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...There is hereby created in the state treasury the FutureGen initiative fund. The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it and money from private donations, grants, gifts, bequests, and other sources. Money in the fund shall be used to make grants for the drilling of a test well to assist the state's efforts to secure the United States department of energy FutureGen initiative pursuant to section 3706.01 of the ...

...nds of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision th...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any air quality project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services of such project, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. ...

...air by the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> or the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall cause the same to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair. Each such project shall be operated by such operating employees as the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> employs or pursuant to a contract or lease with a person or governmental agency. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by Chapter 3706. of the Rev...

...All air quality revenue bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxi...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> may acquire by purchase, whenever it finds such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it finds to be necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any air quality project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and are agreed upon between the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> and th...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (J) of section 3706.04 of the Revised Code any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any air quality project. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with ...

...When the Ohio air quality development <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with the construction of an air quality project, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at such location as the division of government having jurisdiction over such road, highway, railroad, or public utility facility finds m...

...ed in the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> the office of ombudsperson for the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code. The office shall exercise its duties independently of any other state agency. (B) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the ombudsperson. The ombudsperso...

...ngs of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall be public. All final actions of the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan> shall be journalized and such journal and the records of the pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except that any records or information relating to secret processes or secret methods of manufacture or production that may be obtained by the pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> or other persons acting under Chap...

...Sections 3706.01 to 3706.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

...As used in sections 3706.25 to 3706.29 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advanced energy project" means any technologies, products, activities, or management practices or strategies that facilitate the generation or use of electricity or energy and that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption or support the production of clean, renewable energy for industrial, distribution, commercial, institutional, governme...

...or of the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span>, that a particular project is an advanced energy project and is consistent with Chapter 166. of the Revised Code and Section 2p or 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the obligations issued to finance such a project and of the ...

...The Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span> shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt any rules necessary to implement sections 3706.25 to 3706.28 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Qualifying solar resource" means an electric generating facility in this state to which all of the following apply: (1) The facility uses or will use solar energy as the primary energy source. (2) The facility obtained a certificate for construction of a major utility facility from the power siting board prior to June 1, 2019. (3) The facility i...

...ply to the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> to receive payments for solar energy credits under section 3706.55 of the Revised Code.

... Code, the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall review and approve the application, not later than March 31, 2020, if the resource meets the definition of a qualifying solar resource in section 3706.40 of the Revised Code.

...ted to the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> under sections 3706.41 and 3706.43 of the Revised Code is confidential information and is not a public record for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...ort to the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, not later than seven days after the close of each quarter, the number of megawatt hours the resource produced, if any, in the previous quarter. The first report shall be made not later than April 7, 2020, and the last report shall be made not later than January 7, 2027. The information reported shall be in accordance with data from the generation attribute tracking d...

...(A)(1) Beginning for all bills rendered on or after January 1, 2021, by an electric distribution utility in this state, such electric distribution utility shall collect from all of its retail electric customers in this state, each month, a charge which, in the aggregate, is sufficient to produce a revenue requirement of twenty million dollars annually for total disbursements required under section 3706.55 of the Revi...

...ted by the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan>, in consultation with the public utilities commission. The interest generated by the fund shall be retained in the fund and used for the purposes set forth in sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code. (B) The fund shall be administered by the Ohio air quality development an class='keyword-hit'>authority</span>, and the pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall request the treasurer of state to create the account f...

...roval, the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> may use, from the solar generation fund created under section 3706.49 of the Revised Code, up to a maximum of three hundred thousand dollars to pay for the <span class='keyword-hit'>authorityspan>'s administrative costs for that year under sections 3706.40 to 3706.65 of the Revised Code. (B) In addition to the amount approved in division (A) of this section for fiscal year 2022 and subject to con...

... 2028, the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall, in April of 2021 and every three months thereafter through the end of the period, and not later than the twenty-first day of the month, direct the treasurer of state to remit money from the solar generation fund created under section 3706.49 of the Revised Code. Subject to section 3706.59 of the Revised Code, the moneys from the fund shall be remitted to the ow...

... Code, the Ohio air quality development pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall rereview and approve an application from a qualifying solar resource if the resource submitted the application before March 1, 2020. (B) The deadlines for the quarterly reports required under section 3706.45 of the Revised Code that have passed before the effective date of this section do not apply to a qualifying solar resource whose application for solar en...

...of qualifying solar resources, then the pan class='keyword-hit'>authoritypan> shall do both of the following: (A) Not later than twenty-one days after the close of the quarter in which the charges collected were insufficient, direct the treasurer to prorate payments from the total amount available in the solar generation fund, based on the number of each resource's credits earned during the quarter that ended twelve months prior to the last d...