Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-40b-7

Current through December 4, 2024
Section 16a-40b-7 - Definitions

Whenever used in Sections 16a-40b-7 to 16a-40b-14 of these regulations:

(a) "Alternative Energy Device" means a wood-burning stove for space heating and any system or mechanism which uses wood, solar radiation, wind, water or geothermal resources as a source for space heating, water heating, cooling or generation of electrical energy.
(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Housing.
(c) "Eligible person" means any resident of the State of Connecticut holding title to real property in Connecticut which consists of a residential property.
(d) "Energy Conservation Loan Fund" means the fund established and used to make loans or loan guarantees authorized by sections 16a-40 through 16a-40c of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, and for expenses incurred by the Commissioner in the implementation of the program of loans and loan guarantees established by said sections and in servicing of loans made before July 1, 1985, under section 16a-40k, as amended, of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(e) "Loan" means monies provided from the Energy Conservation Loan Fund to an eligible person for the purchase and installation of insulation, alternative energy devices, energy conservation materials, and replacement furnaces and boilers, as these appear in regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or for the purchase of a secondary heating system using a source of heat other than electricity or for the conversion of a primary electric heating system to a system using a source of heat other than electricity.
(f) "Loan Guarantee" means an agreement by the Department to guarantee a loan made by a private institution for purposes, terms and limits as covered in these regulations.
(g) "Primary Heating System" means a heating system which will satisfy all heating requirements of a dwelling unit in a residential structure.
(h) "Residential Structure" means any building in which at least two-thirds of the usable square footage is used for dwelling purposes.
(i) "Secondary Heating System" means a heating system which will satisfy only a portion of the heating requirements of a residential structure or of a dwelling unit in a residential structure.
(j) "Adjusted Gross Income" means the adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes for all family members residing in the dwelling unit.
(k) "Department" means the Connecticut Department of Housing.
(l) "Family" means one or more persons residing in the same household.
(m) "Gross Income" means the aggregate annual income of all family members residing in the dwelling unit from all sources, before any deductions.
(n) "Interest Rate Subsidy Payment" means the annual payment made by electric and gas companies which is used to subsidize the interest rates charged on loans extended under the Energy Conservation Loan Program.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16a-40b-7

Effective August 4, 1988