34 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.13 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Energy and Water
Management Plan--A comprehensive plan prepared by a state agency or institution
of higher education that includes a progress report of utility energy and water
use reduction measures, goals for reducing utility consumption, a strategy and
implementation schedule, a description of methods of financing improvements,
and an employee awareness plan.
(2)
Institution of higher education--Has the meaning that is assigned by Education
Code, §
61.003.
(3) Long Range Utility Services Plan--A long
range plan for the delivery of reliable, cost-effective utility services for a
state agency or institution of higher education, including any on-site
generation, energy storage or demand response.
(4) Providing agency--A state agency or
institution of higher education that occupies or manages a state-owned building
and is responsible for paying utility bills.
(5) SECO--The Comptroller of Public Accounts
State Energy Conservation Office or legally designated successor.
(6) State agency--Any department, commission,
board, office, or other agency in the executive, judicial, or legislative
branch of state government that exists under the constitution or a statute of
this state and that has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion
of the state.
(7) Tenant agency--A
state agency or institution of higher education that occupies a building
managed by another party and is not responsible for building renovation
projects. A tenant agency may or may not be responsible for directly paying
utility bills.
(8)
Utility--Electricity, gas, thermal, or other energy resource, water, and
wastewater.
(9) Utility consumption
data--The measured amount of the agency's or institution's water, electricity,
gasoline, or natural gas usage.
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