4901:1-41-03. Greenhouse gas reporting and carbon dioxide control planning

(A) Unless otherwise directed by the commission, any public utility owning or operating an electric generating facility within Ohio that emits greenhouse gases shall become a participating member in the climate registry and shall report greenhouse gas emissions according to the protocols approved by the climate registry.

(B) Any public utility that owns or operates an electric generating facility within Ohio that emits greenhouse gases shall file with the commission by April fifteenth of each calendar year a carbon dioxide control plan. If the public utility is required to submit a long-term forecast report pursuant to rule 4901:5-3-01 of the Administrative Code, the carbon dioxide plan shall be included with the public utility's long-term forecast, or as otherwise directed by the commission. A copy of such plan shall also be provided to the director of the Ohio environmental protection agency, or his designee.

(C) The carbon dioxide control plan shall include all relevant technical information on the current conditions, goals, and potential actions for resource planning for each electric generating facility within Ohio that emits greenhouse gases. Any technology included in this plan, including clean coal, shall be based upon the most current scientific and engineering design capability of any facility or that has been designed to have the capability to control the emissions of carbon dioxide within the parameters of economically feasible best technology.

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)