PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             S.B. 810

(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 [§ 6-303] § 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.

(g)     "Energy conservation project" means:

(1) With respect to a commercial building, an industrial building, or an
industrial process, the purchase or installation or modification of an installation which is
designed primarily to reduce the consumption of energy, including:

(i) Caulking and weather stripping;

(ii) The insulation of the building structure and any system within the
building;

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