N.Y. Energy Law § 8-102: Definitions

§ 8-102. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following

words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different

meaning is plainly required by the context:

1. "Municipality." Any county, city, town, village, school district,

district corporation, public authority or the port authority of New York

and New Jersey to the extent its facilities are located within the state

of New York.

2. "Existing buildings." Any building, other than a residence or

apartment building, whose operation requires on the average in excess of

5000 kwh of electricity per month for lighting purposes in any twelve

month period and which was in existence or under construction, or for

which an application for a building permit was made and plans filed in

this state on or before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine.

3. "Standards." The state lighting efficiency standards for existing

buildings provided for in this article, or any portion thereof, any

modification of or amendments thereto.