Md. Code Regs. 14.26.02.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 14.26.02.02 - Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Administration" means the Maryland Energy Administration.

(2) "Applicant" means a person or entity that applies for a grant from the Administration.

(3) "Application" means a request to receive a grant from the Administration.

(4) "Competitive funding opportunity" means a funding opportunity for which the Administration considers all complete applications submitted and selects those applications that best meet the criteria in the relevant FOA as determined by the Administration.

(5) "Complete application" means a timely application that includes all the information required by the FOA.

(6) "Evaluation criteria" means factors identified in the FOA that the Administration uses to determine which applications submitted in response to a FOA best meet the Administration's specified purpose.

(7) "Fund availability" means the presence of monies that the Administration is authorized to expend for a particular purpose, such as the discretionary offering of grants.

(8) "Funding opportunity announcement" or "FOA" means a notice to the public of a grant funding opportunity available for a specific period and purpose that includes the conditions, criteria, and guidelines developed by the Administration.

(9) Grant.

(a) "Grant" means the bestowing of a power, money, privilege, property, or other item of value that may be conditional, although without other consideration, by the Administration upon another party.

(b) Grant includes a rebate, technical assistance, and the provision of a portion or all a grantee's matching or cost sharing for a federal grant.

(10) "Grant agreement" means a written agreement between the Administration and a grantee with respect to a grant.

(11) "Noncompetitive funding opportunity" means a funding opportunity for which the Administration considers complete applications on a first-come, first-served basis.

(12) Person.

(a) "Person" means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity.

(b) "Person" includes a not-for-profit corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, or association that is in good standing with the State.

(13) Project.

(a) "Project" means an activity or undertaking that is consistent with the requirements of a FOA.

(b) "Project" includes all activities and requirements specified in the FOA or grant agreement.

(14) "Rebate" is a noncompetitive funding opportunity for a project that is complete at the time the application is submitted to the Administration.

(15) "State" means the State of Maryland.

(16) State Agency.

(a) "State agency" means any administration, agency, association, authority, board, bureau, college, commission, committee, council, foundation, fund, department, institute, institution, public corporation, service, trust, university, or other unit of the Executive Branch of the State government and includes any subunit within any of these units.

(b) "State agency" does not include a bicounty or multicounty government agency or political subdivision of the State, including a county, municipality, special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil conservation district, water supply district, or any entity organized under the general corporation laws of the State.

(17) "Strategic Energy Investment Fund" or "SEIF" has the meaning stated in State Government Article, § 9-20B-05, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(18) "Strategic Energy Investment Program" means the program established and described in State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 20B, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Md. Code Regs. 14.26.02.02

Regulation .02B amended effective February 12, 2007 (34:3 Md. R. 300); adopted effective 51:7 Md. R. 321-354, eff. 7/1/2024.