As used in this article 9.8, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Community anchor institution' means a:(a) School, as defined in section 24-37.5-902 (10);(b) Library;(c) Hospital or other health-care facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103;(d) Law enforcement, emergency medical service provider, or other public safety agency;(e) Government office;(f) Community organization facility at which services to at-risk populations such as income-eligible households, seniors, or unhoused persons are provided; or(g) Other critical community service facilities, as determined by the department by policy.(2) 'Cooperative electric association' or 'association' has the meaning set forth in section 40-9.5-102 (1).(3) 'Department' means the department of local affairs created in section 24-1-125.(4) 'Distributed energy resource' means an electric generation resource, including a renewable energy resource or renewable energy storage, that is located on a property within an electric utility's service territory and that is interconnected to the electric grid.(5) 'Division' means the division of local government created in section 24-32-103.(6) 'Eligible rural community'

electric utility's service territory and that is interconnected to the electric grid.(5) 'Division' means the division of local government created in section 24-32-103.(6) 'Eligible rural community' means a rural community:(a) That is at significant risk of experiencing severe weather or natural disaster events; and(b) In which one or more community anchor institutions are located.(7) 'Energy office' means the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101.(8) 'Grant program' means the microgrids for community resilience grant program created in section 40-9.8-104 (1)(a).(9) 'Island mode' means an electric generation system that is not connected to the electric grid and can operate independent of the grid.(10) 'Microgrid' means a group of interconnected electric loads and distributed energy resources with clearly defined electrical boundaries that: (a) Functions as a single, controllable entity with respect to the electric grid; and(b) Can be connected to or disconnected from the electric grid to enable it to operate either in grid-connected mode or in island mode.(11) 'Office' means the Colorado resiliency office created in section 24-32-121.(12) 'Renewable energy' has

m the electric grid to enable it to operate either in grid-connected mode or in island mode.(11) 'Office' means the Colorado resiliency office created in section 24-32-121.(12) 'Renewable energy' has the meaning set forth in section 40-1-102 (11).(13) 'Renewable energy storage' means an energy storage system, as defined in section 40-2-130 (2)(a).(14) 'Severe weather or natural disaster events' includes, but is not limited to, snowstorms, freezes, wildfires, tornadoes, high winds, and floods.Added by 2022 Ch. 304, § 1, eff. 8/10/2022. 2022 Ch. 304, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).