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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...

...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...

...le 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

....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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...(A) A solar, wind, or hydrothermal energy system on which construction or installation is completed during the period from August 14, 1979, through December 31, 1985, that meets the guidelines established under division (B) of section 1551.20 of the Revised Code is exempt from real property taxation. (B) Any fixture or other real property included in an energy facility with an aggregate nameplate capacity of two hu...

... turbine tower, connected to and behind solar radiation collector areas and designed to convert the radiant energy of the sun into electricity or heat, or connected to any other property used to generate or store and release electricity from an energy resource, through which electricity is transferred to controls, transformers, or power electronics and to the transmission interconnection point. "Energy conversion e...

...ernative energy technologies limited to solar photovoltaic projects, solar thermal energy projects, geothermal energy projects, and customer-generated energy projects; (2) Energy efficiency technologies, products, and activities that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption, allow for the reduction in demand, or support the production of clean, renewable energy. (C) If the legislative authority de...

...mental demonstrations or development of solar heating and cooling and potentially energy-efficient construction in public buildings, schools, offices, commercial establishments, and residential homes; development of programs or experimental demonstrations of the utilization of waste products in energy production and mineral and energy conservation; and development of programs or experimental demonstrations of technol...

...tems that harvest renewable energy from solar, wind, water, biomass, bio-gas, or geothermal sources, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (11) Retro-commissioning or recommissioning energy-related systems to verify that they are installed and calibrated to optimize energy and operational performance within a building or complex of buildings; (12) Consolidation, virtualization, and optimizati...

...cilities" includes, without limitation, solar, geothermal, biofuel, biomass, wind, hydro, wave, and other advanced energy projects as defined in section 3706.25 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Research and development financial assistance" means inducements under section 166.17 of the Revised Code, research and development loans under section 166.21 of the Revised Code, and research and development tax credits under sect...

... (2) A large wind farm; (3) A large solar facility. (B) A resolution described in division (A) of this section may designate one or more restricted areas and shall fix restricted area boundaries within the unincorporated area of the county. (C)(1) The board may adopt a resolution designating a restricted area at a regular meeting of the board or at a special meeting called for the purpose of discussing such a...

...nificant wind farm; or (iii) A large solar facility. (b) The maximum nameplate capacity of the utility facility; (c) A map of the proposed geographic boundaries of the project within that county. (2) The person intending to apply for a material amendment that makes any change or modification to an existing certificate shall comply with the requirements of this section when providing information regarding ...

...building or complex of buildings; (9) Solar panels; (10) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission as an energy conservation measure. (B) A board of education of a city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district may enter into an installment payment contract for the purchase and installation of energy conservation measures. The...