Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-14-2 - Definitions
(a) "Solar Energy" is defined as the energy
received by the earth from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation or
potential or kinetic energy existing in the earth's principle media, such as
the sea, the air and the land, as the result of such radiation being received.
Solar energy includes but is not limited to:
(1) solar insolation both direct and diffuse
in the form of sensible heat;
(2)
flowing or falling water, by means of which waterwheels or water turbines are
driven;
(3) moving air by means of
which windmills are driven.
(b) A "conventional heating and cooling
system" is a system which delivers heating or cooling to a building through the
combustion of fossil fuels such as petroleum or petroleum products, natural
gas, or coal or through the utilization of electricity as a heat source except
where generated by means of solar energy as defined in subsection
(a).
(c) A "residential solar
energy electricity generating system" means equipment which is designed,
operated and installed as a system at any private residential location, which
utilizes solar energy to produce electricity for consumption at such location
and which meets standards established by these regulations. "Consumption at
such location" shall be deemed to include electricity furnished from any
private residential location to an electric company as defined in section
16-1 of
the General Statutes, a municipal electric plant established under chapter 101
of the General Statutes, a municipal electric energy cooperative established
under chapter 101a of the General Statutes, or an electric cooperative
established under chapter 597 of the General Statutes, whose authorized service
area includes said private residential location, if the amount of electricity
so furnished on an annual basis does not exceed the amount of electricity
received on an annual basis from said company, plant, or cooperative for
consumption at said private residential location.
(d) "private residential" includes both
single-family and multi-family dwellings, and includes mobile homes as defined
in subsection (a) of section
21-64 of
the General Statutes, but does not include institutional buildings as defined
in the State Building Code. If a portion of a building is occupied as a
residential dwelling and a portion is occupied for some other use, then a solar
energy electricity generating system which supplies electricity to such a
building is eligible for a property tax exemption only if it supplies
electricity solely to the residential portion of the building or if the
conditions in subsection (e) are met for the nonresidential portion.
(e) A "nonresidential solar energy
electricity generating system" means equipment other than a residential solar
energy electricity generating system which is designed, operated and installed
as a system which produces electricity using solar energy as the source of
energy for at least seventy-five percent of the electricity produced by the
system and which meets the standards established by these
regulations.
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