(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Administration” means the Maryland Energy Administration.
(c) “Director” means the Director of the Administration.
(d) “Person” includes a federal, State, or local government or an agency or instrumentality of a federal, State, or local government.
(e) “Prime supplier” means a supplier that makes the first sale into the State distribution system of a State fuel security product that is intended for consumption in the State.
(f) “Program” means the State Fuel Security Program.
(g) “State fuel security product” means a product to which the Program applies.
(h) “Supplier” means a business entity or a part or subsidiary of a business entity that supplies, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes, including by consignment, a State fuel security product to consumers or wholesale purchaser–resellers.
(i) “Wholesale purchaser–reseller” means a business entity that:
(1) purchases, receives through transfer, or otherwise obtains, including by consignment, a State fuel security product; and
(2) resells or otherwise transfers the State fuel security product to other purchasers without substantially changing its form.