Sec. 210. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 210 DEFINITIONS As used in this title— ####

(1)The term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Energy. ####

(2)The term “**load management technique**” means any technique to reduce the maximum kilowatt demand on an electric utility, including ripple or radio control mechanisms, or other types of interruptible electric service, energy storage devices, and load limiting devices. ####

(3)The term “**natural gas**” means natural gas as defined in the Natural Gas Act. ####

(4)The term “**public utility**” means any person, State agency, or Federal agency which is engaged in the business of selling natural gas or electric energy, or both, to residential customers for use in a residential building. ####

(5)The term “**regulated utility**” means a public utility with respect to whose rates a State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority. ####

(6)The term “**nonregulated utility**” means a public utility which is not a regulated utility. ####

(7)The term “**rate**” means any price, rate, charge, or classification made, demanded, observed, or received with respect to sales of electric energy or natural gas, any rule, regulation, or practice respecting any such rate, charge, or classification, and any contract pertaining to the sale of electric energy or natural gas. ####

(8)The term “**ratemaking authority**” means authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates. ####

(9)The term “**residential building**” means any building used for residential occupancy which is not a new building to which final standards under section 304(a) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act apply and which has a system for heating or cooling, or both. ####

(10)The term “**residential customer**” means any person to whom— #####

(A)a public utility sells natural gas or electric energy, or #####

(B)a home heating supplier supplies or sells home heating fuel (including No. 2 heating oil, kerosene, butane, and propane), for consumption by such customer in a residential building. ####

(11)The term “**residential energy conservation measure**” means— #####

(A)caulking and weatherstripping of doors and windows; #####

(B)furnace efficiency modifications including— ######

(i)replacement burners, furnaces or boilers or any combination thereof which, as determined by the Secretary, substantially increases the energy efficiency of the heating system, ######

(ii)devices for modifying flue openings which will increase the energy efficiency of the heating system, and ######

(iii)electrical or mechanical furnace ignition systems which replace standing gas pilot lights; #####

(C)clock thermostats; #####

(D)ceiling, attic, wall, and floor insulation; #####

(E)water heater insulation; #####

(F)storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed window and door materials; #####

(G)devices associated with load management techniques; #####

(H)devices to utilize solar energy or windpower for any residential energy conservation purpose, including heating of water, space heating or cooling; and #####

(I)such other measures as the Secretary by rule identifies for purposes of this part. ####

(12)The term “**residential energy conservation plan**” means a plan approved by the Secretary pursuant to section 212. ####

(13)The term “**State**” means a State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. ####

(14)The term “**State regulatory authority**” means any State agency which has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy or natural gas by any public utility (other than by such State agency); except that in the case of a public utility with respect to which the Tennessee Valley Authority has ratemaking authority, such term means the Tennessee Valley Authority. ####

(15)The term “**State agency**” means a State, a political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of either. ####

(16)The term “**suggested measures**” means, with respect to a particular residential building, the residential energy conservation measures which the Secretary, in the rules prescribed pursuant to section 212, determines to be appropriate for the location and the category of residential buildings which includes such building. In determining which of the residential energy conservation measures shall be suggested measures for a location and category of residential building, the Secretary shall consider the cost of the inspection offered under section 215(b) and its effect on the willingness of residential customers to participate in the utility program. ####

(17)The term “**utility program**” means a program meeting the requirements of section 215. ####

(18)The term “**Governor**” means the Governor or chief executive officer of a State or his designee. ####

(19)The term “**home heating supplier program**” means a program meeting the requirements of section 217. ####

(20)The term “**home heating supplier**” means a person who sells or supplies home heating fuel (including No. 2 heating oil, kerosene, butane, and propane) to a residential customer for consumption in a residential building. **[**[42 U.S.C. 8211](/us/usc/t42/s8211)**]**

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