(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Dispatchable” means a source of electrical power generation or biomass energy that is:(A) Available on demand;(B) Not intermittent; and(C) Can either:(i) Be adjusted to increase or decrease its power output upon request of a power grid operator or otherwise upon demand or request of a power grid operator; or(ii) Have its power output adjusted in response to market or system needs;(2) “Dispatchable electric generation facility” means a facility that uses water, coal, natural gas, geothermal, biomass, or nuclear power, or a combination of equivalent fuels and technologies, to generate dispatchable, reliable electricity to provide to end users;(3) “Electric generation asset” means a plant, facility, equipment, or system that converts nonelectrical energy into electricity;(4) “Intermittent” means:(A) A source of electrical power generation from a solar photovoltaic, solar thermal heating, concentrating solar thermal collector, or other solar energy collection or generation system;(B) A source of electrical power that generates energy by harnessing wind power or energy, whether through a turbine or other device;(C) Anaerobic digestion or combined heat and power from solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion sources;(D) Any short-duration energy storage, which includes any method of storing generated electricity for later dispatch to the power grid, whether alone or in conjunction with any other intermittent sources described in this subdivision (4), that is equivalent to less than forty-eight (48) hours of the average peak generation of the unit the short-duration energy storage is used to offset; and(E) Conventional hydropower and pumped storage hydropower, unless they are capable of providing energy on demand, in which case they shall be deemed to be dispatchable;(5) “Public utility” means the same as defined in § 23-1-101;(6) “Reliability” means having adequate dispatchable electric generation capacity to safely deliver electrical energy in the quantity, with the quality, and at a time that public utility customers demand;(7) “Resilience” means having the ability to quickly and effectively respond to and recover from events that compromise power grid reliability;(8) “Retirement” means the closure or the complete and permanent cessation of operations of a dispatchable electric generation facility; and(9) “Secure” means to harden to a reasonable extent against an attack, including a cyberattack or a kinetic attack, or an extreme weather event.
(1) “Dispatchable” means a source of electrical power generation or biomass energy that is:(A) Available on demand;(B) Not intermittent; and(C) Can either:(i) Be adjusted to increase or decrease its power output upon request of a power grid operator or otherwise upon demand or request of a power grid operator; or(ii) Have its power output adjusted in response to market or system needs;
(A) Available on demand;
(B) Not intermittent; and
(C) Can either:(i) Be adjusted to increase or decrease its power output upon request of a power grid operator or otherwise upon demand or request of a power grid operator; or(ii) Have its power output adjusted in response to market or system needs;
(i) Be adjusted to increase or decrease its power output upon request of a power grid operator or otherwise upon demand or request of a power grid operator; or
(ii) Have its power output adjusted in response to market or system needs;
(2) “Dispatchable electric generation facility” means a facility that uses water, coal, natural gas, geothermal, biomass, or nuclear power, or a combination of equivalent fuels and technologies, to generate dispatchable, reliable electricity to provide to end users;
(3) “Electric generation asset” means a plant, facility, equipment, or system that converts nonelectrical energy into electricity;
(4) “Intermittent” means:(A) A source of electrical power generation from a solar photovoltaic, solar thermal heating, concentrating solar thermal collector, or other solar energy collection or generation system;(B) A source of electrical power that generates energy by harnessing wind power or energy, whether through a turbine or other device;(C) Anaerobic digestion or combined heat and power from solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion sources;(D) Any short-duration energy storage, which includes any method of storing generated electricity for later dispatch to the power grid, whether alone or in conjunction with any other intermittent sources described in this subdivision (4), that is equivalent to less than forty-eight (48) hours of the average peak generation of the unit the short-duration energy storage is used to offset; and(E) Conventional hydropower and pumped storage hydropower, unless they are capable of providing energy on demand, in which case they shall be deemed to be dispatchable;
(A) A source of electrical power generation from a solar photovoltaic, solar thermal heating, concentrating solar thermal collector, or other solar energy collection or generation system;
(B) A source of electrical power that generates energy by harnessing wind power or energy, whether through a turbine or other device;
(C) Anaerobic digestion or combined heat and power from solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion sources;
(D) Any short-duration energy storage, which includes any method of storing generated electricity for later dispatch to the power grid, whether alone or in conjunction with any other intermittent sources described in this subdivision (4), that is equivalent to less than forty-eight (48) hours of the average peak generation of the unit the short-duration energy storage is used to offset; and
(E) Conventional hydropower and pumped storage hydropower, unless they are capable of providing energy on demand, in which case they shall be deemed to be dispatchable;
(5) “Public utility” means the same as defined in § 23-1-101;
(6) “Reliability” means having adequate dispatchable electric generation capacity to safely deliver electrical energy in the quantity, with the quality, and at a time that public utility customers demand;
(7) “Resilience” means having the ability to quickly and effectively respond to and recover from events that compromise power grid reliability;
(8) “Retirement” means the closure or the complete and permanent cessation of operations of a dispatchable electric generation facility; and
(9) “Secure” means to harden to a reasonable extent against an attack, including a cyberattack or a kinetic attack, or an extreme weather event.