4901:1-41-01. Definitions  


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  • (A) "Carbon dioxide control plan" means a process to measure carbon dioxide emissions and evaluate and implement carbon dioxide control options for an electric generating facility that emits greenhouse gases .

    (B) "Commission" means the public utilities commission of Ohio.

    (C) "The Climate Registry" means the nonprofit collaboration among North American states, provinces, territories and native sovereign nations, using the website at www.theclimateregistry.org, that sets consistent and transparent standards to calculate, verify, and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions into a single registry.

    (D) "Electric generating facility" means an electric generating plant and associated facilities capable of producing electricity of fifty megawatts or larger.

    (E) "Greenhouse gas" means the emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and/or sulphur hexafluoride.

    (F) "Public utility" means those entities included within the definition of "public utility" set forth in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.


Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 2/27/2020 and 02/27/2025
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 4905.04, 4905.06, 4928.02, 4928.68
Rule Amplifies: 4928.68
Prior Effective Dates: 12/10/2009, 08/11/2014, 10/07/2019

Prior History: (Effective: 10/7/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/10/2019 and 10/07/2019
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 4905.04, 4928.68
Rule Amplifies: 4928.68
Prior Effective Dates: 12/10/2009, 08/11/2014)