As used in this chapter:
(a) "Board" means the State Loan and Investment Board.
(b) "Council" means the Wyoming Business Council - State Energy Office.
(c) "Director" means the Director of the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(d) "Eligible Applicant" means incorporated cities and towns, counties, special districts and joint powers boards in Wyoming.
(e) "Eligible Project Costs" means total project cost less ineligible project costs.
(f) "Energy Performance Contract" means the contracting vehicle that allows facility owners to accomplish energy or water efficiency projects without upfront capital costs or capital appropriations.
(g) "Energy Service Company" means the contractor, pre-qualified under the Wyoming Energy Conservation Improvement Program, responsible for audit, design, implementation, measurement, verification and guarantee of savings for individual projects.
(h) "Facility Owner" means a local government entity or group of local government entities responsible for an individual facility or group of facilities including operation, maintenance, financial, legal, and upper management personnel.
(i) "Investment Grade Energy Audit" means the detailed engineering investigation and report of a facility's current energy and water consuming equipment inventory, condition, operation, maintenance, and performance, energy baseline, potential energy and water efficiency upgrades, life cycle costs, and risks for future performance that provides the justification for the energy performance contract project.
(j) "Manager" means the Manager of the Wyoming Business Council - State Energy Office.
(k) "Office" means the Office of State Lands and Investments.
(I) "Wyoming Energy Conservation Improvement Program" means the Wyoming Business Council - State Energy Office program designed to enable and support development and implementation of energy performance contract projects.
060-29 Wyo. Code R. § 29-2