As used in this chapter: (1) “Customer” means a person who, for primarily personal, family, or household purposes: (i) Purchases a residential solar energy system under a system purchase agreement; (ii) Leases a residential solar energy system under a system lease agreement; or (iii) Purchases electricity under a power purchase agreement. (2) “Department” means the department of business regulation. (3) “Lease” means to transfer the right to possession and use of a residential solar energy system for a term to a customer on behalf of a solar retailer in return for monetary payment or consideration. (4) “Power purchase agreement” means an agreement: (i) Between a customer and a solar retailer; (ii) For the customer’s purchase of electricity generated by a residential solar energy system owned by the solar retailer; and (iii) That provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five (5) years. (5) “Residential solar energy system” 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 (4) units of residential real property; (iv) Has an electricity delivery capacity that exceeds one kilowatt; and (v) Does not include a generator that: (A) Produces electricity; and (B) Is intended for occasional use. (6) “Sell” means to transfer a residential solar energy system to a customer on behalf of a solar retailer in return for monetary payment or other consideration. (7) “Solar agreement” means a system purchase agreement, a system lease agreement, or a power purchase agreement. (8) “Solar energy system” means a system or configuration of solar energy devices that collects and uses solar energy to generate electricity. (9) “Solar retailer” means a person who: (i) Sells or proposes to sell a residential solar energy system to a customer under a system purchase agreement; (ii) Owns the residential solar energy system that is the subject of a system lease agreement or proposed system lease agreement; or (iii) Sells or proposes to sell electricity to a customer under a power purchase agreement. (10) “Solicit” means offering or attempting to sell or lease a residential solar energy system to a person or requesting, urging, or attempting to persuade a person to purchase, lease, or apply for a particular kind of solar system from a particular solar retailer. (11) “System lease agreement” means an agreement: (i) Under which a customer leases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer; and (ii) That provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five (5) years for the lease of the residential solar energy system. (12) “System purchase agreement” means an agreement under which a customer purchases a residential solar energy system from a solar retailer.
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