4299.1 For the purposes of this chapter:

"Biomass" means a solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic waste material that is segregated from other waste materials and is derived from any of the following forest-related resources, with the exception of old growth timber, unsegregated solid waste, or post-consumer waste paper: (a) mill residue, (b) precommercial soft wood thinning, (c) slash, (d) brush, (e) yard waste, (f) waste pallet, crate or dunnage, and (g) agricultural sources, including tree crops, vineyard materials, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues.

"Commission" means the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.

"Electric company" means every corporation, company, association, joint-stock company or association, partnership, or person doing business in the District of Columbia, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District of Columbia to retail electric customers. The term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively, owns, leases, or manages, the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies electricity and other electricity related services solely to the occupants of the building for use by the occupants.

"Electricity supplier" means a person, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges, or markets electricity for sale to customers. The term excludes the following:

(a) Building owners, lessees, or managers who manage the internal distribution system serving such building and who supply electricity solely to occupants of the building for use by the occupants;

(b) Any person who purchases electricity for its own use or for the use of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or

(c) Any apartment building or office building manager who aggregates electric service requirements for his or her building or buildings, and who does not:

(1) Take title to the electricity;

(2) Market electric services to the individually-metered tenants of the building; or

(3) Engage in the resale of electric services to others;

(d) Property owners who supply small amounts of power, at cost, as an accommodation to lessors or licensees of the property; and

(e) A consolidator.

"Hydroelectric" means power produced through conventional hydroelectric turbines.

"Ocean" means power produced from currents, tides, waves, and thermal differences.

"PJM Environmental Information Services" means the wholly-owned subsidiary of PJM Technologies, Inc. that provides environmental and emissions attributes reporting and tracking services to its subscribers.

'Residual fuel mix' means the net amount of generation remaining after subtracting from the total generation occurring during a year any generation that has been removed through specific claims on such generation.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 9737 (September 12, 2008), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7572 (July 11, 2008).