procedures, lighting system improvements, heating, ventilating and air conditioning system modifications, furnace and boiler efficiency improvements, automatic control systems including wide dead band thermostats, heat recovery devices, infiltration controls, envelope weatherization, solar water heaters and water heating heat pumps.
(2) As used in ORS 469.865 and 469.900 (2), “gas utility” means a public utility, as defined in ORS 757.005, which delivers or furnishes natural gas to customers for heat, light or power.
(3) As used in ORS 469.880 to 469.895 and 469.900 (3):
(a) “Commercial building” means a public building as defined in ORS 455.560.
(b) “Conservation services” has the meaning given in subsection (1) of this section.
(c) “Energy conservation measure” has the meaning given in subsection (1) of this section.
(d) “Publicly owned utility” means an electric utility owned or operated, in whole or in part, by a municipality, cooperative association or people's utility district.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Public Health and Safety § 469.860 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-36-public-health-and-safety/or-rev-st-sect-469-860/
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