[Adopted 9-21-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015; amended in its entirety 11-7-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
For purposes of this article, and unless otherwise expressly
stated or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms in this
article 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 opt-out eligible customers within the Village/Town of Mount Kisco
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
ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS — Customers of electricity
and/or natural gas eligible to participate in a 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.
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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 SERVICE
The provision of energy supply as electric power and/or natural
gas or the provision of DER offerings.
SUPPLIERS
Energy service companies (ESCOs) and/or DER providers and/or
other entities with authority to provide energy services for participating
customers in connection with this article.
VALUE OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES or VDR
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.