Section 810-RICR-40-05-3.2 - DefinitionsA. "Commission" means the Public Utilities Commission.B. "Division" means the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers.C. "Electrical energy product" means an electrical energy offering, including but not limited to last resort and standard offer service, that can be distinguished by its generation attributes or other characteristics, and that is offered for sale by an obligated entity to end-use customers.D. "Electric distribution company" means a company engaging in the distribution of electricity or owning, operating, or controlling distribution facilities.E. "Eligible renewable energy resource" means resources as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26-5.F. "End-use customer" means a person or entity in Rhode Island that purchases electrical energy at retail from an obligated entity or directly from the ISO-NE wholesale market.G. "Generation attributes" means the non-price characteristics of the electrical energy output of a generation unit including, but not limited to, the unit's fuel type, emissions, vintage and policy eligibility.H. "ISO-NE" means the Independent System Operator in New England the Regional Transmission Organization or any successor organization responsible for the day-to-day reliable operation of New England's bulk power generation and transmission system, oversight of the region's wholesale electricity markets, and management of a comprehensive regional bulk power system planning process.I. "NE-GIS" means the generation information system operated by NEPOOL, its designee or successor entity, which includes a generation information database and certificate system, and that accounts for the generation attributes of electrical energy consumed within NEPOOL.J. "NE-GIS certificate" means an electronic record produced by the NE-GIS that identifies the relevant generation attributes of each megawatt-hour accounted for in the NE-GIS.K. "NEPOOL" means New England Power Pool or its successor.L. "Nonregulated power producer" or "NPP" shall be defined in the same manner as it is defined under R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-2.M. "Obligated entity" means a person or entity that sells electrical energy to end-use customers in Rhode Island, including, but not limited to: nonregulated power producers and electric utility distribution companies, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-2, supplying standard offer service, last resort service, or any successor service to end-use customers; including Narragansett Electric, but not to include Block Island Power Company as described in R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26-7 or Pascoag Utility District. An Obligated entity shall not include ISO-NE or NEPOOL. NPP members of NEPOOL are Obligated entities.810 R.I. Code R. 810-RICR-40-05-3.2