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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="7-1001" title_number="7" title_name="Gas, Electric, and Water Companies" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Electric Distribution System Support Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Beneficial electrification” means replacing direct fossil fuel use with electricity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Bidirectional electric vehicle” means an electric vehicle that is capable of both receiving and discharging electricity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Distributed energy resource” means an energy resource located on a customer’s premises that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>produces or stores electricity; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>modifies the timing or amount of the customer’s electricity consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Electric distribution system support services” means the dispatch and control of a distributed energy resource to provide services that contribute to the efficient and reliable operation of the electric distribution system by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an electric company; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an aggregator acting at the direction of an electric company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Electric distribution system support services” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>local or system peak demand reduction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>demand response;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the avoidance or deferral of a transmission or distribution upgrade or capacity expansion; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>facilitating hosting capacity to accommodate additional distributed energy resources.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Eligible customer–generator” has the meaning stated in § 7–306 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Net energy metering” has the meaning stated in § 7–306 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Net excess generation” has the meaning stated in § 7–306 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Renewable on–site generating system” means an energy system located on a customer’s premises that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>generates or stores electricity from a Tier 1 renewable source or a Tier 2 renewable source that does not release greenhouse gases;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is capable of providing electricity to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a home, business, or other structure serviced by an electric company; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the electric distribution system;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is paired with an energy storage device that is configured to charge from:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the renewable source; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the electric distribution system unless, for the purpose of eligibility for net energy metering, the device is required to be charged only from the renewable source; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is interconnected and operates in parallel with an electric company’s transmission and distribution facilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Renewable on–site generating system” may include bidirectional electric vehicle service equipment located on a customer’s premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Tier 1 renewable source” has the meaning stated in § 7–701 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Tier 2 renewable source” has the meaning stated in § 7–701 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
