Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4901:1 - Utilities › Chapter 4901:1-40 - Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard › Section 4901:1-40-04 - Qualified resources

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following resources or technologies,
			 if they have a placed-in-service date of January 1, 1998, or after, are
			 qualified resources for meeting the qualified renewable energy resource
			 benchmarks:
(1) Solar photovoltaic or solar
			 thermal energy.
(2) Wind
			 energy.
(3) Hydroelectric
			 energy.
(4) Geothermal
			 energy.
(5) Solid waste energy
			 derived from fractionalization, biological decomposition, or other process that
			 does not principally involve combustion.
(6) Biomass energy.
(7) Energy from a fuel cell.
(8) A storage facility, if it promotes the
			 better utilization of a renewable energy resource. The amount of energy that
			 may qualify from a storage facility is the amount of electricity discharged
			 from the storage facility.
(9)
			 Abandoned coal mine methane energy.
(10) Waste energy recovery system placed into
			 service or retrofitted on or after September 10, 2012, as defined in division
			 (A)(38)(a) of section
			 4928.01 of the Revised Code. The
			 portion of the electricity production that is generated from recovered waste
			 energy shall be recognized as renewable.
(11) A waste energy recovery system defined
			 in division (A)(38)(b) of section
			 4928.01 of the Revised Code,
			 provided that it was placed into service between January 1, 2002, and December
			 31, 2004.
(12) A renewable energy
			 resource created on or after January 1, 1998, by the modification or retrofit
			 of any facility placed in service prior to January 1, 1998.
(13) Ohio run-of-the-river hydroelectric
			 facility.
(14) Small hydroelectric
			 facility, regardless of placed in-service date.
(15) Biologically-derived methane gas
			 resources, including biologically derived methane gas resources that are not
			 converted to electricity, excluding biologically-derived methane gas resources
			 used solely for the purpose of flaring. This includes heat captured from a
			 generator of electricity, boiler, or heat exchanger fueled by biologically
			 derived methane gas; and compressed natural gas produced from biologically
			 derived methane gas.
(a) The producer of the
			 biologically derived methane gas must adequately demonstrate measurement,
			 verification, and quantity of biologically derived methane gas produced on a
			 continuing basis. The method used for measuring and calculating the
			 biologically derived methane gas produced must be approved in advance by the
			 commission as part of the facility certification process.
(b) The energy derived
			 from biologically derived methane gas shall be measured and verified in
			 accordance with applicable tracking system requirements. For the purposes of
			 converting the quantity of energy derived from biologically derived methane gas
			 to an electricity equivalent, one megawatt hour equals 3,412,142 British
			 thermal units. The producer must demonstrate adequate energy content, in
			 British thermal units, and metering accuracy. Biologically derived methane gas
			 shall be reported in megawatt hours.
(16) Distributed generation system used by a
			 customer to generate electricity from one of the resources or technologies
			 listed in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(15) of this rule.