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...(A) As used in this section, "solar or wind energy system" means any method used directly to provide space heating or cooling, hot water, industrial process heat, or mechanical or electric power by the collection, conversion, or storage of solar or wind energy including, but not limited to, active or passive solar systems. It does not include any equipment that is part of a conventional system for such purposes, that...

... purpose of ensuring adequate access of solar energy collection devices to sunlight, any person may grant a solar access easement. Such easements shall be in writing and shall be subject to the same conveyance and recording requirements as other easements. Any instrument that grants a solar access easement shall include: (A) A description of the real property burdened and benefited by the solar access easement; (B...

...ited in the declaration, any owner of a solar appropriate unit may install a solar energy collection device on the roof of that unit if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The unit, as defined by the declaration, includes the roof, for which the cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace is not a common expense and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declaration specifically allows for and...

...(A) Notwithstanding the solar energy credit application deadlines for qualifying solar resources under sections 3706.41 and 3706.43 of the Revised Code, the Ohio air quality development authority 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 ...

...or persons to the project site. (5) "Solar energy project" means an energy project composed of an energy facility using solar panels to generate electricity. (6) "Internet identifier of record" has the same meaning as in section 9.312 of the Revised Code. (7) "Applicable year" means the later of the following: (a) The tax year in which the secretary of the treasury of the United States, or the secretary's...

....201 of the Revised Code. (2) "Small solar facility" means solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of less than fifty megawatts. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 303.211 of the Revised Code, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code confer power on a board of county commissioners...

...nd of year Renewable energy resources Solar energy resources 2009 0.25% 0.004% 2010 0.50% 0.010% 2011 1% 0.030% 2012 1.5% 0.060% 2013 2% 0.090% 2014 2.5% 0.12% 2015 2.5% 0.12% 2016 2.5% 0.12% 2017 3.5% 0.15% 2018 4.5% 0.18% 2019 5.5% 0.22% 2020 5.5% 0% 2021 6% 0% 2022 6.5% 0% 2023 7% 0% 2024 7.5% 0% 2025 8% 0% 2026 8.5% 0%

....201 of the Revised Code. (2) "Small solar facility" means solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of less than fifty megawatts. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 519.211 of the Revised Code, sections 519.02 to 519.25 of the Revised Code confer power on a board of township trustees or...

...he declaration, any owner may install a solar energy collection device on the owner's dwelling unit or other location within the owner's lot if either of the following conditions apply: (1) The cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace the unit's roof or alternative location within the lot is not a common expense of the owners association and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declaration specific...

....201 of the Revised Code. (2) "Small solar facility" means solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of less than fifty megawatts. (B) Sections 713.06 to 713.15 of the Revised Code confer power on the legislative authority of a municipal corporation with respect to the location, erection, constru...

...(A) As used in this section, "solar-ready" means capable of accommodating the eventual installation of roof top, solar photovoltaic energy equipment. (B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall adopt rules prescribing standards for solar-ready equipment in school buildings under their jurisdiction. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, standards regarding roof space limitations, shading and obstr...

...A) An owner or operator of a qualifying solar resource whose application was approved under section 3706.43 of the Revised Code shall report to the Ohio air quality development authority, 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 b...

...If the money in the solar generation fund is insufficient to make the payments in the amounts required under section 3706.55 of the Revised Code for all owners and operators of qualifying solar resources, then the authority 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 ...

...ode. (B) "Large wind farm" and "large solar facility" have the same meanings as in section 4906.01 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) "Material amendment" means an amendment to an existing power siting board certificate for the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility that does any of the following: (a) For utility facilities: (i) Changes the facility's generation type from one type of utility f...

..., the owner or operator of a qualifying solar resource may apply to the Ohio air quality development authority to receive payments for solar energy credits under section 3706.55 of the Revised Code.

...development authority 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 authority'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 controlling board approval, the...

...llowing: (a) Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, or hydropower, or uses a microturbine or a fuel cell; (b) Is located on a customer-generator's premises; (c) Operates in parallel with the electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; (d) Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity. For an industrial customer-ge...

...erty used for the purpose of creating a solar photovoltaic project, a solar thermal energy project, a geothermal energy project, a customer-generated energy project, or an energy efficiency improvement, whether such real or personal property is publicly or privately owned. (J)(1) Except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section, "existing" qualified nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation that ex...

... (E) "Renewable energy resource" means solar photovoltaic or solar thermal energy, wind energy, power produced by a hydroelectric facility, power produced by a run-of-the-river hydroelectric facility placed in service on or after January 1, 1980, that is located within this state, relies upon the Ohio river, and operates, or is rated to operate, at an aggregate capacity of forty or more megawatts, geothermal energy,...

... 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 is interconnected with the transmission...

...(A) There is hereby created the solar generation fund. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the charges collected under section 3706.46 of the Revised Code and deposited by the Ohio air quality development authority, in consultation with the public utilities commission. The interest generated by the fund shall be retained in ...

...asurer 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 owners or operators of qualifying solar resources, in the amount equivalent to the number of credits earned by the resources during the quarter that ended twelve months prior to the last day of the previous qu...

...ical or refinery facility. (G) "Large solar facility" means an electric generating plant that consists of solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is a major utility facility. (H) "Large wind farm" means an electric generating plant that consists of wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is a major u...

...Beginning January 1, 2020, a qualifying solar resource as defined in section 3706.40 of the Revised Code is not eligible to obtain a renewable energy credit under this section for any megawatt hour for which the resource has been issued a solar energy credit under section 3706.45 of the Revised Code. (D) Except for compressed natural gas that has been produced from biologically derived methane gas, energy generated...

...newable-energy-credit costs, including solar-renewable-energy-credit costs, paid by all electric distribution utilities, as listed in the commission's most recently available alternative energy portfolio standard report. (2) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, the cost of compliance with the renewable energy resource requirements shall be calculated by multiplying the individual customer's monthly...