2013 Idaho Statutes
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 89 - IDAHO ENERGY RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT
Section 67-8903 - DEFINITIONS.

(1) "Authority" means the Idaho energy resources authority created pursuant to section 67-8904, Idaho Code.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(3) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, certificates or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued by the authority.

(4) "Commission" means the Idaho public utilities commission created pursuant to section 61-201, Idaho Code.

(5) "Electric cooperative" means a cooperative corporation or association which is:

(6) "Facility" means any facility necessary, used or useful in connection with the generation, transmission or distribution of electric power and energy and any renewable energy generation project, in each case including, but not limited to, all real and personal property, fuel supplies and transportation facilities, pollution control facilities and all equipment and improvements necessary or desirable in connection with a facility. "Facility" shall include facilities owned in whole or in part by the authority or a participating utility, including undivided ownership interests in facilities, leasehold interests in facilities and other estates, but excludes a generating facility that sells any portion of its output as a qualifying facility to a participating utility under provisions of the public utility regulatory policies act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. section 2601 et seq.

(7) "Independent power producer" means any public or private corporation which is not itself a participating utility, but which may be an affiliate of a participating utility, that develops any renewable energy generation project undertaken by the authority pursuant to this chapter.

(8) "Participating utility" means, with respect to any facilities undertaken by the authority pursuant to this chapter, any public or private corporation, electric cooperative or other cooperative corporation or association, municipal corporation, political subdivision of this state or another state, state or federal agency, joint operating entity or other entity that:

(9) "Renewable energy" means a source of energy that occurs naturally, is regenerated naturally or uses as a fuel source, a waste product or byproduct from a manufacturing process including, but not limited to, open or closed-loop biomass, fuel cells, geothermal energy, waste heat, cogeneration, solar energy, waterpower and wind.

(10) "Renewable energy generation project" means an electric generating facility or system that uses renewable energy as its primary source of energy to generate electricity.

(11) "Revenues" means all receipts, purchase payments, loan repayments, lease payments, rents, fees and charges, and all other income or receipts derived by the authority from a participating utility.