Definitions for KRS 42.580 to 42.588
KRS 42.580
in effect42.580. Definitions for KRS 42.580 to 42.588
As used in KRS 42.580 to 42.588:
(1) "Cabinet" means the Finance and Administration Cabinet;
(2) "Demand-side management" has the same meaning as in KRS 278.010;
(3) "Energy audit" has the same meaning as in KRS 56.770;
(4) "Energy-efficient heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;
(5) "Energy-efficient interior lighting system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;
(6) "Energy-efficient windows and storm doors" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;
(7) "Engineered demand-side management project" means a project undertaken to reduce the amount of energy consumed in an existing structure, including but not limited to:
(a) Energy-efficient heating, cooling, ventilation, or hot water systems;
(b) Energy-efficient interior lighting systems;
(c) Energy-efficient windows and storm doors;
(d) Qualified energy property;
(e) Upgraded insulation;
(f) Solar water-heating systems; and
(g) Any other energy conservation measures that will reduce energy costs, including those that will use solar power, either active or passive;
(8) "Private sector building" means a building owned by a private retail, commercial, or industrial business;
(9) "Public sector building" means a building owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, any public university of the Commonwealth, or any public community college of the Commonwealth;
(10) "Qualified energy property" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435;
(11) "Simple payback period" has the same meaning as in KRS 56.770;
(12) "Solar water-heating system" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435; and
(13) "Upgraded insulation" has the same meaning as in KRS 141.435.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2014. -- Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 20, effective February 25, 2010. -- Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 21, effective July 15, 2008. Legislative Research Commission Note (2/25/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 28, provides that the repeal and reenactment of this section in that Act "shall apply retroactively to July 15, 2008."
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43278Fetched: 10/20/2026