Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term clean energy means energy efficiency, energy conservation, demand response, energy storage, and energy derived from solar, onshore wind, offshore wind, geothermal, and ocean tidal sources. The term fossil fuel means coal, petroleum, natural gas, or any derivative of coal, petroleum, or natural gas that is used for fuel. The term retail electric supplier means an entity that sold not less than 1,000 megawatt hours of electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale during the preceding calendar year.
The term retail electric supplier includes an entity that generates not less than 1,000 megawatt hours of electric energy for use by the entity. The term disadvantaged community means a community that is disadvantaged based on geographic, public health, environmental hazard, or socioeconomic criteria. The term disadvantaged community includes— an area burdened by cumulative environmental pollution or other hazard that can lead to a negative public health effect; an area with a concentration of people that— are low-income; have high unemployment; have a high rent burden; have a low level of home ownership; have a low level of educational attainment; are members of groups that have historically experienced discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity; lack access to safe, reliable transit; lack access to quality, affordable healthcare; live in a high Medicaid population; and do not live in reasonable proximity to healthy food outlets; and an area that is vulnerable to the impact of climate change such as flooding, storm surges, and urban heat island effects.
The term low-income community means a census or tribal block group in which not less than 50 percent of households have an annual income that is less than 80 percent of the greater of— as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the annual median gross income for the area in which the census or tribal block group is located; and as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the annual median gross income for the State in which the census or tribal block group is located.
The term State means— a State; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; any other territory or possession of the United States; and a Native Hawaiian community-based organization. The term Native Hawaiian community-based organization means any organization that is composed primarily of Native Hawaiians from a specific community and assist with housing and healthcare, as well as social, cultural, economic and educational development of Native Hawaiians in that community.