§196-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Available" means that the vehicle is physically present and not rented for the requested rental period.
"Commission" means the public utilities commission.
"Conventional vehicle" means a vehicle powered solely by an internal combustion engine.
"Distributed energy resources" means a resource sited close to customers that:
"Distributed energy resources" includes but is not limited to solar photovoltaic and thermal, wind, combined heat and power, electrical and thermal energy storage, demand response technologies, alternative energy vehicles and related infrastructure, microgrids, energy efficiency, and advanced inverters.
"Distributor" means:
"Electricity" means all electrical energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated or produced using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, and waves, or any other source.
"Electric vehicle" means a vehicle powered by an electric motor via electricity:
"Energy" means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever.
"Energy resources" means fuel, and also includes all electrical or thermal energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated, produced, or stored using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, waves, or any other source.
"Fuel" means fuels, whether liquid, solid, or gaseous, commercially usable for energy needs, power generation, and fuels manufacture, that may be manufactured, grown, produced, or imported into the State or that may be exported therefrom, including petroleum and petroleum products and gases to include all fossil fuel-based gases, coal tar, vegetable ferments, biomass, municipal solid waste, biofuels, hydrogen, agricultural products used as fuels and as feedstock to produce fuels, and all fuel alcohols.
"Hybrid vehicle" means a vehicle powered by a combination of an electric motor and a small internal combustion engine.
"Rental contractor" means an entity that rents, leases, or proposes to rent or lease, vehicles to state employees for purposes of official government business under a contract pursuant to this chapter.
"State employee" means an employee of the State, including all permanent and temporary employees of the state judicial, executive, and legislative branches and their respective departments, offices, and agencies.
"Suitable" means the vehicle has the performance capabilities needed for the intended application, including payload and weight capacity for the job or is capable of holding a charge for the time and mileage needed.
"Townhouse" means a series of individual houses, having architectural unity and a common wall between each unit. [L 1974, c 237, §2; am L 1993, c 15, §1; am L 2009, c 153, §3; am L 2019, c 122, §4; am L 2021, c 73, §2]