Utah Code § 13-52-102

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 13-52-102 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Customer" means a person who, for primarily personal, family, or household purposes:

(a) purchases a residential solar energy system under a system purchase agreement;

(b) leases a residential solar energy system under a system lease agreement; or

(c) purchases electricity under a power purchase agreement.

(2) "Division" means the Division of Consumer Protection, established in Section 13-2-1.

(3) "Power purchase agreement" means an agreement:

(a) between a customer and a solar retailer;

(b) for the customer's purchase of electricity generated by a residential solar energy system owned by the solar retailer; and

(c) that provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five years.

(4) "Residential solar energy system":

(a) means a solar energy system that:

(i) is installed in the state;

(ii) generates electricity primarily for on-site consumption for personal, family, or household purposes;

(iii) is situated on no more than four units of residential real property; and

(iv) has an electricity delivery capacity that exceeds one kilowatt; and

(b) does not include a generator that:

(i) produces electricity; and

(ii) is intended for occasional use.

(5) "Solar agreement" means a system purchase agreement, a system lease agreement, or a power purchase agreement.

(6) "Solar energy system" means a system or configuration of solar energy devices that collects and uses solar energy to generate electricity.

(7) "Solar retailer" means a person who:

(a) sells or proposes to sell a residential solar energy system to a customer under a system purchase agreement;

(b) owns the residential solar energy system that is the subject of a system lease agreement or proposed system lease agreement; or

(c) sells or proposes to sell electricity to a customer under a power purchase agreement.

(8) "System lease agreement" means an agreement:

(a) under which a customer leases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer; and

(b) that provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five years for the lease of the residential solar energy system.

(9) "System purchase agreement" means an agreement under which a customer purchases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer.

Utah Code § 13-52-102

Added by Chapter 290, 2018 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/8/2018.