H.B. No. 264 Summary

• Amends Ohio Revised Code section 4928.01 to classify certain steam-producing facilities as waste energy recovery systems for state energy efficiency law purposes.

• Adds a new subsection (38)(c) to the definition of "waste energy recovery system" to include facilities that produce steam from recovered waste heat from a manufacturing process and use or transfer that steam to provide heat or generate electricity.

• Removes language from the "advanced energy resource" definition that excluded waste energy recovery systems included in utility energy efficiency programs under section 4928.66.

• Creates a distinction allowing certain steam-producing waste energy recovery systems to be treated differently under the state's energy efficiency and renewable energy resource frameworks.