[§269-91 Definitions.] For the purposes of this [part]:

"Electric utility company," means a public utility as defined under section 269-1, for the production, conveyance, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of power.

"Renewable energy" means electrical energy produced by wind, solar energy, hydropower, landfill gas, waste to energy, geothermal resources, ocean thermal energy conversion, wave energy, biomass including municipal solid waste, biofuels or fuels derived entirely from organic sources, hydrogen fuels derived entirely from renewable energy, or fuel cells where the fuel is derived entirely from renewable sources. "Renewable energy" also means electrical energy savings brought about by the use of solar and heat pump water heating.

"Renewable portfolio standard" means the percentage of electrical energy sales that is represented by renewable energy. [L 2001, c 272, §2]