As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Gas customer” includes both “core” and “noncore” customers, as those terms are used in Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 328) of Part 1, that receive retail end-use gas service within the service territory of a gas corporation.
(c) “kWth” or “kilowatts thermal” means the unit of measure of the equivalent thermal capacity of a solar thermal system that is calculated by multiplying the aperture area of the solar collector area of the system, expressed in square meters, by a conversion factor of 0.7.
(d) “kWhth” means kilowatthours thermal as measured by the number of kilowatts thermal generated, or displaced, in an hour.
(e) “Low-income residential housing” means either of the following:
(1) Residential housing financed with low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or local, state, or federal loans or grants, and for which the rents of the occupants who are lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, do not exceed those prescribed by deed restrictions or regulatory agreements pursuant to the terms of the financing or financial assistance.
(2) A residential complex in which at least 20 percent of the total units are rented to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and the housing units targeted for lower income households are already, at the time of the funding commitment pursuant to this article, subject to a deed restriction or affordability covenant with a public entity that ensures that the units will be available at an affordable housing cost meeting the requirements of Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or at an affordable rent meeting the requirements of Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code.
(f) “New Solar Homes Partnership” means the 10-year program, administered by the Energy Commission, encouraging solar energy systems in new home construction.
(g) “Solar heating collector” means a device that is used to collect or capture heat from the sun and that is generally, but need not be, located on a roof.
(h) “Solar thermal system” means a solar energy device that reduces demand for natural gas through water heating, space heating or cooling, or other methods of capturing heat energy from the sun to reduce natural gas consumption in a home, business, or any building or facility receiving natural gas that is subject to the surcharge established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2863, or exempt from the surcharge pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 2863, and that meets or exceeds the eligibility criteria established pursuant to Section 2864. “Solar thermal systems” include multifamily residential, industrial, agricultural, governmental, educational, and nonprofit solar pool heating systems, but do not include single-family residential solar pool heating systems.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 473, Sec. 3. (AB 797) Effective January 1, 2018. Inoperative August 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2867.4.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018