N.Y. PBB Law § 90

§ 90. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the power authority of the state of New York\nestablished under title one of article five of the public authorities\nlaw.\n 2. "Decarbonization" and "decarbonize" means eliminating all on-site\ncombustion of fossil-fuels and associated co-pollutants with the\nexception of back-up emergency generators and redundant systems needed\nto address public health, safety and security, providing heating and\ncooling through thermal energy, and thermal energy networks, from\nnon-combustion sources, and to the greatest extent feasible producing\non-site electricity that is one hundred percent renewable.\n 3. "Highest-emitting facilities" means state-owned facilities that are\namong the highest producers of greenhouse gas emissions and collectively\naccount for at least thirty percent of the greenhouse gas emissions as\nrecorded by the authority's Build Smart NY program established pursuant\nto Executive Order 88 of 2012.\n 4. "Thermal energy" shall have the meaning provided in subdivision\ntwenty-eight of section two of the public service law.\n 5. "Thermal energy network" shall have the same meaning as defined in\nsubdivision twenty-nine of section two of the public service law.\n 6. "State energy research and development authority" shall mean the\nNew York state energy research and development authority established\nunder title nine of article eight of the public authorities law.\n 7. "State-owned facilities" or "facilities" includes "building" as\ndefined by section eighty-one of this chapter, "dormitory" as defined by\nsection three hundred seventy of the education law, and "facility" as\ndefined by section three hundred seventy of the education law.\n