For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Benefit-cost score,” for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created pursuant to Section 44272, means a project’s expected or potential greenhouse gas emissions reduction per dollar awarded by the commission to the project from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund.

(b) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.

(c) “Full fuel-cycle assessment” or “life-cycle assessment” means evaluating and comparing the full environmental and health impacts of each step in the life cycle of a fuel, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Feedstock production, extraction, cultivation, transport, and storage, and the transportation and use of water and changes in land use and land cover therein.

(2) Fuel production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, transport, and storage, and the transportation and use of water therein.

(3) Vehicle operation, including refueling, combustion, conversion, permeation, and evaporation.

(d) “Vehicle technology” means any vehicle, boat, off-road equipment, or locomotive, or component thereof, including its engine, propulsion system, transmission, or construction materials.

(e) For purposes of the Air Quality Improvement Program created pursuant to Section 44274, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Benefit-cost score” means the reasonably expected or potential criteria pollutant emission reductions achieved per dollar awarded by the board for the project.

(2) “Project” means a category of investments identified for potential funding by the board, including, but not limited to, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, vouchers, rebates, and other appropriate funding measures for specific vehicles, equipment, technologies, or initiatives authorized by Section 44274.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 401, Sec. 10. (AB 8) Effective September 28, 2013.)