Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Energy
efficiency and conservation projects means any of the following projects
implemented and located in Illinois:
1) Demand
side management projects that reduce the 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: the
project shall not be a CAIR NOx Ozone Season
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 projects 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
for control of NOx emissions at existing coal-fired
EGUs, as follows: installation of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) or
selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system, or other emission control
technologies. For this purpose, a unit will be considered "existing" after it
has been in commercial operation for at least eight years. Air pollution
control upgrades do not include the addition of low NOx
burners, overfired air techniques, gas reburning techniques, flue gas
conditioning techniques for the control of NOx
emissions, projects involving upgrades or replacement of electrostatic
precipitators, or addition of an activated carbon injection, or other sorbent
injection 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 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
225.565(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) 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.
