For purposes of this chapter, and unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth below, or if not so defined, as employed in the State of New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices.
COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM (or "CCA PROGRAM")
A municipal energy procurement program, which replaces the incumbent utility as the default electric and/or gas supplier for all bundled customers within the City of New Rochelle. The CCA Program may include community distributed generation credits on an opt-out basis and other DER offerings on an opt-in basis.
COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTED GENERATION (or "CDG")
Community shared renewables program expanding customer access to the environmental and system benefits of qualifying renewable project generation located behind a nonresidential host meter based on remotely sharing net metering or VDER monetary credits through a monetary credit applied to the utility bills of participating customers.
CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC DATA
Utility data for all opt-out eligible customers, including account holder name, service address, primary language, if available, any customer-specific alternate billing name and/or address, and other relevant, authorized data.
CUSTOMERS
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Eligible Customers: Customers of electricity and/or natural gas eligible to participate in CCA, either on an opt-out or opt-in basis, as delineated in the CCA Framework Order.
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Opt-out Eligible Customers: Eligible customers that are eligible for opt-out treatment as delineated in the CCA Framework Order.
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Participating Customers: Opt-out eligible customers who have been enrolled subsequent to the opt-out process and other customers who have opted in.
DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES (or "DER")
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiatives that further engage and/or reduce cost of service for participating consumers, optimize system benefits, and/or address infrastructure and demand challenges within the geography of the CCA, including, but not limited to, local renewable energy projects, community-distributed generation, peak demand management, energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, community resilience microgrid projects, and other innovative initiatives.
DISTRIBUTION UTILITY
Owner or controller of the means of distribution of the natural gas or electricity that is regulated by the Public Service Commission.
ENERGY SERVICES
The provision of energy supply as electric power and/or natural gas or the provision of DER offerings.
SUPPLIERS
Energy service companies (ESCOs) that procure electric power and natural gas and/or DER providers and/or other entities with authority to provide energy services for participating customers in connection with this chapter.
VALUE OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES (or "VDER")
REV proceeding (Case 15-E-0751) that replaces the net metering program with a weighted value stack tariff mechanism for accurately pricing distributed energy resources on the grid as a reflection of their system value. Value stack components include the price of energy, capacity, avoided carbon emissions, cost savings to customers and utilities, demand reduction and locational relief. The goal of this proceeding is to increase DER penetration and benefits of DER installations.
Sustainable Westchester shall be responsible for filing an annual report with the Public Service Commission, as required in the CCA Framework Order.