In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) 'authority' means the Alaska Energy Authority; (2) 'feasibility study' (A) means a study conducted to establish the economic and environmental practicality of completing a proposed power project; (B) includes engineering and design work to meet the requirements for submission of a license application for a proposed new project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (3) 'power' includes electrical energy generated, distributed, bought, or sold for lighting, heating, power, and every other useful purpose; (4) 'power project' or 'project' means a plant, works, system, or facility, together with related or necessary facilities and appurtenances, including a divided or undivided interest in or a right to the capacity of a power project or project, that is used or is useful for the purpose of (A) electrical or thermal energy production; (B) waste energy utilization and energy conservation; or (C) transmission, purchase, sale, exchange, and interchange of electrical or thermal energy, including district heating or interties; (5) 'reconnaissance study' means a study conducted to assess the present and future electrical and exchange, and interchange of electrical or thermal energy, including district heating or interties; (5) 'reconnaissance study' means a study conducted to assess the present and future electrical and thermal energy needs of an area.
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