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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 42.580 — Definitions for KRS 42.580 to 42.588

42.580. Definitions for KRS 42.580 to 42.588

As used in KRS 42.580 to 42.588:

(1) "Cabinet" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet;

(2) "Demand-side management" has the same meaning as in KRS 278.010;

(3) "Energy audit" has the same meaning as in KRS 56.770;

(4) "Energy-efficient heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;

(5) "Energy-efficient interior lighting system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;

(6) "Energy-efficient windows and storm doors" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;

(7) "Engineered demand-side management project" means a project undertaken to reduce the amount of energy consumed in an existing structure, including but not limited to:

(a) Energy-efficient heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water systems;

(b) Energy-efficient interior lighting systems;

(c) Energy-efficient windows and storm doors;

(d) Qualified energy property;

(e) Upgraded insulation;

(f) Solar water-heating systems; and

(g) Any other energy conservation measures that will reduce energy costs, including those that will use solar power, either active or passive;

(8) "Private sector building" means a building owned by a private retail, commercial, or industrial business;

(9) "Public sector building" means a building owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, any public university of the Commonwealth, or any public community college of the Commonwealth;

(10) "Qualified energy property" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;

(11) "Simple payback period" has the same meaning as in KRS 56.770;

(12) "Solar water-heating system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435; and

(13) "Upgraded insulation" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435.

Source notes

Effective: July 15, 2014

Legislative Research Commission Note (2/25/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 28, provides that the repeal and reenactment of this section in that Act "shall apply retroactively to July 15, 2008."

History and annotations

Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2014. -- Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 20, effective February 25, 2010. -- Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 21, effective July 15, 2008.

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