§ 1851. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Nuclear fission energy" shall mean all forms of energy released in\nthe course of nuclear fission.\n 2. "Authority" shall mean the New York state energy research and\ndevelopment authority continued pursuant to section one thousand eight\nhundred fifty-two of this title.\n 3. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean such bonds and notes as are issued\nby the authority pursuant to this title.\n 4. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state.\n 5. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, association, public\nor private corporation, public utility, organization, partnership,\ntrust, estate, or joint stock company, or any political subdivision of\nthe state
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§ 1851. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Nuclear fission energy" shall mean all forms of energy released in\nthe course of nuclear fission.\n 2. "Authority" shall mean the New York state energy research and\ndevelopment authority continued pursuant to section one thousand eight\nhundred fifty-two of this title.\n 3. "Bonds" and "notes" shall mean such bonds and notes as are issued\nby the authority pursuant to this title.\n 4. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state.\n 5. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, association, public\nor private corporation, public utility, organization, partnership,\ntrust, estate, or joint stock company, or any political subdivision of\nthe state, or any officer or agent thereof.\n 6. "Real property" shall mean lands, waters, rights in lands or\nwaters, structures, franchises, improvements and interests in land,\nincluding lands under water and riparian rights, and any and all other\nthings and rights usually included within said term and includes also\nany and all interests in such property less than full title, such as\neasements permanent or temporary, rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses\nand all other incorporeal hereditaments in every estate, interest or\nright, legal or equitable.\n 7. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n 8. "State agency" shall mean any officer, department, board,\ncommission, bureau, division, corporation, agency or instrumentality of\nthe state.\n 9. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n 10. "New energy technologies" shall mean all methods used to produce,\ndistribute, conserve and store energy by methods not in common\ncommercial use, with emphasis on renewable energy sources including but\nnot limited to solar, wind, bioconversion and solid waste.\n 11. "Energy conservation technologies" shall mean all methods of\nconserving energy, of improving the efficiency of energy utilization and\nof preserving and protecting the environment and the public health and\nsafety in connection with the use of energy.\n 13. "Special energy project" shall mean any land, works, system,\nbuilding or other improvement, and all real and personal properties of\nany nature or any interest in any of them deemed necessary or desirable\nin connection therewith or incidental thereto, whether or not now in\nexistence or under construction, which shall be suitable for or related\nto the furnishing, generation, production, exploration, transmission,\ndistribution, conservation, conversion or storage of energy or energy\nresources, or the conversion of oil-burning facilities to alternate\nfuels, or for the acquisition, extraction, conversion, transportation,\nstorage, loading, unloading or reprocessing of fuel of any kind for\nindustrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, storage, research,\nrecreational, educational, dormitory, health, mental hygiene or\nmulti-family housing facilities or purposes and which may, but shall not\nbe required to, employ new energy technologies.\n 14. "Low-level radioactive waste" shall mean radioactive waste that:\n a. is not high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent\nnuclear fuel, or the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or\nconcentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for\nits source material content; and\n b. the United States nuclear regulatory commission, consistent with\nfederal law, and in accordance with paragraph a of this subdivision,\nclassifies as low-level radioactive waste.\n 15. "Low-level radioactive waste management facilities" shall mean\nfacilities for permanent disposal of low-level radioactive waste and any\nassociated facilities for treatment and handling of such waste,\nincluding but not limited to, facilities for purposes of stabilization,\nvolume reduction, or the protection of health and safety of workers or\nmembers of the public.\n 16. "Permanent disposal facilities" shall mean low-level radioactive\nwaste management facilities for permanent disposal of low-level\nradioactive waste generated within the state of New York other than such\nwaste which is a federal responsibility pursuant to the provisions of\nfederal law pertaining to state and federal responsibilities for\ndisposal of low-level radioactive waste.\n 17. "Generate" or "generation", when used with respect to low-level\nradioactive waste, shall mean the production, or causing the production\nof, or activity which otherwise results in the creation or increase in\nvolume of low-level radioactive waste. A person who generates low-level\nradioactive waste includes one who personally, or through the actions of\nany agent, employee, or contractor, generates low-level radioactive\nwaste.\n 18. "Generation attribute certificates" shall mean the environmental,\nvintage and other attributes associated with the generation of\nkilowatt-hours and/or megawatt-hours of electrical energy. Generation\nattribute certificates shall exist as a commodity separate and apart\nfrom kilowatt-hours and/or megawatt-hours.\n