2015 Code of Virginia
Title 67 - Virginia Energy Plan
§ 67-1300. (Expires July 1, 2016) Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Customer" means any person receiving transmission and distribution service from an electric utility.

"Department" means the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.

"Electric utility" means any investor-owned electric utility.

"Fund" means the Voluntary Solar Resource Development Fund established pursuant to § 67-1302.

"Passive solar heating system" means a system or device that collects or otherwise uses the sun's heat for space heating without pumps, fans, or other machines or moving parts.

"Photovoltaic device" means a device made in the United States that uses a solar photovoltaic process to generate electricity.

"Solar energy project" means a project that involves the acquisition, installation, or operation of a photovoltaic device, solar water heating device, or solar space heating device at a residence, structure occupied by a nonprofit organization, or commercial establishment.

"Solar space heating device" means a device made in the United States that, when installed in connection with a structure, uses solar energy for the purpose of heating the interior of the structure, which device moves the sun's heat from one or more collectors to interior areas through the use of a pump and piping or fans and ductwork, and a heat exchanger. "Solar space heating device" does not include a passive solar device.

"Solar water heating device" means a device made in the United States that, when installed in connection with a structure, uses solar energy for the purpose of providing hot water for use within the structure.

2011, cc. 806, 839.