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Waste heatÌýmeans the thermal energy which otherwise would be

Waste heatÌýmeans unavoidable heat generated as by-product in industrial or power generation installations, or in the tertiary sector, which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system, where a cogeneration process has been used or will be used or where cogeneration is not feasible;

Waste heatÌýmeans the thermal energy which otherwise would be released to the environment from an industrial process, electric generation, or other process.

Waste heatÌýmeans waste heat as defined in Article 2, point (9), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

Waste heatÌýmeans the thermal energy produced during electrical generation

Waste heatÌýmeans the thermal energy produced during electrical generation but not utilized for a useful purpose as defined in â€�useful thermal output,â€� i.e., the total heat content of the fuel used to generate electricity minus the energy content of the useful thermal output and electricity production.

Waste heatÌýmeans heat unavoidably produced as a by-product of industrial and power- generation processes and which cannot be used within the industrial production or power production unit; [Am. 56]

Waste heatÌýmeans heat produced by a commercial process the primary purpose of which is not the production of heat; "waste hydrogen"means hydrogen gas produced by a commercial process the primary purpose of which is not the production of hydrogen gas.5.1 Panel’s Response to Comments on the Draft Report 5.1.1 The BCUC’s jurisdiction to define the term Renewable Natural Gas BCSEA states that “[t]he legislative silence on other types of GHG-reduction regimes simply means that other types of regimes have not been established; it does not mean that the BCUC has authority to redefine the established regimeâ€�.48 The Panel disagrees with BCSEA’s assertion, first that the BCUC is “redefiningâ€� an established regime. BCSEA does not define what it means by “regimeâ€� in this context. Merriam-Webster defines regime as a â€�mode of rule or managementâ€�49 and Dictionary.com as “a ruling or prevailing systemâ€�.50 This is what legislation generally and, in this case, the GGRR specifically purports to achieve. The regime explicitly established by the GGRR encompasses the amounts and costs of Renewable Natural Gas that a public utility can require its ratepayers to compensate the shareholder for, but does not define the term Renewable Natural Gas. We do not seek to redefine that regime of cost and amount, but we do seek clarification on what constitutes Renewable Natural Gas and to arrive at a definition of Renewable Natural Gas. The definition arrived at in the Draft Phase 1 Report is consistent with the CEA, the GGRR and the Clean or Renewable Resource Regulation. It is also consistent with the Panel’s analysis of the physical flows of biomethane as it is delivered to the customer and the practice and decisions made by the BCUC with regard to Renewable Natural Gas over the past 12 years. Regardless, the BCUC does have jurisdiction and therefore authority to interpret legislation that applies to it and commonly does so. Although the CEA prohibits the BCUC from doing anything that would directly or indirectly prevent a utility from carrying out a prescribed undertaking, the BCUC has the jurisdiction to determine whether an activity qualifies as a prescribed undertaking. In this case, we are determining what qualifies as an acquisition of Renewable Natural Gas, which is one of the requirements to satisfy whether an activity is a prescribed undertaking. In order to determine whether a utility has acquired Renewable Natural Gas, we must consider, among other things, what Renewable Natural Gas is....