For the purposes of this chapter:
- (1) “Applicable codes” means laws, rules, regulations, engineering standards, engineering guidance, and established best practices as recognized by the Department of Transportation or the Federal Highway Administration.
- (2) “Department” means the Delaware Department of Transportation.
- (3) “Eligible energy resource” or “eligible energy resources” shall have the defined meaning in § 352 of Title 26.
- (4) “Fair market rental rate” means a recurring rate for the use of the State’s roadway rights-of-way based on a fair market appraisal of the use of that land.
- (5) “Offshore wind interconnection facilities” shall have the meaning defined in § 203F of Title 26.
- (6) “Renewable energy developer” means a person or company, whether acting on its own behalf or acting as the agent of a renewable energy owner or renewable energy operator on a temporary basis, developing or constructing 1 or more eligible energy resources. A renewable energy developer may also be a renewable energy operator or a renewable energy owner.
- (7) “Renewable energy entity” means any entity that is either a renewable energy developer, a renewable energy operator, a renewable energy owner, or any combination of these.
- (8) “Renewable energy interconnection facilities” shall have the meaning defined in § 203F of Title 26.
- (9) “Renewable energy operator” means a person or company, whether acting on its own behalf or acting as the agent of a renewable energy owner on a semi-permanent basis, operating 1 or more renewable energy resources.
- (10) “Renewable energy owner” means a person or company who owns the renewable energy interconnection facilities to be located in the State-owned right-of-way.
- (11) “Right-of-way” or “ROW” means all those lands owned by the State in fee simple or lesser rights or under the management or control of the Department and operated as a public roadway, whether located within or outside incorporated municipalities. A ROW may include lands owned and operated by the State such as bicycle and pedestrian pathways, and recreational trails or railroads that are separate from State-owned roadway rights of way.
84 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 13