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| To enact section 123.012 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the Director of Administrative Services to | 2 |
| ensure that a certain percentage of state | 3 |
| agencies' total electricity purchases are from | 4 |
| renewable energy systems. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 123.012 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 123.012. (A) As used in this section: | 8 |
| (1) "Biomass" means any organic matter, including either of | 9 |
| the following: | 10 |
| (a) Any organic material from a plant that is grown | 11 |
| exclusively to be used in the production of electricity, on land | 12 |
| that was in crop production on the effective date of this section; | 13 |
| or on land that is protected under the federal conservation | 14 |
| reserve program, provided the planting does not adversely affect | 15 |
| the water quality protection, soil erosion prevention, or wildlife | 16 |
| habitat enhancement purposes of that program; | 17 |
| (b) Any solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic waste that is derived | 18 |
| from waste pallets, crates, dunnage, or landscape or right-of-way | 19 |
| tree trimmings, from agricultural sources including orchard tree | 20 |
| crops, vineyards, grains, legumes, or sugar, or from any crop | 21 |
| byproducts or residues. | 22 |
| "Biomass" excludes forestry resources; agricultural resource | 23 |
| waste necessary for maintaining soil fertility or for preventing | 24 |
| erosion; municipal or unsegregated waste or garbage; or paper that | 25 |
| is commonly recycled. | 26 |
| (2) "Electric services company" and "electric utility" have | 27 |
| the same meanings as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. | 28 |
| (3) "Renewable energy" means energy from biomass that is | 29 |
| available on a renewable basis; geothermal energy; energy produced | 30 |
| by a photovoltaic technology system; wind energy; or energy from a | 31 |
| hydroelectric facility that produces less than twenty megawatts of | 32 |
| electricity and is certified on or after three years following the | 33 |
| effective date of this section as a low-impact hydropower facility | 34 |
| by the low-impact hydro institute. "Renewable energy" excludes | 35 |
| nuclear energy and energy produced from coal, natural gas, oil, | 36 |
| propane, or any other fossil fuel. | 37 |
| (4) "Renewable energy system" means any of the following: | 38 |
| (a) A photovoltaic technology system; | 39 |
| (b) A facility or energy system that both uses renewable | 40 |
| energy to generate electricity and transmits or distributes that | 41 |
| electricity through either of the following: | 42 |
| (i) A power line that is dedicated to the transmission or | 43 |
| distribution of electricity generated from renewable energy only | 44 |
| and is connected to a facility or system owned, operated, or | 45 |
| controlled by an electric light company; | 46 |
| (ii) A power line that is shared with not more than one | 47 |
| facility or energy system generating electricity from nonrenewable | 48 |
| energy and is connected to a facility or system owned, operated, | 49 |
| or controlled by an electric light company. | 50 |
| (5) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or | 51 |
| agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of | 52 |
| any function of state government, but does not include an | 53 |
| institution of higher education. | 54 |
| (B)(1) The director of administrative services shall ensure | 55 |
| that the purchase of at least a portion of the total electricity | 56 |
| supply for all state agencies is from one or more renewable energy | 57 |
| systems located in this state. The director shall coordinate state | 58 |
| agencies' contracting with electric utilities or electric services | 59 |
| companies to ensure that the requirements specified in division | 60 |
| (B)(2)(a) of this section are met. State agencies shall cooperate | 61 |
| with the director in complying with this section. | 62 |
| (2)(a) The minimum amount of electricity supply that the | 63 |
| director shall ensure is from renewable energy systems pursuant | 64 |
| to division (B)(1) of this section shall be the following fiscal | 65 |
| year percentages of all state agencies' total retail electric | 66 |
| purchases: | 67 |
| Fiscal year | Percentage | 69 | |
| 2011 to 2019 | 10% | 70 | |
| 2020 to 2024 | 20% | 71 | |
| 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year | 25% | 72 |
| (b) For the purpose of division (B)(2)(a) of this section, | 73 |
| all state agencies' total retail electric purchases for a fiscal | 74 |
| year shall be determined by calculating, in kilowatt hours, the | 75 |
| average total retail electric purchases of all state agencies | 76 |
| during each of the immediately preceding three fiscal years. | 77 |