Effective 5/8/2018
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.

Enacted by Chapter 290, 2018 General Session