Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Energy
efficiency and conservation project means any of the following projects
implemented and located in Illinois:
1) Demand
side management projects that reduce overall power demand by using less energy
include:
A) Smart building management software
that more efficiently regulates power flows.
B) The use of or replacement to high
efficiency motors, pumps, compressors, or steam systems.
C) Lighting retrofits.
2) Energy efficient new building construction
projects include:
A) ENERGY STAR-qualified
new home projects.
B) Measures to
reduce or conserve energy consumption beyond the requirements of the Illinois
Energy Conservation Code for Commercial Buildings [20
ILCS 687/6-3] .
C) New residential construction projects that
qualify for Energy Efficient Tax Incentives pursuant to the Energy Policy Act
of 2005 (
42
USC 15801(2005)) .
3) Supply-side energy efficiency
projects include projects implemented to improve the efficiency in electricity
generation by coal-fired power plants and the efficiency of electrical
transmission and distribution systems.
4) Highly efficient power generation
projects, such as, but not limited to, combined cycle projects, combined heat
and power, and microturbines. To be considered a highly efficient power
generation project pursuant to this subsection (a)(4), a project must meet the
following applicable thresholds and criteria:
A) For combined heat and power projects
generating both electricity and useful thermal energy for space, water, or
industrial process heat, a rated-energy efficiency of at least 60 percent and
is not a CAIR NOx unit.
B) For combined cycle projects rated at
greater than 0.50 MW, a rated-energy efficiency of at least 50
percent.
C) For microturbine
projects rated at or below 0.50 MW and all other projects, a rated-energy
efficiency of at least 40 percent.
b) Renewable energy project means any of the
following projects implemented and located in Illinois:
1) Zero-emission electric generating
projects, including wind, solar (thermal or photovoltaic), and hydropower
projects. Eligible hydropower plants are restricted to new generators, that are
not replacements of existing generators, that commenced operation on or after
January 1, 2006, and that do not involve the significant expansion of an
existing dam or the construction of a new dam.
2) Renewable energy units are those units
that generate electricity using more than 50 percent of the heat input, on an
annual basis, from dedicated crops grown for energy production or the capture
systems for methane gas from landfills, water treatment plants or sewage
treatment plants, and organic waste biomass, and other similar sources of
non-fossil fuel energy. Renewable energy projects do not include energy from
incineration by burning or heating of waste wood, tires, garbage, general
household waste, institutional lunchroom waste, office waste, landscape waste,
or construction or demolition debris.
c) Clean technology project for reducing
emissions from producing electricity and useful thermal energy means any of the
following projects implemented and located in Illinois:
1) Air pollution control equipment upgrades
at existing coal-fired EGUs, as follows: installation of flue gas
desulfurization (FGD) for control of SO2 emissions;
installation of a baghouse for control of particulate matter emissions; and
installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR), selective non-catalytic
reduction (SNCR), or other add-on control devices for control of
NOx emissions. For this purpose, a unit will be
considered "existing" after it has been in commercial operation for at least
eight years. Air pollution control upgrade projects do not include the addition
of low NOx burners, overfired air techniques or gas
reburning techniques for control of NOx emissions;
projects involving flue gas conditioning techniques or upgrades, or replacement
of electrostatic precipitators; or addition of an activated carbon injection or
other sorbent injection system for control of mercury.
2) Clean coal technologies projects include:
A) Integrated gasification combined cycle
(IGCC) plants.
B) Fluidized bed
coal combustion that commenced operation prior to December 31, 2006.
d) In addition to those
projects excluded in subsections (a) through (c) of this Section, the following
projects are also not energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy, or
clean technology projects:
1) Nuclear power
projects.
2) Projects required to
meet emission standards or technology requirements under State or federal law
or regulation, except that allowances may be allocated for:
A) The installation of a baghouse.
B) Projects undertaken pursuant to Section
225.233
or Subpart F.
3)
Projects used to meet the requirements of a court order or consent decree,
except that allowances may be allocated for:
A) Emission rates or limits achieved that are
lower than what is required to meet the emission rates or limits for
SO2 or NOx, or for installing a
baghouse as provided for in a court order or consent decree entered into before
May 30, 2006.
B) Projects used to
meet the requirements of a court order or consent decree entered into on or
after May 30, 2006, if the court order or consent decree does not specifically
preclude such allocations.
4) A Supplemental Environmental Project
(SEP).
e) Applications
for projects implemented and located in Illinois that are not specifically
listed in subsections (a) through (c) of this Section, and that are not
specifically excluded by definition in subsections (a) through (c) of this
Section or by specific exclusion in subsection (d) of this Section, may be
submitted to the Agency. The application must designate which category or
categories from those listed in subsections (a)(1) through (c)(2)(B) of this
Section best fit the proposed project and the applicable formula pursuant to
Section
225.465(b)
to calculate the number of allowances that it is requesting. The Agency will
determine whether the application is approvable based on a sufficient
demonstration by the project sponsor that the project is a new type of energy
efficiency, renewable energy, or clean technology project, similar in its
effects as the projects specifically listed in subsections (a) through
(c)(2)(B) of this Section.
f) Early
adopter projects include projects that meet the criteria for any energy
efficiency and conservation, renewable energy, or clean technology projects
listed in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of this Section and commence
construction between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2012.
