- active customer
means an active customer as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- building renovation
means any kind of energy-related building renovation, which has the aim of increasing the energy performance of buildings, such as the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say the walls, roof, floor and the replacement of windows, and the installation of technical building systems, compliant with any relevant national safety standards, including by contributing to the renovation requirements established in the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast);
- citizen energy community
means a citizen energy community as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Directive (EU) 2019/944;
- energy poverty
means energy poverty as defined in Article 2, point (52), of Directive (EU) 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- estimated total costs of the Plan
means the estimated total costs of the measures and investments included in the Plan;
- financial allocation
means non-repayable financial support under the Fund that is available for allocation, or that has been allocated, to a Member State;
- household
means a private household as defined in Article 2, point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- micro-enterprise
means an enterprise that employs fewer than 10 persons and whose annual turnover or annual balance sheet does not exceed EUR 2 million, calculated in accordance with Articles 3 to 6 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014;
- milestone
means a qualitative achievement used to measure progress towards the achievement of a measure or an investment;
- peer-to-peer trading of renewable energy
means peer-to-peer trading of renewable energy as defined in Article 2, point (18), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;
- renewable energy
means energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2, second subparagraph, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
- renewable energy community
means a renewable energy community as defined in Article 2, point (16), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;
- target
means a quantitative achievement used to measure progress towards the achievement of a measure or investment;
- technical building system
means the technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, building automation and control, on-site renewable energy generation and storage, or a combination of such technical equipment, including those systems using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;
- transport poverty
means individuals’ and households’ inability or difficulty to meet the costs of private or public transport, or their lack of or limited access to transport needed for their access to essential socioeconomic services and activities, taking into account the national and spatial context;
- vulnerable households
means households in energy poverty or households, including low income and lower middle-income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;
- vulnerable micro-enterprises
means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings or road transport within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and that, for the purpose of their activity, lack the means either to renovate the building they occupy, or to purchase zero- and low-emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, as relevant;
- vulnerable transport users
means individuals and households in transport poverty, but also individuals and households, including low income and lower middle-income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from road transport within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low-emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport;
- zero- and low-emission vehicle
means zero- and low- emission vehicle as defined in Article 3(1), point (m), of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council.