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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 14.26.07.03" title_num="14" subtitle_num="26" chapter_num="07" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Administration” means the Maryland Energy Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Capacity factor” means the ratio of actual energy output compared with the maximum possible energy output over a specified period of time.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Commercial property” means nonresidential property with a commercial, industrial, or government use as outlined in the qualifications for the Commercial Clean Energy Grant Program in COMAR 14.26.04.02 and includes multifamily properties.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Corporation” has the meaning stated in Tax-General Article, §10-101(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Energy density” means the amount of energy that can be stored in the given mass of the system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Energy markets” mean wholesale electricity markets hosted by PJM Interconnection.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Energy storage duration” means duration at rated power.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Energy storage systems income tax credit” means a decrease in income tax liability offered to assist an individual or corporation in installing an energy storage system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Energy storage system power density” means the rate of energy flux per unit of area of the energy storage system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Individual” has the meaning stated in Tax-General Article, §10-101(g), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Installation date” means the date when the energy storage system was installed on the property and operational, not when the final permits were completed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Residential Property.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Residential property” means property, including a single-family home and an individual unit of a multifamily property or mixed use facility, that has the purpose of serving as a primary residence, as outlined in COMAR 14.26.04.02</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Residential property” includes a property with a home office.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>