WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 311

[13-402.] 6-302.

(a)  In this subtitle, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise, the following words have the meaning indicated.

(b)  "Administration" means the Maryland Energy Financing
Administration created by § [13-403] 6-403 of this subtitle.

(c)  "Bond" means any bond, bond anticipation note, revenue
anticipation note, grant anticipation note, or other note, or
evidence of indebtedness of the Administration, whether general
or limited obligation of the Administration.

(d)  "Cogeneration" means the combined generation by any
facility of:

(1)  Electrical or mechanical power; and

(2)  Steam or other forms of useful energy, such as
heat, that are used for industrial, commercial, heating, or
cooling purposes.

(e)  "Commercial building" means, for the purpose of
providing financial assistance for an energy conservation project
or a solar energy project in a commercial building, any building,
other than a residential building, that is used primarily to
carry on a business (including any nonprofit business) and is not
used primarily for the manufacture or production of raw
materials, products, or agricultural commodities.

(f)  "Energy audit" means:

(1)  An energy audit performed for purposes of Title
VII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, P.L. 95-619;
or

(2)  An on-site inspection of a commercial building,
of an industrial building, or of an industrial process, which
inspection includes a determination of, and provides information
on:

(i) The type, quantity, and rate of energy
consumption of the building or process;

(ii) Appropriate energy conserving maintenance
and operation procedures that may be employed to reduce the
energy consumption of such building or process; and

(iii) The cost of implementing appropriate
energy conservation projects or solar energy projects and the
savings in energy costs that are likely to result from the
implementation of the projects.                                           

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