National Energy Policy - Final Draft - 14 Nov 2013

2. GLOSSARY OF TERMSConservation includes preservation, maintenance, sustainable use and restoration of natural and culturalenvironment.Consumer means any person supplied or entitled to be supplied with electrical energy, oil, gas or coal butdoes not include a person supplied with electrical energy, oil, gas or coal for delivery or supply toanother person.Dispatch means the process of precisely matching the outputs of generators with load in real time inaccordance with clause 6.3 of the Kenya electricity grid code of 2008.Distribution means the conveyance of electrical energy through a distribution system.Distribution area in relation to a distribution network service provider means the area in which thedistribution network provider is licensed to distribute electricity under the energy Act.Distribution network means a network which is not a transmission network.Distribution system means a distribution network together with the connection assets associated with thedistribution network, which is connected to another transmission or distribution system.Energy disaster preparedness and management committee means the committee established under theCabinet Secretary responsible for energy to deal with disasters in the energy sector.Energy industry means the sector with fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), renewable energy and electricalenergy as three key sources of primary and secondary energy.Electricity industry means the industry in Kenya involved in the generation, transmission, distribution, retailand sale of electricity.Fossil fuels mean oil, gas and coal as primary sources of energy.Generating station means any station generating electricity, including any buildings and plant used for thepurpose, and site thereof, but does not include any station for transforming ( other thangenerator transformer), converting or distributing electrical energy.High Voltage (HV) means a nominal voltage above 33 kilovolts.Independent Power Producers (IPP) means electric power producers who sell their outputs to publicelectricity suppliers under contracts often life-of-plant contracts.Low voltage (LV) means a nominal voltage less than 1 kilovolt.Medium voltage (MV) means a nominal voltage of more than 1 kilovolt but not more than 33 kilovolts.Net metering system means a system that operates in parallel with the electrical distribution facilities of apublic utility and measures, by means of one or more meters, the amount of electrical energythat is supplied. It is an incentive for consumers of electrical energy to sell renewable energygenerated electricity to a retailer or distributor as the case may be.149 ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS