[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR451.2]

[Page 467-468]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 451_RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 451.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part--
    Closed-loop biomass means any organic material from a plant which is 
planted exclusively for purposes of being used at a qualified renewable 
energy facility to generate electricity or

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from a second harvesting of such a plant if planted before October 1, 
1993.
    Deciding Official means the Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (or any DOE official to whom the 
authority of the Assistant Secretary may be redelegated by the Secretary 
of Energy).
    DOE means the Department of Energy.
    Finance Office means the DOE Office of the Chief Financial Officer 
(or any office to which that Office's authority may be redelegated by 
the Secretary of Energy).
    Fiscal year means the Federal fiscal year beginning October 1 and 
ending on September 30 of the following calendar year.
    Net electric energy means the metered kilowatt-hours (kWh) generated 
and sold, and excludes electric energy used within the renewable energy 
facility to power equipment such as pumps, motors, controls, lighting, 
heating, cooling, and other systems needed to operate the facility.
    Nonprofit electrical cooperative means a cooperative association 
that is legally obligated to operate on a nonprofit basis and is 
organized under the laws of any State for the purpose of providing 
electric service to its members.
    Renewable energy facility means a single module or unit, or an 
aggregation of such units, that generates electric energy which is 
independently metered and which results from the utilization of a 
renewable energy source.
    Renewable energy source means solar heat, solar light, wind, 
geothermal energy, and biomass, except for--
    (1) Heat from the burning of municipal solid waste; or
    (2) Heat from a dry steam geothermal reservoir which--
    (i) Has no mobile liquid in its natural state;
    (ii) Is a fluid composed of at least 95 percent water vapor; and
    (iii) Has an enthalpy for the total produced fluid greater than or 
equal to 2.791 megajoules per kilogram (1200 British thermal units per 
pound).
    State means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any of the 
States, territories, and possessions of the United States.