Section 2861 Of Article 2. Solar Water Heating Systems From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.
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. As used in this article, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "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.
(b) "kWth" means the kilowatt thermal capacity of a solar water
heating system, measured consistent with the standard established by
the SRCC.
(c) "kWhth" means kilowatthours thermal as measured by the number
of kilowatts thermal generated, or displaced, in an hour.
(d) "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 sold or 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 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, for a period of not less
than 30 years.
(e) "New Solar Homes Partnership" means the 10-year program,
administered by the Energy Commission, encouraging solar energy
systems in new home construction.
(f) "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.
(g) "Solar water heating system" means a solar energy device that
has the primary purpose of reducing demand for natural gas through
water heating, space heating, or other methods of capturing 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 subdivision (b) of Section
2863, or exempt from the surcharge pursuant to subdivision (c) of
Section 2863, and that meets or exceeds the eligibility criteria
established pursuant to Section 2864. "Solar water heating systems"
include multifamily residential, governmental, educational, and
nonprofit solar pool heating systems, but do not include
single-family residential solar pool heating systems.
(h) "SRCC" means the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation.